Prepping to debate Bachmann

Amy Myers, the Cherry Hill East sophomore who has cheekily challenged the chronically fact-challenged U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann to a civics debate, hasn't asked for my advice.

But in the unlikelihood that Bachmann – infamous for "the founding fathers abolished slavery" and other historical howlers -- agrees to Ms. Myers' challenge, I'd like to offer our young scholar a few talking points:

Congresswoman Bachmann, is it true your signature hairdo is a tribute to the first season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show? 

Are those snarky YouTube videos implying that your husband might not…win a gold medal in the Minnesota Testosterone Olympics the reason you're so obsessed with gay people?

Your eyes seem to emit interstellar laser beams during TV interviews. Discuss.

Which leads to my next question: Can you produce your birth certificate?

Not a copy, or a digital image.

The original.

I need to make certain you're a citizen.

Of planet earth.