John Wayne Gacy

About that spirit of "John Wayne" in Waterloo...

In fact, the actor John Wayne (real name, Marion Morrison) was from Iowa, but not from Waterloo -- he was from Winterset, Iowa, about 120 miles away. Though if it helps Bachmann at all, Gacy is not known to have committed any murders when he lived in Waterloo, though he was imprisoned for a sexual assault case that was committed there.

To be exact, John Wayne Gacy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Gacy never lived in Waterloo again.

Ms. Bachmann told Fox News that she shares commonalities with Waterloo’s own John Wayne, failing to realize the John Wayne of Waterloo, Iowa is not the iconic movie star, but the serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

It’s embracing America.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann knows her home town of Waterloo, Iowa quite well, she said in her official presidential announcement speech this morning. Bachmann said, “What I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. John Wayne? John Wayne came from Waterloo, Iowa?

Michele Bachmann was telling voters that she has the same spirit as John Wayne Gacy.

There’s a nervous kind of talk about Michele Bachmann’s slip today.