Bachmann on debt: 'Hu's your daddy!'

On the lighter side of conservatism

February 10, 2011 at 8:46PM

Michele Bachmann offered a novel take on the $14 trillion national debt today at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.

While many Americans lament the nation's growing debt obligations to China, the Chinese don't seem too worried. Playing on the name of Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Minnesota Republican said, "With all the money we owe China, I think we might rightly say, 'Hu's your daddy!'

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