Rep. Michele Bachmann ‘Goes Rogue,’ Literally Races Away From CNN Reporter at CPAC

[Douglas Carpenter]

For Tuesday night’s “Keeping Them Honest” segment, CNN host Anderson Cooper turned to Dana Bash‘s encounter with Rep. Michele Bachmann who, asked about comments she made about President Obama enjoying a lavish lifestyle at the taxpayer’s expense, repeatedly dodged the questions and “literally raced away.” Bash was “speechless.”

“A new book is out talking about the perks and the excess of the $1.4-billion-a-year presidency that we’re paying for,” Bachmann said in the speech. “And this is a lifestyle that is one of excess.” She added

Bash sought to confront her about those comments — which got four Pinocchios from the Washington Post — and found herself chasing after the congresswoman. “She literally raced away from our Dana Bash,” Cooper remarked.

“The claims of $1.4 billion in White House perks and excess, they fail on the facts in simple fairness,” he further noted, adding

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/michele-bachmann-repeatedly-dodges-questions-literally-races-away-from-cnn-reporter/

[Mika]

1. Youtube here ...

Michelle Bachmann Trashes OBAMA with Lies but Won't Explain Herself to CNN reporter Dana Bash

[zebonaut]

2. CNN reporter not aggressive enough....

but its a good journalistic start. I want to see more hard tough as nails questions; especially to loonytunes on the right; like Bachmann, for whom facts "just 'ain't that important'