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Title: Bachmann Fans Float Wikipedia Edits To Cover Candidate’s Recent Gaffes
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RAWSTORY
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/ ... idate%E2%80%99s-recent-gaffes/
Published: Jun 28, 2011
Author: Stephen C. Webster
Post Date: 2011-06-28 15:33:44 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 3158
Comments: 5
Several strange edits have shown up on Wikipedia entries pertaining to famed Americans referenced by Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann -- specifically, it appears that her fans have attempted to rewrite the lives of actor John Wayne and President John Quincy Adams to fit her woefully inaccurate retellings of history. Bachmann, who officially launched her campaign yesterday in Waterloo, Iowa, told a Fox News reporter that she was proud to be in the town where John Wayne was from, because she embodies his ideals. Unfortunately for her, it turns out that the actor John Wayne was not from Waterloo, but serial killer John Wayne Gacy was. Shortly after the gaffe, the Wikipedia page for actor John Wayne was altered to change his birthplace from Winterset, Iowa to Waterloo, apparently as an effort to cover for the misguided politician. Another edit came after she declared Tuesday morning that the nation's sixth president, John Quincy Adams, was a "founding father," even though he was just a child when his father, the nation's second president, signed the Declaration of Independence. Sure enough, in short order Adams's Wikipedia entry was changed to call him a "founding father." The page's administrator quickly struck down the revision, insisting that users not make edits "based on current events." The whole strange affair would seem to evoke memories of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's badly mangled retelling of Paul Revere's ride, which inspired her own fans to attempt a series of changes to Revere's Wikipedia entry. Wikipedia's editors struck those down as well, scolding Palin's fans for attempting to cover up history to make their favorite politician look good.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
John Wayne was an alcoholic, married three times and had women on the side.
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that child’s born too. When we start debating a budget, let’s make sure we don’t cut 100,000 vaccines. Let’s make sure we’ve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that baby’s born, oh no, we don’t want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a women’s uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Bummer that he was an alcoholic...{;^D
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." "THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
It was inevitable.
But he was great in The Quiet Man.
this was during her attempt to defend her statement that the founding fathers worked "tirelessly" to abolish slavery. She may give Newt a run for the fastest political implosion of all time.
"Thats because your basically and idiot."...she was proud to be in the town where John Wayne was from, because she embodies his ideals.
#2. To: lucysmom (#1)
--GW Bush
--Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
Bachmann Fans Float Wikipedia Edits To Cover Candidate’s Recent Gaffes
#4. To: lucysmom (#1)
John Wayne was an alcoholic, married three times and had women on the side.
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
Another edit came after she declared Tuesday morning that the nation's sixth president, John Quincy Adams, was a "founding father," even though he was just a child when his father, the nation's second president, signed the Declaration of Independence.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
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