How dare she insult TOTUS!

(LA Times) — There are many ways to get a crowd riled up in New Hampshire, but Michele Bachmann cut to the chase in her first Granite State appearance as a presidential candidate Tuesday.

“Live free or die!” she shouted into the microphone as she stepped on stage — bringing many in the crowd to their feet.

A day after her debut as a 2012 contender in Iowa–where she surged to the top of the field in a Des Moines Register poll released this weekend — the fiery Minnesota congresswoman drew some 300 people to the small, wooded town of Raymond, about 22 miles from New Hampshire’s coast. She followed her opener (New Hampshire’s state motto) by leading the crowd in a chant declaring Barack Obama a one-term president and went on to mock him for “leading from behind” and ridicule his use of a teleprompter.

“President Bachmann will be banning the teleprompter at the White House,” the candidate said to laughter. “You’ll be getting uncut, uncensored — you’ll be getting the unvarnished truth out of the White House because that’s what the American people deserve.”