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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

2012 Michele Bachmann Flip-Flops, Says She Doesn't Identify with John Wayne Gacy Now

Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:12 AM

Make up your mind, lady! Huffington Post has the news on Michele Bachmann's latest flip-flop on sharing a spirit with serial killer John Wayne Gacy:

The GOP congresswoman told CNN on Tuesday her comments "were just misspeaking" and that her main intent was to show she identified with Wayne's patriotism.

"I wish I could be perfect," Bachmann said. "I'm a substantive, serious person" who has "good sense on how to turn the economy around" as president.

Candidate pro tip: If you have to say you're a substantive, serious person, that means nobody believes you're a substantive, serious person.

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Keeping milking this Paul, milk it for every drop you can possibly get!

Posted by raindrop on June 28, 2011 at 10:17 AM

But Michele, you are perfect. Just not in the way you think, or the GOP would hope.

Posted by Knat on June 28, 2011 at 10:18 AM

Meh. So she misspoke. Every pol has done it. At least she was smart enough to just say "I was wrong and I meant to say something else" unlike Palin's blaming the gotcha media or attempting to rewrite history.

Bachmann's still a dipshit though, don't get me wrong.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 28, 2011 at 10:20 AM

Amazing flip flop...almost as bad as Obama confusing Wall Street with Main Street for the first 3 years of his administration.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on June 28, 2011 at 10:22 AM

How long until the ghost of John Wayne Gacy issues a cease and desist order to the Bachman compaign?

Posted by ryanayr on June 28, 2011 at 10:26 AM

@4: June 2011 - January 2009 = 2.5. You're welcome.

Posted by Max Solomon on June 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Time to let the serial killer one go and move on to the next:
Michele Bachmann Says John Quincy Adams Was 'One Of Our Founding Fathers,' Flubs Slavery Remarks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/28…

Honestly, I couldn't give a damn less about how stupid she is if she wasn't so intent on showing it in public. Besides which she's now made a target out of herself. You can't misspeak EVERY SINGLE DAY and not expect to have it broadcast everywhere.

Posted by NateMan on June 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM

Well, considering that she was really referring to The Duke, it's pretty obvious that this truly was just a slip of the tongue.

As Urgutha says, though, she's still a fucking dingbat.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on June 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM

"I'm a substantive, serious person" is her "I'm not a witch" moment.

Posted by The Wretched Harmony on June 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM

She's a fucking idiot, a serious one.

Posted by Vince on June 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM

Even if she was referring to "The Duke." He was a wife-beating thug who dodged the draft for his own self interest and then pretended to be a patriot in films.

THAT's the kind of person we need in office!

Posted by poenoel on June 28, 2011 at 11:09 AM

The liberal media needs to stop demonizing John Wayne Gacy.

Posted by Reg on June 28, 2011 at 11:48 AM

I think the takeaway here isn't the section you bolded...it's the sentence right before that. "I wish I could be perfect" is just the kind of humble, christian-without-being-overtly-so generality that will drive the religious and the underachievers into her corner at every opportunity.

Posted by j.lee on June 28, 2011 at 11:53 AM

I'm still incredibly confused about this. Was she referring to John Wayne or John Wayne Gacy?

Posted by Tingleyfeeln on June 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM

It's not this one flub - is is? - that's news. It's the now several flubs that's getting ink.

You can tell she went to law school because of her use of the word substantive. It's used a lot in decisions. Most laymen use the word substantial.

Doesn't matter, though. The Jesus freaks got 'em a candidate no matter what she says and does save announcing that she's a Disciple of Satan or some shit like that.

Posted by Bauhaus I on June 28, 2011 at 12:27 PM