Looney Toon Watch: Michelle Bachmann

I'm not sure if this will turn into a regular segment on this oh-so-popular blog, but this is the inaugural edition of The Looney Toon Watch. And our first Looney Toon? Representative Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. Everybody's favorite reality-hating nut-job. So many ways to describe her, so few pejoratives in the English language...

This week Ms. Bachmann is introducing a landmark bit of legislation in the House. It's title, really, says it all: "The Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act." And the gist of the bill? According to the Star Tribune, "the bill seeks to repeal the nationwide phase-out of conventional light bulbs."

According to Bachmann, "This is an issue of science over fads and fashions." In case you're missing the irony here, Michelle Bachmann, who is also quoted in the article as claiming that global warming is "voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax," is bringing this bill on behalf of science.

She's also arguing that this is a government intrusion of personal freedoms and privacy. In case you're once again missing the irony here, Michelle Bachmann, who is arguably the leading crusader in Congress for having the government tell people whether they can get married, is bring this bill on behalf of limited government intervention in our lives.

Michelle Bachmann, you're one heckuva looney toon.