Michele Bachmann Meets Young LGBT Activist Elijah At Book Signing. Michele Bachmann: A small-town, small-minded isolationist. - By Christopher Hitchens. That was actually three dripping custard pies, rather than just the one, with which Rep. Michele Bachmann assailed her own face by bragging to Fox News about her small-town Iowa roots. Having hymned the incomparable Dairy Queen and Wonder Bread facilities boasted by the sturdy small town of her girlhood, she went on to claim that "John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa," adding, "That's the kind of spirit that I have, too. " Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of Arguably, a collection of essays. John Wayne was from Winterset, Iowa, which can be found about 150 miles to the southwest of Waterloo.
It was his namesake John Wayne Gacy, serial rapist and killer of 33 teenage boys and young men, who spent time in Waterloo. Traditionally, the phrase "to meet your Waterloo" means to encounter a final and unarguable defeat. Where does it come from, this silly and feigned idea that it's good to be able to claim a small-town background? Michele Bachmann's Former Campaign Manager Calls 'Retardation' Comment A Mistake.
WASHINGTON -- Ed Rollins, the former campaign manager for Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), strongly criticized the presidential candidate's comments earlier this week that a vaccine once mandated by Texas Gov. Rick Perry might cause "mental retardation" in children. "She made a mistake. The quicker she admits she made a mistake and moves on, the better she is," Rollins said in an interview on MSNBC on Wednesday. "Ms. Bachmann's an emotional person who basically has great feeling for people. I think that's what she was trying to project. Rollins admitted that Bachmann has taken what was a hugely positive issue for her and at the least tainted it, allowing Perry to escape the full brunt of scrutiny he would have otherwise borne.
"I think the bottom line here is she has made what was a very positive debate and made the issue about Perry to where it's now an issue about her, and she needs to move on," Rollins said. A Bachmann spokeswoman has not responded to emails or phone calls. Bill Maher: michele bachmann is a JOKE! Michele Bachmann's Holy War | Rolling Stone Politics.