Posted on 06/27/2011 11:54:18 AM PDT by RummyChick
Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo's own John Wayne.
The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo's John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer.
Mrs. Bachmann grew up in Waterloo, and used the town as the backdrop for her campaign announcement, where she told Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."
(Someone has already posted the clip to YouTube under the name BachmannLovesGacy) John Wayne, the movie legend, is in fact from Iowa and the John Wayne birthplace is a celebrated landmark only it's in Winterset, which is a nearly three hour drive away from Waterloo. Gacy, though, had his first taste of the criminal life in Waterloo, where he lived for a short time, and where he had his first criminal conviction for an attempted homosexual assault, which landed him in prison for 18 months. He would move back to Illinois, where his killing spree started, and lasted about six years. In 1980 he was convicted on 33 counts of murder, and was executed in 1994.
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Hilarious.
My sister must be a Cuban, then, as my parents honeymooned there in the 50s. They likely had, uh, relations while there.
Apparently it isn’t only Bachmann, now who forgets this? I don’t and others don’t either.
Perhaps she has a stupid staff. LOL
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3245796/Palin-gaffes-over-N-Korea-allies.html
Probably more important to know who are allies are than to pinpoint John Wayne’s birthplace.
Somewhere, Chris Wallace is smiling....
Bachmann supporters hoping this wouldn’t get play around the world better look at the Daily Mail.
Michele Bachmann is really fortunate that the Saturday Night Live season is over for the year.
Marion Mitchell Morrison aka John Wayne
who would have ever conceived of naming a guy Marion?
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A boy named Sue?
She did blow it as she should have known that Waterloo is not John Wayne’s hometown.
However she in NO WAY confused Gacy for the Duke. That part of the story is a straight up lie.
Good grief, some staffer gave Michelle this error about John Wayne being from Waterloo and she repeated it.
Does anyone think that every candidate does their own research on trivial crap like this.
In other words, you could say ... 'she hit it*' ....
* (as in 'the wall' or the 'palm').
That's Mr. Suh to you. :)
You betcha...
Do you think the banking cartel would let them win the nomination?
This could be her “I can see Russia from my house” moment.
Republican candidates simply can’t afford these screw-ups, while Dems are almost bulletproof no matter how bad they mess up (see Obama - “my muslim faith”). Her enemies will feast on this for the rest of her political life. Then again, maybe she just isn’t that bright (as in Zero’s case, which is so bad he has to seal his transcripts). I just can’t fathom it.
I. Don’t. Care.
She got the right state....out of 58 no less!
To put this in perspective, Obama says doctors routinely cut out kids’ tonsils for fees whereas he will solve the health care crisis because the kids only have allergies.
I could go on. IF MB made a mistake it is meaningless. And BTW she is not my favorite candidate.
This could be her I can see Russia from my house moment.
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You’re comparing her to Tina Fey??
I really don’t think anyone reporting on this thinks she is saying she wants to be like John Wayne Gacy.
But this gaffe shows a number of things about her.
For me, it shows she is is not very honest..she was trying to attach herself to the John Wayne mystic and cash in on it...with the theme of returning to John Wayne’s America...and claims she is from Waterloo (and is)...but didn’t know John Wayne was NOT from Waterloo but from Winterset. Maybe she kicked off her campaign from there because she thought John Wayne was from there.
Unfortunately for her, there was a John Wayne from Waterloo..and that is the stake that is going to be nailed through her Presidential campaign with the media.
And Chris Wallace is laughing right about now.
She needs to go on the Daily Show and tell Stewart, “Okay. Let’s have it.” Get it all out quickly.
And when is little sister coming to town??? Tomorrow?
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