[antiRepublicrat]

during her announcement speech, the Tea Party supporter confused the birthplace of actor John Wayne with that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Here's the tactic, repeat a lie often enough people believe it's true. Gacy was born in Chicago, while Bachmann just got John Wayne's city in Iowa wrong, saying Waterloo (where Wayne's parents lived) instead of Winterset (where Wayne was born). Most news outlets are smart enough to make this clear somewhere in the text, but they still portray this as her mistaking the birthplaces of the two people, especially for people who don't read below the first paragraph.

[aruanan]

during her announcement speech, the Tea Party supporter confused the birthplace of actor John Wayne with that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Pretty bizarre, huh, when folks who think they're pointing out a gaffe make an even larger one?