http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/ ... ohn-wayne/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Bachmann cites wrong John Wayne, praises notorious serial killer | Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a thing for John Wayne. In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, she said she wants to live in “John Wayne’s America.” And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she announced her presidential candidacy, Bachmann told Fox News, “John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” But unfortunately for historically challenged Bachmann, as the Washington Times points out, the John Wayne born in Waterloo is John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer who murdered 33 teenage boys and young men, not the iconic Western actor. Watch it:
Note: the both Bachmann's mistake and the Think Progress shows how little regard for research people have.
John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa, 3 hours from Waterloo. John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago, but did live in Waterloo as an adult.
Is it too much to get some simple facts correct? Either from someone that is running for office, or from the media?










