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Did Bachmann Confuse Legendary Actor John Wayne With a Serial Killer?

During an interview with Fox News on Sunday (which re-aired on Monday), official 2012 GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann had some high praise for fellow Waterloo, Iowa native and legendary actor John Wayne:

“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.”

You can watch the remarks below, where it’s clear to even the interviewer who Bachmann is referring to (at about the 2:35 mark):

But there’s only one problem. The actor John Wayne is not from Waterloo. Rather, he was born 150 miles, and nearly three hours, away in Winterset. There was, however, a notorious John Wayne who had some history in Waterloo (although born in Chicago): serial killer John Wayne Gacy.*

Some outlets quickly picked up on the gaffe. Talking Points Memo, a liberal publication, used the remarks to attack Bachmann’s researchers.

“The Bachmann campaign staff might want to double-check their Google searches. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who on Monday launched her presidential campaign in her original hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, appears to be just a bit confused about the town’s history of favorite sons,” it writes.

But the remarks weren’t only a liberal gotcha moment. The normally conservative Washington Times refrained from pointing blame, but it was the first outlet to note the mistake:

Rep. Michele Bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign on Monday in Waterloo, Iowa, and in one interview surrounding the official event she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo’s own John Wayne.

The only problem, as one eagle-eyed reader notes: Waterloo’s John Wayne was not the beloved movie star, but rather John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer.

So how could she make such a mistake? Was it a research problem as TPM suggests? Did she just get clouded by local folklore? There does seem to be somewhat of an explanation. According to a statement from Bachmann’s campaign, actor John Wayne‘s parents did live in Waterloo before Wayne’s birth. ABC News confirmed that story:

And a little internet research proves that point correct.

According to the book “Duke: We’re Glad We Knew You” by Herb Fagen, Clyde and Molly Morrison  – actor John Wayne’s parents – lived in Waterloo early in their marriage – but they moved to Winterset before the birth of son Marion Mitchell Morrison (he changed his name to John Wayne professionally).

So, is this a major problem for Bachmann? James Fallows over at the Atlantic doesn’t seem to think so. Especially since something similar reportedly once happened to conservative hero Ronald Reagan. He points to a section in a 1994 obituary about Tip O’Neill:

Welcoming newly elected President Reagan to his Capitol office, O‘Neill pointed out that he had Grover Cleveland’s desk. Reagan brightened and said he’d played the man in the movies. O’Neill was talking about a Democratic president; Reagan thought he meant Grover Cleveland Alexander, a legendary turn-of-the-century ballplayer. “Welcome to the big leagues,” O’Neill told Reagan. Tip swore the tale was true.

“This reinforces the point I made a little while ago: the way Bachmann can show she is a pro is by joining the hearty laughter about her incredible ‘what are the odds?’ error rather than getting defensive,” Fallows writes. “Which is the way you can imagine Reagan having handled it. This has made Bachmann’s first day on the campaign trail an unexpectedly interesting test of her demeanor and resiliency. (And, yes, I do realize that Reagan was already in office by the time this occurred. But he’d done similar things earlier.)”

Gacy, who was caught in 1979, was convicted of 33 murders in 1980. He was executed in Illinois in 1994 and one would hope doesn’t have the “spirit” Bachmann wants to emulate. And it‘s safe to assume she doesn’t.

But it’s also safe to assume that after officially entering the race, all her words will be picked apart endlessly, and any little slip-up will become major headlines.What will define her isn’t the mistake but, as Fallows writes, how she handles it.

UPDATE:

As reader POORRICHARDSNEWS points out, NY Mag has taken to outright smearing Bachmann. The magazine published a picture online of Bachmann in clown makeup. Gacy, you might remember, was notorious for dressing up like a clown:

Did Bachmann Confuse Legendary Actor John Wayne With a Serial Killer?

*This story originally noted that Gacy was born in Waterloo. He was actually born in Chicago but called Waterloo home for a little while. We have updated the story.

Comments (229)

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:15pm

    They are SO afraid of Bachmann and Palin….as well they should be.
    Let them pick at non-issues.
    Soon they will regret it when obama is out of power.

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  • Stuck_in_CA
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:14pm

    Do you suppose we‘ll read anything about Rick Perry’s gaffs, or his support for the NWO???

