A Whopper So Big The Village Called Her On It

The fact that Republicans keep getting invited on Sunday political talk shows when they have no credibility is a travesty only magnified by the microscopic number of times they get called out on it.  But every blue moon a Republican tells such an astonishing lie that the Village is forced to say something our of sheer self-defense.

Today was one of those days.  Naturally, the Republican liar?  Michele Bachmann.

The Minnesota congresswoman told Fox News' Chris Wallace that NATO airstrikes had killed up to 30,000 civilians in the country.

"People should be outraged at the foolishness of the president's decision," she said. "He said he wanted to go in for humanitarian purposes and overnight we are hearing that potentially 10 to 30,000 people could have been killed in the strike. Those are some of the reports."

"The NATO strikes killed 10,000 to 30,000 people?" an incredulous Wallace asked.

"A report that came out last night from the Tripoli ambassador said that potentially there could be 10,000 to 30,000," Bachmann insisted.

"You mean the Libyans?" Wallace pressed.

"Yes," Bachmann replied.

And keep in mind, this is FOX News that can't stomach this egregious lie that NATO has killed 30,000.

In fact, the tea party-backed lawmaker seemed to be referring to a statement made by U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz last week.

Cretz had said that U.S. officials believed that 10,000 to 30,000 had been killed by fighting between Gaddafi forces and the rebels, not NATO airstrikes.

To his credit, Wallace corrected Bachmann in a later segment.

"I just want to clear up, because we looked into what Michele Bachmann had been saying. She quoted the U.S. ambassador to Libya saying 30,000 people had been killed in the NATO strike so far. In fact, what Ambassador Gene Cretz said is that he estimated that 30,000 people had been killed by all sides in the entire conflict. That includes the rebels and the Gaddafi forces. So big difference," he said.

So Bachmann comes on FOX News Sunday and declares NATO has murdered 30,000...something that not even FOX News could let go by.

And yet Bachmann is a "serious" candidate for President that the Sunday shows will have on again and again.