Posted on 06/27/2011 4:59:22 PM PDT by Nachum
Watch below courtesy of a YouTube account titled, no joke, “BachmannLovesGacy.” The gaffe: She claimed in an interview with Fox News that she shares the spirit of another famous Waterloo, Iowa, resident, John Wayne. But John Wayne never lived in Waterloo; John Wayne Gacy did, which means this is either (a) another sloppy factual error a la her claiming that Lexington and Concord are located in New Hampshire or (b) some sort of Freudian slip that proves she secretly identifies with lunatics or something. (Bachmann loves Gacy!) Her critics will insist they’re sticking to the first narrative but their read on Bachmann has always been that she’s evil and/or nuts. See, e.g., Matt Taibbi’s long profile of Bachmann in Rolling Stone this month asserting that she’s “grandiose crazy, late-stage Kim Jong-Il crazy” or Colbert King recently dismissing her as “Barbie with fangs.” It’s embarrassing that she wouldn’t know that the Duke lived in Winterset, Iowa, not Waterloo, given that she’s been selling herself over the past few days as a proud Hawkeye, but no one will care in a day. Without the Gacy angle, though, to nudge along the “she’s nuts” storyline, you probably wouldn’t have heard of this; it would have been dismissed as her mixing up two town names that begin with “W” and that would have been it.
In fact, it’s even lamer than that. It turns out there is a Waterloo connection for John Wayne:
Bachmann’s campaign pointed out to ABC News today that actor John Wayne’s parents did live in Waterloo, although the actor himself did not.
And a little internet research proves that point correct.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
I don’t think this is a complete list of gaffs, but it is a rather complete list:
Obama on Video:
http://www.nachumlist.com/obamavideo.htm
My list of Obama’s administration:
I think you might find something useful there. :)
John Wayne was born in Winterset, IA
John Wayne was born in Winterset, IA
They can’t seem to get half as excited over Obama claiming a dead soldier was alive.
The difference is that Palin never said that. Bachmann owns this screw up. This ends her one day run for the presidency.
It was.... interesting.
All I can say is... Macaca.
One of the things that I admire about Bachmann is that she is never at a loss for words. She can give as well as she gets.
Only for morons who think that the names John Wayne and John Wayne Gacy are identical.
She is now IMO coming off as not ready for prime time. I hope Palin runs at this point.
>”I think we have been too passive in responding to this stuff. We need to intelligently forcefully throw this stuff right back in their face.”
I agree completely. That should be one of the main activities of Tea Party regional groups — keeping their local media honest. Whenever their local media unfairly smears the party or its candidates, they should send alert emails out to their members who should respond with letters to the editor, phone calls and posts in the comment sections of web page articles.
I didn't read it. Where do you see me indicate I had a problem with it?
Matter of fact in years of posting, this is the first complaint I have heard.
Please point out my complaint about the article.
I take it you are not a Bachmann fan?
I don't mind her. Tell me, how do you draw so many conclusions
from the simple fact of my having posted a direct video link to the thread?
You see, in the first line of the excerpt, a video is mentioned.
The video didn't get included in the excerpt so I dove in and fetched it out.
You're welcome.
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