Wrong John Wayne, there, Crazy-Eyes

[MineralMan]

Bachmann, today mentioned John Wayne as a fellow Waterloo, IA resident, and likened herself to him.

Uh, Michele...that was John Wayne Gacy, the batshit crazy killer. He lived in Waterloo. The actor, John Wayne, comes from Somerset, IA, over 100 miles away. Someone's Google search went awry, it seems, and the news media has picked up this error. Your little error is now national news, and they're having a heyday of fun at your expense.

OOOPSIE!

[Ineeda]

1. OMG and LOL

evil ditz personified.

[fascisthunter]

2. anyone that ignorant should be disqualified from government as Senator or Congressmen

the fact that she is so misinformed or uninformed yet still has the audacity to run for office should tell anyone she is a nutcase!

[ImNotTed]

23. Or PRESIDENT!

[emilyg]

27. You mean like not knowing

how many states we have?

[W_HAMILTON]

29. That is such a stupid response.

I was trying to find the other thread to post this, but I happened to find this one instead and your response was essentially the same as the one I was going to reply to.

Do you want to know the difference? The difference between a gaffe and ignorance? The difference between Obama saying there is 57 states (or whatever he said, I assume this is what you are referring to) and some of these comments that people like Palin and Bachmann make?

Ask Obama later how many states there are. I bet you he won't say 57.

Ask Palin later what Paul Revere did. She doubles down on her stupidity and says WE got it wrong, he did warn the British.

Ask Bachmann later what she meant. Chris Matthews reported that her campaign's response was, "well, John Wayne's parents were from Waterloo, so there!"

So, please don't invoke a false equivalency.

[JonLP24]

3. She was wrong either way

The "right" John Wayne was a racist ass.

[spanone]

4. this is how she operates.....stupidly

[gratuitous]

5. Oh, that's just so inappropriate!

Apologize to Ms. Bachmann, who has categorically denied being a flake. Apologize.

[MineralMan]

9. Gosh, well, gee...I'm so sorry...

I'm really sorry, there, Ms. Bachmann. I'm really sorry you're so fucking stupid. I truly am.

[gratuitous]

25. That's better

Don't you feel better?

[Generic Other]

6. She's a clown and he dressed like one

Perfect act.

[The Stranger]

7. Marion Morrison was a draft dodger.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. :) She's competing with Sarah and GW for "Dumbest GOPer of the decade" nt

[tsuki]

10. Considering the GOP policies, I think she has the correct John Wayne. nt

[Matariki]

11. Wonder if she'll come to Seattle and extol Ted Bundy.

Maybe confuse him with Al Bundy

[IDemo]

12. Next you'll try to tell me he didn't warn the British..n/t

[jberryhill]

13. What makes you think she was wrong?

Watch... if she's got any cred as a GOP candidate, she'll double down on this.

[RagAss]

14. I hereby declare a new "Queen of the Cretins"

[EFerrari]

15. She was interviewed on BookTv this weekend for her summer reading list.

She said she was reading "Pilgrims Progress" and that it was "charming".

Right, the whole dense allegory packed with dry-as-dust, 17th Century politics is "charming" to her. She probably can't tell Apollyon from her elbow.

[hifiguy]

16. The question is whether Batshit or Mooselini is the true

Evita Peron of the teabagger set. Not question sane people delve deeply into.

[Brother Buzz]

17. Bachmann's staff Google search went straight to, and stopped at Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Wayne&ac...

[EFerrari]

19. We should open a "research help for Republican idiots" shop.

lol

[Brother Buzz]

20. It looks like someone did a 'Paul Revere' revision on that page

I can't sort out when the edits were made, but it now appears someone went in and edited it to fit Bachmann's quote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Wayne&di...

[malaise]

18. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahha

Does she know anything?

[edbermac]

21. "Listen up, pilgrim!"

[spanone]

22. i'm gonna watch the national news and see what kind of portrait they paint of her

update...

nbc nightly news said she got the city of john wayne wrong, but no mention of the real john wayne from waterloo

[malaise]

24. I believe her

[FarLeftFist]

26. They both dodged the draft.

[moondust]

28. Tweety says John Wayne's parents lived in Waterloo at some point.

[Kablooie]

30. You are all smug and assume she got it wrong. She didn't get it wrong!

She MEANT John Wayne Gacy.

[LiberalAndProud]

31. lol

I should have known.

[fascisthunter]

lol

[fascisthunter]

32. lol