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  • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:13pm

    Every tiny mistake she makes will blow up into a mountain, just like Sarah Palin. He was from Iowa, she is from Iowa, leave it at that. Technically, he was there in ovum form, but not born there.
    If they keep up like this, it will start to backfire on them.

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:10pm

    OMG just OMG

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    • TheGreyPiper
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 10:32pm

      At least she knows how many states there are, and all about the silent “p” in “corpsman.”

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  • Goodgriefgeezlouise
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:06pm

    This kind of silliness only goes to distract from the many mistakes Obama has made (Medal of Honor winner most recently) over the years..Don’t give the media a free oportunity to harass you MB…Stay on topic and focused…and when the news reporters go for the throat, refer them to the many errors our commander in thief has made since being elected..Not to mention his VP..

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:04pm

    John Wayne is the exact opposite of BHO.

    The Duke loved America, and was proud of her. BHO spent 20 years with his “mentor” who spewed hatred on America.

    The Duke rode a horse, BHO a golf cart

    The Duke stood straight up for what he believed in, BHO checks the vote angle.

    The Duke was an American, BHO is a traitor to our constitution.

    The Duke stood for freedom that so many died for, BHO clings to National Socialism (same as Nazi Germany) that so many were deceived in voting for.

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:06pm

      The duke also took it in the a$$ dude, not a very blazer friendly trait

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:04pm

    He was one scary clown that is for sure. Am sure they can find anything that be can taken as a gaff. Like saying it is Monday….well not in Japan crazy flake.

    Bachmann 2012

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:03pm

    Who cares, indeed? Only those who hate conservatives.

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  • barrycooper
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:03pm

    The Boy Wonder who was elected in 2008 thought there were 57 states.

    Does anyone seriously think that she was referring to Gacy? Did you, in this article, dig into the larger point she was plainly trying to make?

    We already have one media complex to dissect trivial mistakes, and try to hurt people with them. You can at least try to put yourself in her shoes, and realize that if you talk a lot, sooner or later you make gaffes.

    I’m guessing she knows how many states there are, though.

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  • Justthefactsmam
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:01pm

    Looks like some others didn’t do their homework. Everything I’ve pulled up shows him being born in Chicago (imagine that) and only moved to Waterloo after he was married.

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:01pm

    Do I hear a Rub. Woman running for President, oh yes, thats why the attacks are starting!!!!!

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:12pm

      She is waaaaaaaaay smarter than the mass dictataprompter running loose.

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    • ryukidn
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:41pm

      Yup, and if she wins the nomination, and picks up, oh, say … Allen West … as VP, that should push the loons right on over the edge!!

      Hats off to We The People!! Tea Parties ROCK the 2012 vote!!!

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    • MontyRay
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:42pm

      No kidding. I hate to have to call it out, but it seems women are far more scrutinized for this stuff. Shall we use the remaining characters in this post to detail the gaff machine of Obama/Biden? Not necessary, as you all have seen it before.
      It turns my stomach to see this.

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    • mbriz
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Wow you people just don’t care about facts. It’s not one misspeak, it the pattern of misspeak, over, and over again. Blame it on her staff, but she to often opens her mouth, and insane things come out, [founding fathers tired to rid this land of slavery it one of many examples). This is the person you want to represent our country? You can’t be serious.

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    • looseyloo
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 2:46am

      MBRIZ, how about if you go read up on your history before you post your idiotic comments ? You have no knowledge– zero, none, zilch– of what the Founding Fathers tried to do about slavery. You have zero comprehension of the politics and struggle to form this nation.

      You are a product of the liberal brainwashing of students in the public schools. Your simple-minded argument is obviously based on the argument that Washington and Jefferson had slaves, but that is all you know about it. No doubt you also think the 3/5 clause was pro-slavery, too.

      Get some education. Ignorant putz.

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  • saneasylum
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:00pm

    They’re turning their sites from SARAH to MICHELE….. who says the media is biased… slimy little WORMS!!!

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  • bobbie22
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:00pm

    Chris Wallace now the left sees blood and they will attack, and they have started. I still wonder why didn’t the media and Clinton put Obama under the microscope.
    Is this what Chris Wallace meant Definition of FLAKE
    Urban dictionary
    An unreliable person. A procrastinator. A careless or lazy person. Dishonest and doesn’t keep to their word. They‘ll tell you they’re going to do one thing, and never do it. They‘ll tell you that they’ll meet you somewhere, and show up an hour late or don’t show up at all. Also spelled “flakey”, or “flake” in the noun form.
    She told me she would send me her pictures, but it‘s been 3 months and she hasn’t sent me ****. She’s flaky as hell.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:07pm

      What the hell is an “urban” dictionary??? (Nevermind……I know – just kinda wishing it didn’t exist.)

