Fact Check

Fox News, Bachmann, & Palin continue their crusade against facts.

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Bachmann Baffles

That's right, folks! FDR caused the depression. Chuck out those pesky "history" books. Bachmann knows what's what. For example, FDR and his nasty democratic self applied the "formula" of the "Hoot-Smalley" tariffs. You might think that she was referring to the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930. The ones that were sponsored by Senator Smoot and Representative Hawley (both Republicans) and supported by then-President Hoover. FDR didn't take office until 1933. CLEARLY, though, she's referring to the tariffs proposed by Senator Hoot and Rep. Smalley, the communist infiltrators from fascist Germany. And that really was a bad policy move.


Edit: I should learn to read dates. This is a year old. Still ridiculous though, so it stays.