Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and Washington Post associate editor Eugene Robinson said on national television Thursday that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has a history of saying "crazy-ass things."
After doing so on MSNBC's "Countdown," Robinson was offered $100 by Keith Olbermann if he would title his next article using exactly those words (video follows with transcript and commentary):
KEITH OLBERMANN, HOST: And lastly, and I shudder to raise this topic. Mr. Boehner has put Michele Bachmann on the intelligence committee? Your turn.
And so, people may be inclined to take the crazy things she says about foreign policy more seriously because they`ll say, well, gee, is this something she learned, a secret from the intelligence committee? So, that is troublesome if -- you know, if world leaders, even Kim Jong-il is listening to what she has to say about North Korea and thinking, gee, maybe that`s from the intelligence committee. Now, that`s one problem.
The other problem is, you know, they actually learned secrets on the intelligence committee. You want Michele Bachmann as a guardian of our nation`s most precious secrets? I don`t.
OLBERMANN: I`ll pay you $100 if you can convince the headline writers at "The Post" to title the next one of your columns, "Michele Bachmann has a history of saying crazy-ass things." It`s got to be in the headline.
ROBINSON: A hundred bucks?
OLBERMANN: Hundred bucks.
ROBINSON: OK. I don`t know if it`ll be in the next column, but we`ll see -- give me a month.
OLBERMANN: All right. Or 100 bucks to you or $1,000 to charity, your choice.
ROBINSON: There you go.
OLBERMANN: Gene Robinson of "The Washington Post" and MSNBC -- as always, great thanks.
(LAUGHTER)
ROBINSON: Good to talk to you, Keith.
Makes you wonder if Robinson would get another Pulitzer Prize if the Post agrees to this.
Stay tuned.
(H/T Real Clear Politics)
