Incompetence squared
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) chose “John Wayne” as her presidential campaign launch theme and then traveled to the birthplace of serial killer John Wayne Gacy to make her grand announcement!
In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, [Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)] said she wants to live in “John Wayne’s America.” And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she announced her presidential candidacy, Bachmann told Fox News, “John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” But unfortunately for historically challenged Bachmann, as the Washington Times points out, the John Wayne born in Waterloo is John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer who murdered 33 teenage boys and young men, not the iconic Western actor.
Many Republicans want this woman to have the power to launch America’s nuclear weapons?!?!? “What do you mean I just nuked Moscow, Idaho?”
Rep. Bachmann appears to live in a fantasy world unconstrained by facts or reality:
Examining 24 of her statements, Politifact.com, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking service of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, found just one to be fully true and 17 to be false (seven of them “pants on fire” false). No other Republican candidate whose statements have been vigorously vetted matched that record of inaccuracy.
Inability to distinguish fact from fiction is not a trait I value in presidents.
Posted by James on Tuesday, June 28, 2011