She's Michelle Bachmann. Why is she being taken seriously as a candiate?

[King]

I remember when Bachmann was just a small little wart on Minnesota's backside.  Occasionally we'd pick at it and BRTD would complain about how much it bothered, but we never took it seriously enough to have it checked out.  Now it's a tumor the size of Lake Huron and is spreading throughout the country so fast it's unclear whether it's too late for chemotherapy to fight it off or not.