But it's funny (scary, actually) that it didn't strike me as obvious fiction right off the bat -- that woman is plenty loony enough to utter such nonsense.
How dare you all beat me to the fact that the Bachmann news was fake? Although, I think she once said her husband wasn't available because he was buying a skirt for a poodle or something. In that case, they might fit in nicely in the Pearl.
But it's funny (scary, actually) that it didn't strike me as obvious fiction right off the bat -- that woman is plenty loony enough to utter such nonsense.