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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Oh C'mon now. You guys are liberally biased and I'm not buying what you're selling. She made a mistake with a mix up between towns and John Waynes....so what? You've never made a mistake?
Barack Obama said we had 58 states LOL.....hahahahaha. I thing Bachmans' mistake was much less important than saying we have 59 states. John Wayne was an American Actor Hero. He is allowed his personal opinions just the same as you are as you write this article. blah, blah, blah. I DON'T BELIEVE THE LIBERAL MEDIA!!! PERIOD.
WAKE UP! The entire country is crumbling and the best you can do is pound Michele. Bachmann into the ground over a John Wayne mixup. ..Some writer/journalist you are!!! All you heard out of all she said was that John Wayne wasn't born in wherever??? That's it???? LMBO....You and your kind are part of the reason we are where we are today. You should go look for another career.
Several U.S. presidents draft dodged before they became presidents. Your point? Every one knows John Wayne was a jerk. He was a diva. I agree with a pp though you need to check your facts.
Just because someone is paid for playing a "hero" doesn't make him one. And just because someone is attractive and can string together two consecutive sentences doesn't make her Presidential material. It's all acting and I fear for this country if they're taken in by this reactionary woman.
I'd also like to state for the record that I planned on voting for Hillary Clinton as well. I felt from the very beginning that Obama didn't have nearly enough experience. Little did I know he'd do THIS bad and completely ignore that the people wanted who put him there. If I'd have voted for him I'd feel so ripped off.
Billsfan, you going to split your pay offs with me??? What a stupid thing for someone to say. That they pay you. What the hell's the matter with people?
Jafe, I would love too. I love how they assume that because I comment on these idiotic blogs, that theStir pays me to get them in a tizzy. LMFAO.
yne Gacy moved to Waterloo from Chicago as a manager of 3 KFCs. He helped the Jaycees run prostitution and porn rings there and was in a wife swap group of the Jaycees too. After 2 years he went to prison when she was 12 and I do npt believe she and Gacy ever lived there at the same time so a slip like that is not as bad as Obama twice screwing up his daughters age and thinking there are 57 states instead of 50.