"Liar, liar, pants on fire" (At least 70% of the time.)

PolitiFact.com did a tally of Michele Bachmann's statements that they have rated since 2009. Of the 23 statements, 16 were rated either "False" or "Pants on Fire". So basically when she says something newsworthy, she's lying 70% of the time. A 30% success rate might be great for a major league hitter but not for someone who is trying to be taken seriously as the leader of 300,000,000 people. Additionally, FactCheck.org weighed in with some of her more dubious statements.

Of course, her supporters will probably do what Sarah Palin's supporters did and try to change what the truth really is. At what point does it stop being politics and start being a religion?

Frank: The Persecution of Sarah Palin - WSJ.com

A particularly funny line in Thomas Frank's column:

"The respect she [Palin] shows history, though, is the kind of respect you show the flag when you soak it in kerosene and touch a match to it."