(LATIMES) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry had his “oops” moment on a Michigan debate stage.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) mixed up actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
And Herman Cain referred to “Ubeki-beki-beki-stan-stan.”
The 2012 Republican presidential campaign has provided a bounty of infelicitous phrasings, wrongheaded assertions and embarrassing gaffes.
There was Perry’s memory lapse on the debate stage, which came to be known as his “oops moment.”
There was Bachmann in Waterloo, Iowa, trumpeting her pride at hailing from the same hometown as John Wayne, only to learn that her homie was serial killer John Wayne Gacy. John Wayne, the actor, was born in Winterset, about three hours away.
