Supporters like Duane Halstad, a 69-year-old who was sitting on a porch watching a parade here, said Bachmann is the "only one telling the truth about this thing." He also said he believes President Barack Obama vacations on Martha's Vineyard to observe the Islamic holiday of Ramadan.
That glimpse of the great American madness comes from Charles Pierce at Esquire who transmits it from Politico. Politico is, imho, one of the outhouses of the web. And, as Pierce notes, it looks like Politico actually went and got that quote. You could be indignant (and should be) at both Politico and the world that contains Michele Bachmann. Or you can just laugh at the notion of an annual hadj at that rocky part of the Atlantic coast of Nutland.
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