Now Michele Bachmann has more than just Rick Perry's attacks her bizarre claims about the H.P.V. vaccine to worry about.
Scientists offer reward if Bachmann's claim about vaccinations is verified
WASHINGTON - A University of Minnesota scientist and his former boss are offering more than $10,000 in rewards if the story GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann told about a vaccine causing mental disability can be verified.
Bachmann sparked the controversy by telling Fox News and "The Today Show" after Monday's GOP presidential debate that a woman had come up to her and said that her daughter's mental disability had been caused by a vaccination against HPV, the human papilloma virus. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer.
Did Bachmann's science classes at Oral Roberts University give her the technical expertise to make an informed judgement on the Human Papilloma Vaccine? I doubt it and now suddenly so does she.
Bachmann: I didn't make any statements that would indicate I'm a doctor
"During the debate, I didn't make any statements that would indicate I'm a doctor, I'm a scientist, or making any conclusions about the drug one way or the other. I didn't make any statements about that," she said.
Michele Bachmann having jumped into the deep end of the Kool Aid pool realizes she's sinking. Panicked by the damage she's inflicted on her campaign, she's thrashing wildly trying to get back into the shallow end of the Kool Aid pool.
Not a Doctor
Will Bachmann's confession of her ignorance be enough to get her back into the game in time for the Iowa Caucus, which he had been the favorateto win? Michele is no doctor but playing one on TV gave even Teabaggers a glimpse into her erratic reasoning, making her look ridicules to her supporters watching Fox News Sunday.