Bachmann earns two more Pants on Fires

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., is no stranger to the Truth-O-Meter. So far, her comments have decidedly bent the needle to the left and, on one occasion, set the meter on fire.

We swear we’re not trying to pick on her, but we just couldn’t let this latest one go. Recently, Bachmann went on record to declare that because of ACORN’s involvement in the Census and other privacy concerns, she would only tell 2010 Census takers how many people are in her household — and nothing more.

Here’s how she explained it in a

Washington Times

interview (which you can listen to

here

):

“Now ACORN has been named one of the national partners, which will be a recipient again of federal money,” Bachmann said. “And they will be in charge of going door-to-door and collecting data from the American public. This is very concerning because the motherload of all data information will be from the Census. And, of course, we think of the Census as just counting how many people live in your home. Unfortunately, the Census data has become very intricate, very personal (with) a lot of the questions that are asked.

“And I know for my family the only question that we will be answering is how many people are in our home. We won’t be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn’t require any information beyond that.”

There’s a lot wrong in her statement, so we divided it into two Truth-O-Meter items. You can read the one on ACORN’s involvement

here

. And in

this item

, we’ll address Bachmann’s claim that she’s only constitutionally obligated to provide the number of people in her household.