Bachmann Grills Bernanke About ACORN (No Joke)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) seems to be developing a one-track mind. At a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Bachmann asked Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about…ACORN?

To be fair, Bachmann also asked about one of her other pet issues, the threat of a one-world currency replacing the dollar — which does actually bear a relationship to the questions of monetary policy.

But here she has the man who runs our country’s whole money supply, right in front of her and required to take her questions, and this is what she asks about?

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