[Williams]

I really don’t see how getting John Wayne’s hometown wrong is that big a deal, esp if he was born in Iowa. Again, I don’t necessarily believe the gaffe was anyone mistaking JWG’s name for JW.

[RummyChick]

It’s a huge gaffe.

She was using John Wayne as a theme. It looked like it would be a central theme.She blew it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/27/michele-bachmann-john-wayne_n_885368.html

Now, how does one recover from such a disaster?

I think she has to find a clever way to joke about it. Perhaps she should visit the town where he was born.