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  • cheezwhiz
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:59pm

    So is this more or less serious than Obama seeing dead people ?

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  • GreatAmerica
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:55pm

    He did his first killing in Waterloo Iowa. Come on people she messed up. It is OK.

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  • BiteMePETA
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:54pm

    she could think Santa is real and she’d be a far cry better than the brain dead gaff machine in the White House.

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:50pm

    Poor BO can’t talk at all with out his teleprompter….57 States~~~~

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    • bkfirvine
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 4:49am

      I bet he can’t sweet talk his wife without a teleprompter:
      Teleprompter: “I love you, baby….”
      Barack Obama: I love you, baby ellipsis.”
      Michelle Obama: “You’re so – uh – romantic.”
      Barack Obama: “That’s my new pet name for you – my little ellipsis.”

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    • Bushie
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:30am

      You needed to add:
      michele: for the first time in my life, I am proud to be an American
      barack: I have never been proud to be an American, my Nubian princess

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  • Carl1 Supports Israel
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:50pm

    Is that all they get on her????? LMAO Maybe the Libs want to go thru her last 2500 emails too???????

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:49pm

    The point is John Wayne. A man who loved America and represented the best in Americans. An almost extinct breed today.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:47pm

      John Wayne often said, “Acting is all about Honesty and Sincerity…”

      ..”and, once you learn to fake those, you have got it made in Hollywood!”

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  • Locked
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:49pm

    @Poorrichard

    Your site seems… well, blatantly misleading. No one is debating that John Wayne (actor) is from Iowa. They’re debating the town (Waterloo). Strawman argument is a strawman… even if the entire thing is a pointless argument. Oops, she made a tiny mistake. Who cares?

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  • 4smohrs
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:48pm

    whippety freakin’ do cowpoke!

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  • ConservativeChristianB1954
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:48pm

    Here we go again. Destroy the conservative candidate with smears and a*** exams right off the bat.
    If they had treated Obama this way when he first announced his candidacy, all hell would have broken loose.

    I hope that Michelle Bachmann is as tough as mails as Sarah Palin. She is going to need it

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:54pm

      She’s tough. I’ve seen her on the House floor slamming Obamacare, the spending insanity, the attacks on freedom. She is the opposite of the dictator-in-chief.

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:31pm

      All hell did break out…on us…after he was elected.
      Too bad the right didn’t go after him…although the fact they didn’t is one reason they are right.
      Just finished Coulter’s book…and I am giving copies to some “well meaning(aka “stupid”) liberals.
      It might just wake a few of the less liberal drones

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:47pm

      Repeating what someone says isn’t an attack, its just facts. Might as well get your cut/paste defense of Bachman fired up, there’s gonna be a lot more down the road.

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    • Itchee Dryback
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:52pm

      Exrepublisheep
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:47pm

      Repeating what someone says isn’t an attack, its just facts.
      _____________________________________________________

      Thats a joke, right?

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    • hifi74
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:36pm

      Exrepublisheep
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:47pm
      Repeating what someone says isn’t an attack, its just facts. Might as well get your cut/paste defense of Bachman fired up, there’s gonna be a lot more down the road.
      ——————————————————————————————————–

      Why not? That has been the only thing the hypocrats and proggies can do is copy and paste the drivel they see on media matters and moveon.org parroting the lies like the good little sheep that they are. You’re not a former sheep, you’re the new brand of drone sheep that this administratioin has been able to push out hand over fist with promises of more of the hard working taxpayers and thier childrens dollars thinking it is owed to you for doing nothing and breaking the laws. Now run along, you bore me.

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    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:09pm

      “Repeating what someone says isn’t an attack, its just facts.”

      Really? Gee, and here I thought Glenn Beck was a crazy fearmonger because he repeats what people say.

      Is consistency against leftist ideology, or what?

