# The Congresswoman with the crazy eyes, part II, crazy in the head **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420 "2011-05-01T23:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/81 "2011-06-27T02:19:45Z")
I have a friend in Stillwater who was on the local School Board with her. She was lobbying hard for Intelligent Design as a subject matter. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/82 "2011-06-27T02:27:05Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > And yet, she seems to be doing well in the polls. _shudder_ > Channel 5 “News” did a bit tonight, talking to people in Stillwater about her chances and they were saying “Oh, it’s a hometown support thing, good for her!” and “She says it like it really is”. > Eep. Forget it, Jake. It’s Stillwater… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/83 "2011-06-27T02:34:59Z")
They say it runs deep. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/84 "2011-06-27T13:42:47Z")
When I am home in two weeks I have to register to vote again. I think I will sign up as a Republican. They have more fun in the primaries. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/85 "2011-06-27T13:45:22Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > They say it runs deep. Bachmann proves that it actually runs creeps. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/86 "2011-06-27T18:37:00Z")
[http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/) From our good friends at _ThinkProgress_: Apparently, Ms Bachmann was trying to send a shout out to John Wayne fans by pointing out that he was born where she was, Waterloo, Iowa. Problem: John Wayne, the movie star, was not born there. John Wayne Gacy, evil clown and child killer, was. Oopsy-daisy! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/87 "2011-06-27T18:44:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Oopsy-daisy! John Wayne was an abortionist too? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/88 "2011-06-27T20:11:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [Michele Bachmann rejects the whole of conservative economic theory in one typed sentence](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/25/988523/-Michele-Bachmann-rejects-the-whole-of-conservative-economic-theory-in-one-typed-sentence?detail=hide&via=blog_1) > > From your good friends at _Daily Kos_, proof positive that Ms. Bachmann is a raving socialist… And to show that she practices what she preaches, the news yesterday noted that she is a part owner of (or at least declared $100K of income from) a farm that got federal agriculture subsidies. She is trying to deny having any part of the farm. The truly amusing thing is that nothing I could see about this was the slightest bit illegal or even unethical. It is kind of like the Southern governors loudly rejecting the stimulus money while making sure other parts of their state government got their fair share. Hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/89 "2011-06-27T20:51:29Z")
Oh I love it. Go ahead, bite the hand that feeds you! Bachmann was asked “Are you a flake?” by a FOX NEWS reporter. Instead of handling it gracefully and saying no, she was insulted. The guy offered her an apology and she refused to accept it. Geez, grow some tolerance for the questions there, crazy lady. You’re going to be asked this question A LOT in the coming months, and people are going to call you far worse than anything we’ve said in this thread. If you can’t take the heat, if you can’t learn to address the flack gracefully, then you have no business running for office. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/90 "2011-06-27T22:16:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/) > > From our good friends at _ThinkProgress_: > > Apparently, Ms Bachmann was trying to send a shout out to John Wayne fans by pointing out that he was born where she was, Waterloo, Iowa. Problem: John Wayne, the movie star, was not born there. John Wayne Gacy, evil clown and child killer, was. > > Oopsy-daisy! I can see the confusion John Wayne was born in Winterset Iowa John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago. You’d think she might have ran her speech by someone from Iowa before reading it to the residents there. I mean I’d understand someone from outside the state not knowing the difference, but I think if you asked anyone who lived in Iowa they could point out the difference Gacy simply being born there would be something the residents could simply brush off as an oddity. He moved there became part of the community then started molesting teenage boys till he was caught. Many of the people living in Waterloo knew him personally, something they’d really like to forget. The mention of the name John Wayne Gacy in Waterloo brings about a good deal of shame. I’m sure the people would love to thank Ms Bachmann for rubbing more salt in the wound. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/91 "2011-06-28T00:31:58Z")
Fact Checking is not high on her list of priorities. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/92 "2011-06-28T00:49:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/27/255058/michele-bachmann-john-wayne/) > > From our good friends at _ThinkProgress_: > > Apparently, Ms Bachmann was trying to send a shout out to John Wayne fans by pointing out that he was born where she was, Waterloo, Iowa. Problem: John Wayne, the movie star, was not born there. John Wayne Gacy, evil clown and child killer, was. > > Oopsy-daisy! Even worse than being a child killer - Gacy was a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/93 "2011-06-28T01:38:38Z")
Thank you Minnesota for blessing us with her position in the US Government. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/94 "2011-06-28T01:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > John Wayne Gacy, evil clown and child killer… I did not know that Gacy killed evil clowns. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/95 "2011-06-28T01:51:00Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I did not know that Gacy killed evil clowns. They were competition. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/96 "2011-06-28T01:57:09Z")
You don’t want to know what he did to evil mimes. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/97 "2011-06-28T02:51:38Z")
Yes, yes I do. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/98 "2011-06-28T02:54:12Z")
I still have mixed feelings about Gacy because I worked nights at the Greyhound terminal when he cruised it. On the one hand, he didn’t kill me. On the other hand, I was AT LEAST as cute as those guys he did kill, so it was insulting he didn’t try. On the other hand, I’d’ve been on my break when he asked guys for help and, as a union man, there was no way I was lifting anything into somebody’s van while I was on break, especially because, as a private contractor, he probably didn’t hire union labor if he didn’t have to. My wife says I looked too strong for him to overpower. She knew me then, so I think she’s humoring me. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/99 "2011-06-28T03:09:37Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I still have mixed feelings about Gacy because I worked nights at the Greyhound terminal when he cruised it. On the one hand, he didn’t kill me. On the other hand, I was AT LEAST as cute as those guys he did kill, so it was insulting he didn’t try. On the other hand, I’d’ve been on my break when he asked guys for help and, as a union man, there was no way I was lifting anything into somebody’s van while I was on break, especially because, as a private contractor, he probably didn’t hire union labor if he didn’t have to. > > My wife says I looked too strong for him to overpower. She knew me then, so I think she’s humoring me. I suspect it was more along the lines of you’d have been missed immediately if you’d disappeared while on break. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420/100 "2011-06-28T03:12:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I still have mixed feelings about Gacy because I worked nights at the Greyhound terminal when he cruised it. On the one hand, he didn’t kill me. On the other hand, I was AT LEAST as cute as those guys he did kill, so it was insulting he didn’t try. On the other hand, I’d’ve been on my break when he asked guys for help and, as a union man, there was no way I was lifting anything into somebody’s van while I was on break, especially because, as a private contractor, he probably didn’t hire union labor if he didn’t have to. > > My wife says I looked too strong for him to overpower. She knew me then, so I think she’s humoring me. Plus, you’re not an evil mime. _Right?_ :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-congresswoman-with-the-crazy-eyes-part-ii-crazy-in-the-head/580420.md?page=6)