Michele Bachmann secedes North Dakota

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Seconds later, Bachmann did what she's done before: repeat something she'd heard as fact.

"I was talking with a businessman this morning up in Minneapolis," she said. "And he was up in Williston, North Dakota, where the Bakken oil field is producing."

"Someone told me that last year that North Dakota was the only nation that actually was running a surplus. And it's because they're utilizing their natural energy resources," Bachmann added.

The congresswoman calling North Dakota a "nation" was clearly misspeaking. But more glaring: North Dakota was one of four states to run a surplus last year.

Bachmann campaign spokeswoman Alice Stewart responded to CNN's questions about the statement, saying, "The point Michele was making is that the country and states would benefit by legalizing all energy production and not picking winners and losers, as President Obama did with Solyndra. She disagrees with the president on energy - while he views it in terms of environmental policy, she views it in terms of economic policy."

[david_vincent]

1. North Dakota also has the only state-owned bank in the country

The Bank of North Dakota, which is part of the reason for ND's comparatively even keel. Someone should point that out to Ms. Halfwit. No prizes for guessing what Rethugs' take on state-owned banks is.

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2. None of the ND rethugs dare touch the State Bank of ND or

The State Mill and Elevator. Both are Socialism at it best.
If they tried to touch either, the result would be that they couldn't even get elected to stand-by home room monitor. In other words they have to get real jobs and very few places would hire them anyway.

You are correct, the State Bank does a lot to keep North Dakota on an even finical keel.

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3. Yup, the cogent fact is that the stupid twit was wrong anyway!

Montana, Arkansas, and Alaska all ran surpluses.