This is the best thing I’ve read all day: Rep. Michele “Crazy Eyes” Bachmann has been challenged to a debate on civics and the U.S. Constitution by a high school student in Cherry Hill, NJ.

In an open letter to to Bachmann, my new hero Amy Myers wrote:

Dear Representative Bachmann,

My name is Amy Myers. I am a Cherry Hill, New Jersey sophomore attending Cherry Hill High School East. As a typical high school student, I have found quite a few of your statements regarding The Constitution of the United States, the quality of public school education and general U.S. civics matters to be factually incorrect, inaccurately applied or grossly distorted. The frequency and scope of these comments prompted me to write this letter.

Though I am not in your home district, or even your home state, you are a United States Representative of some prominence who is subject to national media coverage. News outlets and websites across this country profile your causes and viewpoints on a regular basis. As one of a handful of women in Congress, you hold a distinct privilege and responsibility to better represent your gender nationally. The statements you make help to serve an injustice to not only the position of Congresswoman, but women everywhere. Though politically expedient, incorrect comments cast a shadow on your person and by unfortunate proxy, both your supporters and detractors alike often generalize this shadow to women as a whole.

Rep. Bachmann, the frequent inability you have shown to accurately and factually present even the most basic information about the United States led me to submit the follow challenge, pitting my public education against your advanced legal education:

I, Amy Myers, do hereby challenge Representative Michele Bachmann to a Public Forum Debate and/or Fact Test on The Constitution of the United States, United States History and United States Civics.

Hopefully, we will be able to meet for such an event, as it would prove to be enlightening.

Sincerely yours,
Amy Myers

I think Amy’s got a damned good point there.

Of course Rep. Bachmann, like Sarah Palin, is notoriously shy of appearing anywhere in public where her “reality tunnel” might be challenged, but speaking for myself, I’D PAY GOOD MONEY TO SEE THIS, so what if the ante gets upped a bit and this debate benefits a women’s charity?

There’s a Facebook group for this already, to put some pressure on Bachmann to debate Amy, but if there was a large amount of money pledged for this, she’d have a much more difficult time turning this challenge down. This has the potential to raise MILLIONS for a good cause. MILLIONS.

What do you say, “Crazy Eyes”? You aren’t afraid of a high school student are you? Game on?