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    • mils
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:30pm

      The “right” is too complacent and milquetoast to “go after” anyone…. They will lose again if they do not wake up. At least the left gets out and votes…

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  • poorrichardsnews
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:44pm

    you HAVE TO SEE what NY Mag is doing to Bachmann http://poorrichardsnews.com/post/6982947637/michele-bachmann-was-right-john-wayne-was-indeed-from

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  • Exrepublisheep
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:43pm

    lolol. Channeling Bushie2 I think.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:24pm

      @ least Piper Palin can relax a little bit now from your lib loon vicious attacks .

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    • mils
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:27pm

      remember the 57 state loon??? and lordy so many more. grow up you “daring rebel” and realize you are in lock step with the brown shirts.

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  • Locked
    Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:42pm

    How would this be a major problem? Oops, it was the wrong name; I‘m surprised there aren’t more mistakes like these during campaign season. Right state, at least. I’m inclined to cut politicians some slack when they make small mistakes like these; it’s big mistakes while governing or talking about policy that should bear the brunt of criticism.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:51pm

      John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer!!

      At least she didn’t say Waterloo is in NH where the grave digger of the French Revolution met his defeat.

      Maybe god told her to say it??

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:52pm

      A tiny, non relevant mistake. Unlike what is in the WH today.

      BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER MADE!!

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    • Locked
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 4:55pm

      I fail to see your point. She made a small mistake; John Wayne was from Iowa anyway, she just used the town name instead of the state name. It’s obvious what happened, and irrelevant.

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:38pm

      You’re right. It isn’t a big deal. But it is funny.

      And the way its trying to be covered up by saying Duke’s parents met and married in Waterloo and THEN moved to etc…

      It doesn’t look good.

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    • BigSky
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:42pm

      She needs to fire her research department.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:42pm

      It was God. Accept that and move on.

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    • BigSky
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:44pm

      @LOCKED You might think this episode is irrelevant but there is a pattern of shoddy research on the part of her staff. First New Hampshire, now Iowa.

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    • Bonesaw
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:45pm

      “OMG this Michelle Bachman lady is posing to be a real conservative threat…..
      QUICK! Nit-pick EVERY LITTLE mistake she has make, that she makes, and that she will make. We must SMEAR her into obscurity! Call SNL! We need a half dozen skits about her and we need em NOW!”

      The thing is… people no longer listen to or trust the major news outlets anymore. It doesn’t really matter what they say anymore. If MSNBC says something… and nobody’s listening… does it even mater?

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    • stifroc
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:49pm

      So let me get this straight…
      P.Bo can mispronounce “corps”, say there are 57 states, not remember the ONE soldier he gave the medal of honor to was dead… and countless other gaffs and it’s all “Oh he misread the teleprompter” or “It’s not his fault his speech writers suck”.

      Republican has a minor gaff and it’s OMG what a buffoon! What idiocy!
      Irritating, but I find solace in the fact that those who believe such drivel were going to vote for Obama anyway so it doesn’t matter in the long run.

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    • Rational Man
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 5:59pm

      Be a shame if Bachmann surpassed Biden in the gaff department!
      But she does have a ways to go yet!

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    • survivorseed
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:00pm

      We don‘t care if she’s right, as long as she’s white

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:12pm

      Waterloo, Winterset, who gives a flying F? Pretty lame what the Dimowits have to stoop to.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:33pm

      Gaffe is not as serious as Obama being “Shovel Ready”.

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    • Mr. Miyagi
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:36pm

      Why focus on every thing wrong Republican candidate say? Make out to be big deal? Every thing wrong republican say? If say thing you want, Why not focus on current president, when he off teleprompter thing, no pay attention to current vice president? What about members of senate of certain party, when say stupid thing? member of congerss, of certain party also off limit?
      Too much double standard! Backlash will come in way unexpected for media that have no honor in reporting!
      Miyagi think media very foolish here!

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:36pm

      Who cares? Hey didn‘t Barry say that he’d been in 57 states with 2 or 3 left to go? BTW What the hell is a Corpse Man? And who speaks Austrian anyway?

      We now have the numbers today that show the Obama recovery is the worst since the great depression. Making it official by any objective measurement BHO is the worst president in American history! Why we do a story about the complete incompetence of BHO?

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 6:38pm

      Jonathan, how is this so important to you and the Blaze readers? Joining the ranks of the elitists are you? Or maybe blowing a little smoke to cover for Chris Wallace? I will have real pleasure of voting for this woman over Mitt Romney!

