Did Michele Bachman confuse John Wayne Gacy for John Wayne?

Today MPR News posted a pretty funny clip featuring presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann invoking the name of John Wayne, a son of Iowa with whom she shares a spirit, she says. Only she says John Wayne is from Waterloo, Iowa - which is actually where the infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born. MPR points out that John Wayne, the actor, was born 167 miles away in Winterset, Iowa. Keep the gaffes coming, Michele.



Via @MPRnews
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Rolling Stone hit piece on Michele Bachmann appears to steal from local blogger coverage

A piece published yesterday in national culture blog The Awl has linked a recent Rolling Stone hitpiece on Michele Bachmann to a 2006 story from City Pages and Dump Michele Bachman blog. Apparently, the City Pages piece has been a major source for national news coverage on the presidential hopeful. We won't go into the parallels, but you can check it out for yourself at The Awl.

[Art by Robin Eley for City Pages]

Via Steve Marsh
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Michele Bachmann gets SNL'ed

'barrassing!



via Bring Me The News

Marsh on Bachmann , part deux.

Remember when Steve Marsh did that interview with Michele Bachmann? You know, the one where she talked about AR-15's, John Wayne and Thoreau? Bachmann apparently loved it so much that she started repeatedly referring to Steve's opening sentence where he calls her a "political monster." In a recent FOX Business news bit, the "monster" was mentioned again, which led to MinnPost publishing the video on their website today, Marsh responded with his own take on the matter (see comments section in the MinnPost article). FYI, Nancy Pelosi didn't tell him to call her a monster, Slavoj Zizek did. For clarification, watch this brief video featuring the famous philosopher and culture theorist:



Here's the CNN video where they talk about Steve's article (forward to the 3:50 mark)



Has Bachmann seen this video or is she taking things completely out of context, which Marsh believes is the case? We don't know. But you know what would be great? If Zizek actually responded. Who can make that happen? Marsh?

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Marsh on Bachmann

Local rockstar journo Steve Marsh is in D.C. to interview epic wingnut, Michele Bachmann. Based on Marsh's hilarious Facebook status updates and tweets this morning, we expect the article will be comedy gold.

Marsh status update: "I'm wearing my magenta AmAppy underwears to the Congresswoman's office just so I can keep it loose and feel sexy out there, Nuke LaLoosh-style."

Marsh via Twitter: "Just went through security with a murder of Mormons (they're all wearing black). Their leader: 'Be reverent once you get inside!'"

Local peeps offered questions for Marsh to ask Bachmann, here are a few of our faves:

Michael Nicolas Delgado: Ask her if her tits are real.

Katy Morley: I'd like a detailed account of her childhood diet.

Ana Clara Voog: ask her how she killed her soul.

Judy Carter Grundstrom: I thought her husband was one of those people who tried to make gay people straight (which makes me think that she is probably married to a gay guy). Is this true?

Speaking of Bachmann, City Pages recently posted an article entitled "Michele Bachmann's 10 Biggest 'Oh no she didn't' Moments." The best part? The image that accompanied the article!

Image from citypages.com

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