Today’s first look at the Michele Bachmann action figure…
… has me wistful for the time when the idea of action figures in politics was fresh and new:
It was also a time when the action figure even looked something like the person it was supposed to portray. Rep. Bachmann’s action figure looks more like Gladys Knight.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins