"The government has no business telling an individual what kind of lightbulb to buy," she declares, but as she continues to imply that this law is all Obama's doing, here's the fun part she always leaves out:

The law was passed in 2007 with strong bipartisan congressional support (including 39 Republican senators) - and it was signed by President George W. Bush.

So this is no liberal "nanny-state" conspiracy. In reality, this law officially acknowledges that saving energy is a patriotic act; that new-technology bulbs will use 25 percent to 30 percent less energy than current incandescents, save the average household as much as $200 a year in energy costs, and sharply cut power-plant pollution - thereby lessening the greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to global warming.

But such empiricism doesn't fly with Bachmann, since she doesn't even believe that humans contribute to global warming ("voodoo," she calls it, "nonsense, hokum, a hoax"). Fortunately for her, that position puts her in sync with the conservatives who will kick off the Republican primary season next winter in Iowa and New Hampshire. They're undoubtedly more than happy to believe that Obama is the president who inked the deal to curb their lightbulb freedom.