Funniest Gaffes of Campaign 2012
Michele Bachmann Compares Self to Serial Killer
Kicking off her candidacy in Waterloo, Iowa, in June 2011, Bachmann sucked up to Iowans by likening her can-do spunk to the frontier spirit of local hero John Wayne. The only problem? The John Wayne from Waterloo isn't the one who starred in Westerns; he's the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who raped and murdered dozens of young men in the 1970s.
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