Michele Backman: Can you trust a pretty face?

Michele Backmann is a pretty woman who seems to have a problem with prevarication. Following are some of her statements analyzed by PolitiFact. Note her overall record to begin with.

·       True                                        5 (9%)(5)

·       Mostly True                          4 (7%)(4)

·       Half True                               6 (11%)(6)

·       Mostly False                        7 (13%)(7)

·       False                                    20 (36%)(20)

·       Pants on Fire                     13 (24%)(13)

Republican from Minnesota

Michele Bachmann, first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2006, represents the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota. She was reelected in 2008. Previously, she served in the Minnesota State Senate. Prior to that, she spent five years as a federal tax litigation attorney. Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children, live in Stillwater, Minn., and own a mental health care practice.

Of every "three dollars in food stamps for the needy, seven dollars in salaries and pensions (go to) the bureaucrats who are supposed to be taking care of the poor."

Actually shows rate could drop under Obama

"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."

True, with one caveat

Says Newt Gingrich "made an affirmative statement that he would not only support but he would campaign for Republicans who were in support of the barbaric procedure known as partial-birth abortion."

Michele Bachmann

Uh, except for that Pants on Fire...

"After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."

Michele Bachmann

Nearly the opposite

Says Mitt Romney, as governor of Massachusetts, "put into place socialized medicine."

Perhaps she should take advantage of the mental health care facility they own to deal with this problem.