Gaffe-Prone Groupie

Naturally, the most egregious (As in: Dangerous to your well-being because a clearly deluded person was given a seat on the House Intelligence Committee.) of the recent "gaffes" Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has shared w/ the nation is the one least reported, by which we mean we hadn't seen or heard thing one about it. (If Hellen Keller is in the forest & a tree falls, does it ...)

Then, in an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last Sunday, Bachmann seemed to rely on outdated talking points in suggesting that President Barack Obama should defer to Gen. David Petraeus on how to approach the crisis in Libya.

Asked whether it’s in America’s vital interest to remove Muammar Qadhafi from power, the Minnesotan cited Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s recent admonition about avoiding future land wars in Asia. Then she added: “We are extended now in Afghanistan and Iraq, and I think for us to consider further penetration at this time, we need to listen to Gen. Petraeus and what he has to say.”

Bachmann, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, should know that Petraeus is the commander of American forces in Afghanistan and is not in the chain of command when it comes to military decisions about Libya.

"Outdated talking points?" Try the Daddy Party & a bit of the old Freudian father fixation. (Won't even touch "extended ... further penetration," as we don't have a degree or anything in this, & wouldn't want to leap to any conclusions.) Automatic default: Some guy whose name you've heard a lot from the others in group therapyThe Tea Party Caucus, usually near the phrase "saved Iraq w/ The Surge." There's the answer, no thought needed.

And never forget the Biggest Daddy of all, Ronald Wilson Reagan, & how they relate to him. Nor should we forget Rep. Bachmann's debut on our national stage. Remember?World's Oldest Groupie. Sad.