This is kind of pathetic. Using a colloquialism is now going to be taken as a literal meaning of the words. So now if someone accuses someone else of “shooting off at the mouth” are you going to say they actually said his mouth was a weapon with which to shoot people. What happened to Charles battling these outrageous outrages, instead of manufacturing them. This is an inaccurate statement by Bachmann to be sure, but it’s hardly over the top or inflammatory.