Michele Bachmann confuses John Wayne (hero) w/ John Wayne Gacy (serial killer)

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 00:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLfL9vMaUY   Posted on YouTube: June 27, 2011 By YouTube Member: BachmannLovesGacy Views on YouTube: 332   Posted on DU: June 27, 2011 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 4172

 

[Enrique]

1. "that's the spirit I have too"

best gaffe ever!


"I want them to know just like John Wayne is from Waterloo Iowa, that's the spirit I have too," Bachmann said. It's embracing America. It's sacrificing for America."


Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2011/06/27/bachmann-misspeaks-while-noting-her-hawkeye-roots#ixzz1QVCSA89l


"Gacy was a clown, just like me!"

[SDuderstadt]

2. I don't get it...

she doesn't appear to be talking about Gacy at all.

Please explain.

[jefferson_dem]

3. It's John Wayne Gacy, not John Wayne, who is from Waterloo...

Sorry, I should have been more clear in the OP. :hi:

[SDuderstadt]

11. Thanks...

makes more sense now.

[Lebam in LA]

14. still incorrect

John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. Bachman is nutz but this non-story is worthless. Many other reasons to go after her, so no need to make up reasons.

[jayschool]

16. Gacy lived in Waterloo

Wayne never lived in Waterloo.

Bachmann was in Waterloo claiming the spirit of John Wayne.

Laugh. It's funny. And just a little frightening.

[jefferson_dem]

26. Not incorrect.

Gacy and his wife moved from Illinois and settled in Waterloo, Iowa. Gacy and his wife had two children; a son named Michael, born in March 1967, followed by a daughter named Christine in January 1969. Shortly after his arrival in the city, Gacy had his first sexual experience with a man: a colleague of the Waterloo Jaycees—which Gacy had joined upon his arrival in the city—fellated Gacy while he was drunk.<17> Gacy was an enthusiastic worker for the Waterloo Jaycees, becoming a tireless worker on several fund-raising projects. In 1967, he was named "outstanding vice-president" of the Waterloo Jaycees.<18>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

Why so eager to defend her? She's obviously a flaky nutbag...as this gaffe kind of illustrates. :shrug:

[Lebam in LA]

27. Not defending her

He was not "from" Waterloo as the article stated. We need to be correct when we critize or we are called petty. She has so many things to go after. Lets be right

[jefferson_dem]

28. Ok.

Fair enough. :hi:

[Lebam in LA]

30. ...

thanks..guess I am a little anal at times:toast:

[Enrique]

4. John Wayne the actor is not from Waterloo

John Wayne Gacy is from Waterloo, as is Bachmann. So she thought she had Wayne's spirit, but in fact she has Gacy's.

[JDPriestly]

23. The cowboy star Winterset, Iowa per Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne

Winterset, Iowa is Southwest of Des Moines.

Waterloo, Iowa is Northeast of Des Moines.

Check the map for yourselves.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=winterset+iowa+map&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

No way she could have messed this up. Wow. Imagine 4:30 a.m. call. We have been attacked by the Virgin Islands. And she retaliates against Virgina. That's the kind of geographical blunder she could make. Please. I hope she didn't give a bonus to the staffer who misinformed her about John Wayne's birthplace.

[eleny]

5. The aticle that explains all tis is here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x696355

[jayschool]

8. Hometowns

John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, and lived there until he was 4, when his family moved to California.

John Wayne Gacy was a Chicago native who lived in Waterloo, Iowa, in the '60s, where he was first arrested for sexually assaulting boys.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

20. Here's the article

John Wayne (real name, Marion Morrison) was from Winterset Iowa. John Wayne Gacy was from Waterloo.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/bachmann-confuses-john-wayne-with-john-wayne-gacy-video.php

[TacticalPeek]

6. Dog help us if she ever gets her lines straight.

Fat chance.

[liberation]

7. Who is John Wayne (Hero)?

?

[Althaia]

9. The actor is from Winterset, Iowa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne

Edit: nevermind

[jberryhill]

10. Can we talk for a minute....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kxKBZsJuXJU/TEn_OIxuc1I/AAAAAAAAABE/oB0T4X5x5e4/s320/Chris+Hansen.jpg

[progressoid]

12. Serial killer, mediocre actor,

whatever.

[Vogon_Glory]

13. Pssst! Republican Lurkers! Take Note!

Hey Republican Lurkers (at least those of you who are campaigning for Mitt, Sarah, Tim, Rick, Rick, et al)! Take note. You could really go to town trashing somebody who can't tell the difference between the Duke and a serial-murdering clown!

We'll help--a little. We won't tell anybody that you got the news by reading DU. :evilgrin:

[d_b]

15. I laughed until my throat hurt

What a flake.

[DFW]

17. At least she wasn't in Virginia praising John Wayne Bobbitt

Her husband might have gotten VERY nervous upon hearing that...........

[Cheap_Trick]

18. Are we sure she was confused?

She IS a psycho after all....

[oldbanjo]

19. Serial killers do hear voices, just like she does. The last thing we need is someone

that hears voices as President.

[tishaLA]

21. I'm listening to her appearance on Face the Nation from yesterday

and, wow, that woman tells some big lies. Schieffer, to his credit, asked her about the lie that Pres Obama had issued only one off shore drilling permit during his time in office, when the fact is that it's more than 300. And Ol' Michele can't admit her mistakes.

I hope she goes very, very far in the primaries.

[Dookiestix]

22. She's a Tea Partier...

...what more would you expect?

[Chisox08]

24. Just like Ayn Rand she just loves a serial killer

[SemperEadem]

25. so that question put to her by chris wallace was pretty prescient

she is a flake and she proves it every passing day.

[DWinNJ]

29. As I posted elsewhere

Nobody mentioned that in the America that John Wayne lived in (the one she meant), you can die from cancer caused by some form of toxic waste (nuclear radiation)

[KurtNYC]

31. Who are we liberal know-it-alls to say she was confused. She was very specific.

She either knew where John Wayne Gacy was from off the top of her head or she did some research.

Has she said she made a mistake? Marion Wayne (sandwich) was an actor and a union member (!)