I think that all of the gaffes are due to politicians hiring graduates who have been promoted through the U.S. school system that doesn’t teach anything.
What he said.
Note to (R)'s. STOP HIRING F*NG EUNUCHS from the system.
First of all this is the kind of mistake that a candidate simply shouldn't make - unless she was talking off the cuff and that would be even worse. When you are retail politicking you damn well better know what local stuff you are talking about because the actual locals will see it as a big insult if you couldn't simply check Wikipedia to see a basic biography.
I've been defending Bachmann in a general sense of fairness (and hope) but this can not be blamed on some graduate student or what not. The gaffe (mass murderer vs. American icon) takes only second to going to Concord, NH and saying she was proud to be right where the Revolution started.
As of now Bachmann is down to her last couple cat lives in my book. These kinds of mistakes would be devastating in a general election.