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    • sWampy
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:02pm

      Liberals are such moronic wankers, would bet big bucks that this town used to claim John Wayne since his parents were from there, all small towns do this crap, if you grew up in these towns, you would assume they were telling you the truth. Hell we have 80+ percent of the nation that thinks Lincoln was a brilliant peaceful man, instead of the lying, thieving, thug, responsible for war crimes that would make Hitler blush.

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    • Sound The Trumpet In Zion
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:14pm

      This was a very minor goof which apparently her researchers didn’t delve deeply enough into. At least I would be willing to bet that John Wayne is dead when she probably never met him which is more than obama could do since obama thinks that he gave a Medal of Honor to a dead soldier and thought that he was alive. I think that if I gave a Medal of Honor to someone, I would know (or at least have some glaring things that would indicate it to me). I wonder if when he meets people and talks to them, maybe he‘s standing there talking to them and the entire time he’s thinking that he’s speaking to dead people? Maybe he thought Boehner was dead while they were playing golf. Boehner is definitely alive but I wouldn’t say the same thing about his political career if he prostitutes himself bu falling in line with obama especially with things like raising the debt ceiling.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 7:53pm

      Her outfit today resembles Angelina Joli Titanium White House Raider

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    • proudpatriot77
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:35pm

      She must be doing something right when people are going after stupid things like this. Remember, Obama visited 58 states during his primary and won the election.

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    • Joshua7
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:49pm

      Well, she should look at it this way: the libs wouldn‘t be so focussed on her if she wasn’t a real threat to BHO. As the artical said, it’ll be how she handles these things that matter not the fact that they happen.

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    • mils
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 8:50pm

      MrButcher…go butcher something beside the posts here. dipweed

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    • six6six
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:09pm

      John Wayne….John Wayne Gacy. Pretty close, just like New Hampshire is close to Massachusetts.

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    • HairOfTheDogSob
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 9:42pm

      At least she didnt say MRBUTCHER is the kind of American to become! She merely stated the duke and values he carried with him are American values to be restored…Bachman doesnt waffle like romni..shes the real candidate…check out her voting record…she’s got my vote …Bachman 2012

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    • jzs
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:12pm

      I think we have a double standard here. If Obama misspeaks, he’s proclaimed an idiot. If Bachmann does, her remarks are completely understandable. Am I wrong?

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    • mils
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:25pm

      she needs a fact checker or obama’s team of fools will tear her apart, no matter how good a person/candidate she is.

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    • Rice Water
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:50pm

      I’m more disturbed by the initial quote, in which Bachman claims to have the same “spirit” as a draft-dodging Hollywood actor named “Marion”.

      And Gacy could only HOPE to look as batsh*t-crazy as Bachman looks in that clip.

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    • joex51
      Posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:52pm

      @ BigSky this is not as bad as BHO going to 57 of the 58 states and he still got elected POTUS.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 2:07am

      I like Michele but she needs to stop her Beatuity Contestant Smile durning her interviews!

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:22am

      maybe John Wayne was born in another town in one of the other 57 states to quote Obama. I really doesn’t matter because as Obama said Israel will always be a friend of Israel.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 7:26am

      But there’s only one problem. The actor John Wayne is not from Waterloo. Rather, he was born 150 miles, and nearly three hours, away in Winterset. There was, however, a notorious John Wayne who had some history in Waterloo (although born in Chicago): serial killer John Wayne Gacy.*
      NO ,SHE MEANT JOHN WAYNE NOT GACY WAYNE WAS ATLEAST BORE IN IOWA BE IT 150 MILES OR WHATEVER GACY HAS “SOME HISTORY” THERE BUT WAS BORN IN CHICAGO. YOU KNOW WHO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT WAS A SIMPLE GAFFE.

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    • Tree
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 9:17am

      A funny mistake, but like the story says, let’s see how she handles it. The actual mistake is minor, after all. Just so long as she, as POTUS, doesn‘t toast during a foreign gov’ts national anthem or keep apologizing to every country for America’s “faults.”

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    • JRook
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 10:37am

      Unfortunately as we have seen in the past and will continue in the future. M. Bachmann performs superficial research at best before spouting off foolish and dangerous rhetoric. She may have convinced herself she is a serious person, but she is not a serious candidate. At least we would hope not.

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    • Ohiopatriarc
      Posted on June 28, 2011 at 1:25pm

      How many states has Obama visited…wasn’t that 58!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:32am

      (please choose her, please choose her, please chose her :)

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