{"id":9928,"date":"2011-06-27T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T16:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/06\/27\/michele-bachmann-promises-to-b\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T16:09:58","slug":"michele-bachmann-promises-to-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/27\/michele-bachmann-promises-to-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Bachmann promises to be a clown and kill teenagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; And she still doesn&#8217;t know where anything is &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Michele Bachmann promised, in an interview associated with her announcement to run for President of the United States (POTUS) and Effective Leader of the Free World (ELFW), that she would become a professional clown and murder dozens of teenage boys and young men.<\/p>\n<p>Or, perhaps, she is just confused &#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nMichele Bachmann is from Iowa, though she had many of us here in Minnesota convinced that she was from here. Well, given that the Iowa Caucus and Straw Polls are early events in the presidential primary process here in the US, she&#8217;ll probably be from Iowa for a while, then later, if she needs to be, she&#8217;ll be from Minnesota.  Whatever.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, my friend Miles points out to me (we&#8217;ve been discussion on Facebook who is crazier, Michele or Sarah) that she may have said something really silly, maybe downright stupid and quite possibly embarrassing (to others, not so herself &#8230; she can&#8217;t embarrass herself) in an interview earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Bachmann claims to have grown up in Waterloo, Iowa (though there is not birth certificate to prove this as far as I know) which is also famous for being where John Wayne Gacy, clown and serial killer, had his start.  And, in an interview Michele said &#8220;Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That&#8217;s the kind of spirit that I have, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t believe me?  I&#8217;ve got proof.  Look:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PsLfL9vMaUY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the other John Wayne, the actor, is indeed from Iowa, but from a part of Iowa that is rather far from Waterloo.  Everyone knows he&#8217;s from Winterset.  Like this, see?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/472\/files\/2012\/04\/i-6bcde821df36eee83a6877d6f1227899-waterloo-to-winterset.jpg?w=604\" alt=\"i-6bcde821df36eee83a6877d6f1227899-waterloo-to-winterset.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and because I know you are wondering about this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/472\/files\/2012\/04\/i-00a09dfbf76c1603068906f1bdba88ef-concord-to-concord.jpg?w=604\" alt=\"i-00a09dfbf76c1603068906f1bdba88ef-concord-to-concord.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Concord to concord is about 67 miles, or an hour and 21 minutes.  Waterloo to Winterset is about 63 miles, and is nearly 3 hours.  Michele&#8217;s aim is deteriorating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; And she still doesn&#8217;t know where anything is &#8230; Michele Bachmann promised, in an interview associated with her announcement to run for President of the United States (POTUS) and Effective Leader of the Free World (ELFW), that she would become a professional clown and murder dozens of teenage boys and young men. 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