Ethics

Dumbass Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

From the terminally stupid Michelle Bachmann:

"I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."

Except, of course, this isn't true. The outbreak of swine flu in 1976 began in February, when Gerald Ford, a Republican, was president. It was Ford who began a massive vaccination program over it in October of that year. Carter wasn't elected until November and didn't take office until January, 1977.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).