None of the cases cited in this article are Mental Retardation. They could be considered Brain Damage which is a far different thing. Mental retardation is a development problem, not a degenerative issue. Bachmann either had no idea what Mental Retardation was defined as in a clinical sense or she was going way over board. Both cases do not look good for her.
I think that the mixing of the terms Mental Retardation and Brain Damage are not that unusual for a layman.
For example, is Obama mentally retarded or brain damaged?
Bachmann is a successful lawyer and Congressperson. I doubt she wouldn’t know what is the definition of “mental retardation”.I wish the people on this site would stop rushing to knock and criticize good conservative Republicans. No wonder we have trouble voting in good candidates to office.
Bachmann merely repeated what a woman in the audience told her, and brain damage can certaily be like mental retardation, so that’s what the woman called it.