It Is Bachman with One N, Thank You

Now that Michelle BachmanN has dropped out of the Republican presidential nomination race, I can heave a sigh of relief that, very soon, I will no longer have to point out the difference in the spelling of my last name from hers.

The former candidate, whose brightest idea to resolve the impending energy crunch was to promise $2 per gallon gasoline–which she proposed to achieve by expanding oil drilling, drilling in ANWR, and drilling offshore–is no relative of mine.

“Congresswoman BachmanN has co-sponsored and advocated for the No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009, which would open up the outer continental shelf and ANWR to drilling and exploration. She has also co-sponsored legislation to require the President to designate portions of no less that three military institutions to be used as refineries,” according to PoliGu.com.

Even more brain-numbing was BachmanN’s pledge to padlock the EPA. “And I guarantee you the EPA will have doors locked and lights turned off and they will only be about conservation,” she said … at a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids,” according to an Aug. 6  report from the Des Moines Register. 

While in office, Congresswoman Bachmann has voted against most progressive energy legislation, her voting record shows.

As reviling to me as her abysmal environmental voting record is her penchant for  playing loose with facts and irresponsible accusations. Her perpetuation of falsehoods is legendary. As a journalist, truth-telling is especially important to me, and I can’t help but wonder if someone had advised her that public lying in print is a crime. It is called libel.

Now that BachmanN is out of the race, hopefully I can concentrate on other distinctions and maybe find a namesake I actually want to be linked to.