Stephen Colbert on Michele Bachmann's John Wayne Gacy Spirit

Last night's Colbert Report ripped Michele Bachmann and her (actually understandable) gaffe of confusing (actor and tough guy) John Wayne with (clown and serial killer) John Wayne Gacy.

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Michele Bachmann Inadvertantly Claims to Have the Spirit of John Wayne...Gacy

Gaffe prone Michele Bachmann is at it again.  Yesterday she stated that she has the same spirit of a fellow native of Waterloo, Iowa, John Wayne.  Unfortunately for her, it was the wrong John Wayne.  It was serial killer John Wayne Gacy.  While John Wayne the actor represents patriotism and rugged individualism he was actually a racist alcoholic who also was a draft-dodger.  John Wayne Gacy was a serial killing clown who hid the bodies of his victims in his crawl space.  Oops.  Over at Salon.com there is a handy guide to telling the two John Waynes apart.

Oh God, Michele Bachmann Is Running for President. Lord Help Us All.

Monday at the New Hampshire Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann announced that she is officially running for president.  She rivals Sarah Palin for inane statements and generally dumbs down society as a whole.  If she wins, she will have her hands on the nuclear launch codes.  Scary shit.  Here is a quick list of some of her greatest hits:

1. "Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!" - Ms Bachmann's attempt at being "hip."
2. "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president, Jimmy Carter. I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence." - Bachmann trying to imply that Democrats cause swine flu?
3. "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." - She's not into "science."
4. "We will talk a little bit about what has transpired in the last 18 months and would we count what has transpired into turning our country into a nation of slaves." - Nor is she familiar with the 13th Amendment of the Constitution which expressly outlawed slavery and indentured servitude.
5. "There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design." - This is the one where she just pulls it out of her ass.
6. "I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out: Are they pro-America or anti-America?" - McCarthyism 2.0

The truly scary thing about her appearance at the debate in New Hampshire is that people actually said she did well.