No, you're not



After taking heat from critics for suggesting the HPV vaccine is linked to "mental retardation," presidential candidate Michele Bachmann defended her comments to reporters in San Francisco Thursday. "During the debate, I didn't make any statements that would indicate I'm a doctor, I'm a scientist, or making any conclusions about the drug one way or the other. I didn't make any statements about that," she said.

Michele Bachmann offers the "I'm a moron" defense for her widely ridiculed claim that HPV vaccinations cause "mental retardation":

In other words, "Don't listen to me, I'm just a clueless idiot." Of course, if that's really what she thinks, shouldn't she have kept her mouth shut in the first place?