The serial killer’s spirit?
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Don't politicians know how to Google?
Michele Bachmann invoked the name of John Wayne, a son of Iowa with whom she shares a spirit, she says.
How can a presidential candidate possibly go wrong identifying with John Wayne?
Answer: by getting the wrong John Wayne. The John Wayne that was from Waterloo, was John Wayne Gacy, notorious serial killer.
John Wayne the actor, born Marion Morrison, was from Winterset, Iowa, which is about 167 miles away.
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