Rep. Michele Bachman (R-MN), whack-job Tea Party favorite, made it official that she's running for President in 2012. She made the announcement in her birthplace, Waterloo, Iowa.
Explaining why she picked Waterloo to announce, Bachman invoked the spirit of fellow Waterloo native John Wayne. Except John Wayne wasn't born in Waterloo, but another town more than 120 miles away.
She apparently confused The Duke with another "John Wayne," namely John Wayne Gacy who lived in Waterloo for a time before going on to rape and butcher 33 young men and boys. If you've seen one John Wayne, you've seen them all, I guess.
It's gonna be a looooooooong election season.
Watch the video with Bachmann's gaffe right after the jump:
