After Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., claimed last month that she left the Democratic Party and became Republican because she was horrified by the portrayal of the Founding Fathers in Gore Vidal's 1973 historical novel "Burr," I reached out to the 85-year-old author.
And today, through an assistant, Vidal offered this written statement in response to Bachmann's creation myth:
"She is too stupid to deserve an answer."
Here is the video of Bachmann telling the tale in Troy, Mich., last month:
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