I'm sure by now you've heard the one about Michele Bachmann and John Wayne Gacy. How she promised to mimic the spirit of Waterloo, Iowa's own John Wayne. Except that John Wayne was actually John Wayne Gacy, the clown-dressing serial killer. Different strokes, I guess.
No, truth be told, Bachmann may hate gays, think the American Revolution started in New Hampshire, and believe God personally chose her to be one of the 2012 Republican presidential candidates, but she obviously didn't mean to compare herself to a mass murderer.
She meant to compare herself to a draft-dodging sexist racist.
Bachmann copped to the mix-up and said, "The point is John Wayne represents patriotism -- and great American values," and that she is "proud to have grown up in John Wayne's America." Either Bachmann knows nothing about John Wayne -- or she's even scarier than we all thought.
Here's the truth about John Wayne, the actor:
He dodged the draft. When Pearl Harbor happened, John Wayne was basking in the success of Stagecoach. But he wasn't rich yet. By Hollywood standards, he was still considered a "struggling actor." He knew that if he enlisted in the military, his career would lose its momentum, and by the time he got back, he'd be considered "too old." So he obtained 3-A status, "deferred for [family] dependency reasons," and pretended he was in the war in his movies.
He was a (rampant) racist. In his infamous Playboy interview, the actor said -- among other things -- that he "believes in white supremacy until blacks are educated to a point of responsibility." Words of a fine American.
He was pro-illegal alien. Piggy-backing off his racism, in the same interview, John Wayne also felt that the Native Americans were "selfishly trying to keep American land for themselves." Wonder what his stance would be on illegal aliens today.
He was mean and irresponsible. Apparently, Hollywood directors knew to shoot Wayne's movie scenes before noon, because after that, he was a "mean drunk."
He was sexist. A famous John Wayne quote: “Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.” So, if you (God forbid) win the presidency, Michele, I hope you have a list of 30-minute dinners -- it'll be hard to do both!
What do you think of Michele Bachmann wanting to be like John Wayne?
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I understand that they all will pull a couple sucker punches on their opponent, and that's fine...it's the name of the game. BUT, every. single. question. was answered with "President Obama...." I can't recall exactly what one of the questions was because it was 7 in the morning and I was half asleep but it literally had NOTHING to do with Obama, she was being asked a question that should have been answered from her views and she answered it with a slam to Obama, and the interviewer even said to her "I don't think you understand what I said, I'm asking YOU...." it's just overkill.
Could not even finish reading this article..."Bachmann may hate gays"...
Just because someone is against gay marriage DOESN'T mean they hate gays. Get a life.
It's not just gay marriage that Michelle Bachmann doesn't like, amandasmomma. She doesn't like homosexuality at all.
Billsfan, do you get one of those gift card deals to respond to posts on The Stir as part of the CafeMom project thingy?
My point exactly.. just because someone isnt' sure or for gay marriage or their lifestyle doesn't mean they HATE them. And you know what, I AM going to stop coming to this website because their "authors and featured contributors" are nothing but a bunch of ridiculous bitches with horrible, one-sided opinions, no facts to back them up and half-assed writing. DONE-ZO.
These are opinion pieces, if you can't handle that then you're right, you should leave.
This is such a trashy article. Can't you get your kicks by picking on someone else for a change? I'm so disgusted by all these blatant "I hate all republican candidates" articles that I could vomit.
To which "liberal" media are you people referring? You mean the media owned and controlled by conservative corporations?
Believing in a liberal media is about as gullible as thinking we still have a bi-partisan system.
@Jafe - I am neither a republican nor a democrat, and I can tell you that from an objective view, the republicans look pretty damn desperate with their choices right now. These "candidates" probably deserve even more criticism than they're already getting! It's almost enough to make me pity the republicans. Almost.