Salon: Bachmann's primary info source is a man who sent fake dog poop to Democratic Congressman

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 09:45 PST
War Room
Michele Bachmann, explained
The Minnesota Republican reveals her sources of information, and suddenly everything's a little clearer
By Alex Koppelman

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is the conservative hero of the day for having organized a protest against Democratic healthcare reform proposals that's taking place on Capitol Hill Thursday. In preparation for that protest, she participated in a conference call with supporters and press on Wednesday night.

While on the call, she gave this rundown of where she gets the information she needs to do her job as a member of Congress:

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning out of bed, I grab my cell phone and I look to RedState ... and I feel like I at least am kind of prepared to get out of bed, and then I go read the editorial page of Investors Business Daily or the Wall Street Journal for a wider background of knowledge for the day... I just find it is one of the most credible sources of information out there.

Yes, Bachmann's "wider background of knowledge" goes from the conservative blog RedState -- led by a guy whose idea of a brilliant political tactic is sending fake dog poop to a Democratic congressman -- to the WSJ's notoriously ideological editorial page and then to the IBD editorial page, which is sort of a poor man's WSJ for people completely uninterested in anything but a strict conservative line.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/11/05/bachmann/index.html

[SmileyRose]

1. I think Salon is wrong

I believe Bachmann's primary info source is whatever she can pull from her butt.