Much is being made of Michelle Bachman's apparently needy and worshipful insistance on touching, kissing, and prolonging contact with President Bush on Tuesday.

I'd hate to be a famous person whose every moment is recorded for posterity and parsed for signs of my secret nature.

Hey, we all have moments where we forget where we are and what we're supposed to be doing.  While this is embarassing for Ms. Bachmann, and entertaining for those of us who don't like her, I think it's only right to keep it in perspective.  It was a heady time, it was probably the biggest night of her life up to this point, and she got carried away.

Of more concern is what Ms. Bachman does when she is focused on doing her job.  This woman wants creationism taught in science classes.  She opposes equal rights for and, promotes fear and hatred of, gay people.  She wants to institutinalize a particular religious viewpoint into our government.

While it might be fun for the moment to mock her human frailties (which we all have), that's not the best use of our time, is it?