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John Wayne's Parents Lived in Waterloo, Iowa
American Spectator ^ | 6.29.11 @ 4:50PM | By Jeffrey Lord

Posted on 06/29/2011 3:33:32 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Michele Bachmann says "John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa" and the media goes nuts. Ohhhhhhhh what an idiot, she confused John Wayne with John Wayne Gacy the serial killer. Ha ha ha.

Now comes word that… yes indeed… Clyde Morrison and his blushing bride Molly got married in…. Waterloo, Iowa. And settled there.

Later moving to Winterset, Iowa. Where they had their bouncing baby boy ...Who grew up to become -- yes indeed -- John Wayne.

Not John Wayne Gacy.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: bachmann; john; johnwayne; johnwaynegacy; mediabias; michele; wayne
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1 posted on 06/29/2011 3:33:40 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Thanks for the update. I was up all night wondering where they were from.


2 posted on 06/29/2011 3:35:39 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
The political Left's readiness to pounce on anything they think might be a gaffe or an embarrassment for conservative GOP candidates gets them into trouble on a weekly basis. They just can't help themselves. ....thankfully.
3 posted on 06/29/2011 3:37:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Spin and stretch...
4 posted on 06/29/2011 3:37:47 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Incredible how quickly the media can research every nuance of Michele Bachmann’s statements and point out the most subtle inconsistency, but Obama emits countless groaners and they go into the memory hole.

He refers to “my muslim faith” in a face-to-face one-on-one with a nationally prominent media personality, and that personality gently prompts him to correct his language, even suggesting the wording of that correction, and that’s that.


5 posted on 06/29/2011 3:38:25 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Obama got his own daughter’s age wrong? I would say that’s a bigger gaff than MB’s, although I doubt the MSM sees it that way.


6 posted on 06/29/2011 3:39:58 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Compassionate Conservatism? Promoting self reliance is compassionate. Promoting dependency is not.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Why are we letting these soviet-grade spin artists drive the conversation? Anybody on the left discussing Bachman's "massive gaffe" should be met with something like this:

"She clearly meant the actor, because otherwise it makes no sense to normal humans. The only people obsessed with serial killers, and criminals in general, are liberals that want them to vote. Are you one of them? By the by, how much did Obama grew the national debt today?"

7 posted on 06/29/2011 3:43:23 PM PDT by mwilli20 (BO. Making communists proud all over the world.)
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This really shouldn't have been a big issue and was dealt with appropriately by Bachmann saying “I made a mistake”.

Now, we have Bachmann supporters reviving the issue trying to argue that John Wayne's parents lived in Waterloo, so Bachmann wasn't really wrong. The problem is, that's not what she said;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRsxrOwjdno

8 posted on 06/29/2011 3:47:23 PM PDT by Rational Thought
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Neither John Wayne nor John Wayne Gacey are from Waterloo. Both sides are spinning.

She should have simply said: “I made a mistake, he must have been from one of the other 57 states”


9 posted on 06/29/2011 3:50:00 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the constitution"-Obama official)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

John Wayne Gacy did live in Waterloo for a while but wasn’t born there.


10 posted on 06/29/2011 3:50:25 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

True. However Bachman has run her mouth as the one to beat.

“Obozo will beat here and it is sad if she cannot show where she did not propose to cut disabled Vets.”


11 posted on 06/29/2011 3:51:03 PM PDT by Lumper20 (state)
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To: GSWarrior

*snicker*


12 posted on 06/29/2011 3:51:45 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (It should be illegal for illegals to play with matches... just sayin'...)
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To: Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)

Superior tagline Steely Tom.

13 posted on 06/29/2011 3:53:43 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: mwilli20

Liberals are not normal people, otherwise they would think for themselves and not automatically parrot the liberal medial talking points.


14 posted on 06/29/2011 3:54:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: GSWarrior

With that epic flub on her resume’ the libs will be demanding that she pull out of the race. LOL!!


15 posted on 06/29/2011 3:59:03 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Rational Thought
I see five basic issues with the Bachmann campaign so far.

1) No sense of how to build a coalition - Ed Rollins being exhibit A and Bachmann's unwillingess to publicly acknowledge the problems Rollins has caused being exhibit B. If Palin does not enter the race, Bachmann is a natural crossover for Palin supporters. I have yet to see that either Bachmann or her supporters realize just how much Rollins has created a chasm for that movement if the opportunity arises. And she will not be a natural crossover for the establishment pubbies. She has to win on the right - and not alienate potential allies.

2) Not being prepared for what is likely to come. Bachmann stated on Fox News Sunday that she never got a penny from her father-in-laws farm. Her congressional filings indicate otherwise. She has to be preparted for such questions to answer then in such a manner that she doesn't raise even more questions - there may be an explaination for the discrepency, but she has not offered up one for it.

3) Making unforced errors. The John Wayne statement is a prime example. It was completely unneeded and unscripted. And it was a Youtube bonaza against her.

4) Not admitting she was wrong. See failure to aplogize publicly for Rollins and admitting her mistake in the John Wayne matter.

5) Thinking this will all go away if she pretends it doesn't exist. It won't.

Now I'm sure the usual suspects will be coming along to bash Palin and tell me I must want Romney or Obama to win.

Horsecrap. Bachmann should be a logical conservative option. But she has to show she understands what it takes to win more than a Congressional election. So far she hasn't, and there isn't a lot of time for a learning curve in this game.

16 posted on 06/29/2011 4:00:07 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Rational Thought

I see part of my point 4 is wrong - Bachmann did admit a mistake on the John Wayne matter. Good, maybe she is learning from the mistakes.


17 posted on 06/29/2011 4:01:53 PM PDT by dirtboy
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I listened to part of her on Hannity today, and what troubled me is the overuse of the word ‘I’, including the claim she ‘I am a uniter’, meaning she’s said she’s uniting conservatives, libertarians, independents and some democrats.


18 posted on 06/29/2011 4:03:58 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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You run to the middle AFTER you win the nomination. I don’t see Bachmann competing for the establishment vote to win the nomination.


19 posted on 06/29/2011 4:06:13 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

John Wayne Gacy was a registered democrat.


20 posted on 06/29/2011 4:06:57 PM PDT by frankenMonkey (Because he was the son you bore, And gave to that wind blowing and that tide!)
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