Acting like an idiot.

My ultra conservative Republican congresswoman got carried away the other day. In a nice way. But Michele Bachmann eventually decided that was out of character. That it was un-American to get carried away the way she did. To almost everyone's surprise, Bachmann had announced that she was going for dual citizenship. She was gonna become a citizen of Switzerland. No, she wasn't gonna renounce her American citizenship. Because she's a super patriot. She often has questioned the loyalty of her fellow members of Congress. Especially Democrats. Including Barack Obama. For their alleged un-American socialist ways. Turns out that Bachmann's husband has Swiss roots. His parents came from Switzerland. And that entitles him and the members of his current family to be Swiss citizens. Bachmann's children were thrilled with the idea/opportunity of becoming Swiss citizens. Sounded rather romantic and worldly. So the family started the necessaary paperwork for dual citizenship. And Michele seemed captivated by the idea that even she could be a Swiss citizen. But suddenly, she realized that would hurt her image. Especially with patriotic American lunatic fringe Republicans. Might even hurt her chance for reelection. Because the Swiss are socialists. They even have socialized medicine. Which is abhorrent to Bachmann. So she excised her name from the application. Declaring she wants no part of Swiss citizenship. That she wants to remain completely, totally pro-American. Even if that means acting like an idiot. --Jim Broede