Who is serious?

Now we’re being told we have to take Michele Bachmann seriously as a presidential candidate. Why should we take seriously a woman who has been caught out repeatedly in her misstatements and seems to think capturing media attention with her looks and outlandish statements is a political platform?

I agree entirely. The woman is a flake, an extremist who is toning down her ridiculous assertions to appeal to more than the right-wing fringe that is her natural constituency.her chances of winning the Republican nomination are infinitesimal, at best. And her chances in a national election are worse. For some reason journalists are quick to jump on any bandwagon, lest they have to defend their judgement that someone as absurd as Bachmann merits attention.

While the Republicans continue to add candidates and further fracture a riven party, Obama is putting together a staff in Chicago that eventually will number 5,000. He is on his way to signing up what will become 1 million volunteers down to the precinct level. Most observers expect him to top $1 billion in campaign donations this time around. Who said community organizing — in Chicago, no less — isn’t a good preparation at least for running for president?

A billion dollar campaign coffer. Absurd.

No, there is no reason to take Bachmann seriously. Rather, it is the media playing their game in political coverage. It used to be only sportscasters who tried to keep you tuned in by claiming that the team that’s behind 52-3 really has a chance to come back in the second half, but now political writers want you to keep reading by claiming that there’s a contest going on.

'Xactly..

Many of Bachmann’s tenets are indeed dangerous and inimical to American values and no laughing matter. While she seems to have a phobia about Islamic law, she apparently shares the notion with Iran’s mullahs that theocracy is the best form of government. She has said on numerous occasions that she has been personally called by God to crusade for Christian truths as a politician.

Imagine that: Representative Bachmann and  Ayatollah Khameini share values.