It took about twelve seconds as an official candidate for president for Michele Bachmann to say get caught saying something unintentionally hilarious. Speaking to Fox News shortly after on Sunday before her announcement in Waterloo, Iowa, earlier today, Bachmann said, "What I want them to know is that, just like John Wayne is from Waterloo, Iowa, that's the kind of spirit that I have too." As the Washington Times pointed out, movie star John Wayne was born in Iowa — but Winterset, Iowa, which is about 140 miles from Waterloo. There was, however, a famous John Wayne who used to live in Waterloo. His name was John Wayne Gacy, and he was a terrifying clown who raped and murdered 33 young men in the seventies, which is about as far from "heroic cowboy" as you can get. (via)thx joey tony!
history lesson:
sufjan stevens - john wayne gacy, jr.
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speaking of gaffes by idiots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
i don't think i want to.
ugh. that is 3 years old. are you REALLY defending michele bachmann?
brb stripping you of your correspondent priveleges.
At least he didn't say he was running his campaign like a serial killer.
ntm - i couldn't tell you how many times i've said america has 52 states. easy mistake, easily corrected. and he won't make up some bullshit about bells guns and paul revere to cover it up.
for getting the wrong john wayne in the right iowa town, or for getting the right john wayne in the wrong iowa town? yeah, i have no problem defending that. revere was palin, not bachmann, understandable mistake since the media wants you to believe they're the same person.
you need to take a look at the syntax of her original statement, and decide if it even really matters what factual mistakes were made.
and also decide if the similarities between her and palin are really that negligible.
For getting the wrong start of the revolutionary war? Lexington and Concord?
I know they're separate people - you brought up obama - called him an idiot - i brought up an idiot and you called her sarah palin.
Michelle Bacchman is insane.
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