Comedy Central's The Daily Show picked up on GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's incorrect comments regarding swine flu and Democratic presidents. It also mocks the dilemma over what to call the swine, H1N1 flu. MPR took a look at that dilemma. Here's the video:
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