This is why I support Michele Bachmann

It is the potential loss of wonderful political theatre that I am worried about should Bachman, Palin, Cain, Perry .. heck, if almost all the current GOP wannabes are replaced by saner ones.  Oh, wait, is a "sane Republican" a contradiction in terms anymore? :)

Ron Bailey writes that at the debate, Michele Bachmann proves she's an anti-science idiot:

Rep. Michele Bachmann apparently scored points off Texas Gov. Rick Perry when she chided him for approving mandatory HPV vaccinations. The HPV vaccine prevents viral infections that substantially increase the risk of cervical cancer. Besides objecting to the mandatory vaccinations, Bachmann also asserted: 

There’s a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine. She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result of that vaccine.

Thus did the solon from Minnesota apparently manage to associate HPV vaccinations with the thoroughly discredited claims that MMR vaccines cause autism. Adverse events reports concerning HPV vaccinations indicate that their risks are minor and do not incude mental retardation.

Hey, by her logic, do you think Bachmann's condition is a result of the vaccines she was given when she was a kid?

Bailey adds:

here's some icing on the cake: Bachmann believes in "intelligent design" too. These people really think that they are fit to run this country? Sheesh.

Bailey, don't driver her out of town, yet.  We need such entertainment during the dark and gloomy months of winter :)