...the woman is looney tunes. What's disturbing is that she has one of 435 votes in the House that governs this country. By the way, there are more like her, both in the GOP as well as on the Democrat side of the aisle. Maxine Waters and Barney Frank come to mind, but I'm sure given a few minutes I could think of others. What's even more scary is that just by getting re-elected a few times, folks like this actually are elevated to positions of leadership in our Congress, based mostly on seniority.

Congresswoman Bachmann is an excellent example of how someone like her can have extraordinary influence on our lives. She's lived her life as a conservative religious activist. Politically, she had only five years experience as a Minnesota State Senator before being elected to the U.S. House in 2006. She had actually been elevated to a leadership position in the Minnesota Senate for a few months before the Republican leader fired her for "philosophical differences". Now, in her third term in the U.S. House, she's navigated herself to be the head of a major caucus of Representatives. Is she the type of person you want having a significant influence over the governance of our country? Just listen to her statements. Try to figure out her thought process.

What's scary is that people like this can actually have a significant impact on how our lives are lived. I guess the best we can hope is that there are an equal number of goofballs in both parties to offset one another so the rest of the House can do the people's business. But it does make you wonder how in the world tens of thousands of people elected folks like this, doesn't it?