Rep. Michele Bachmann, who officially announced yesterday in Iowa that she is running for president, appeared on Good Morning America Monday, where George Stephanopoulos attempted to clarify some of her previous statements.
Among them: Bachmanns claim that the Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence worked tirelessly to end slavery.
Now with respect, Congresswoman, thats just not true, Stephanopoulos said. Many of them including Jefferson and Washington were actually slave holders and slavery didnt end until the Civil War.
Bachmann dodged the question, answering, Well, you know whats marvelous is that in this country and under our Constitution, we have the ability when we recognize that something is wrong to change it. And thats what we did in our country. We changed it. We no longer have slavery. Thats a good thing. And what our Constitution has done for our nation, is to give us the basis of freedom unparalleled in the rest of the world.
She goes on to claim that John Quincy Adams, who was a small boy during the Revolutionary War and did indeed eventually work to abolish slavery, should be counted as a Founding Father.
Watch the visibly distraught Stephanopoulos interview with the tea party candidate, in which she discusses the minimum wage, Sarah Palin and her foster children.
Revere's ride was redundant to that of William Dawes. Revere even had to borrow a horse. Now that I've given you the factual intrigue of the night of 18 April 1775 you can do the rest of the research yourself.
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The wee one's ego simply can't fathom ANYONE putting him on the filter and not responding.
No, but Dickie will hide behind the bozo, along with his finger puppets when the heat gets turned up. He's a gutless turd.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
In 500 years White people freed the slaves, explored the earth, went to the moon, and invented 99.997% of everything.
Because of White people slaves are freed. Because of White people everyone can live better than a King could 100 years ago. The Commies and Green pukes like your friends war and skivvy hate that fact. All they have to show for their efforts are mountains of skulls in Cambodia and over 100 million murdered in the name of egalitarianism.
The world is jealous of and hates the White minority that succeeded in 500 years where they failed for a hundred thousand years.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
And replace him with what Boof? Reps and Senators and a POTUS who believe that the reason that people are unemployed is because their own fault? Reps and Sens and a POTUS who will cut their benefits? Their access to heath care? Demand that they contribute more to pensions and health care while vetoing a modest tax increase on millionaires?
Do you really believe that the electorate, when all is said and done, is going to elect people who have been blaming them for their own problems and, as a reward for so voting, will gut any safety net that they may have?
well said, and that's why Obama continues to match up well against any potential GOP challenger.
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
Because of White people everyone can live better than a King could 100 years ago.
Just this evening my servants prepared an excellent meal for my guests and I.
The world is jealous of and hates the White minority that succeeded in 500 years where they failed for a hundred thousand years.
The people of China and India would disagree with you. From the 1st to the 17th centuries, India had the world's largest economy.
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that childs born too. When we start debating a budget, lets make sure we dont cut 100,000 vaccines. Lets make sure weve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that babys born, oh no, we dont want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a womens uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Maybe if you had put it in bold, capitl letters and a "10" font, then I'd believe you.
[snicker]
Instead, I'll rely on the contemporary accounts of Prescott, Dawes, Larkin et al.
Here's more fodder for you...most people today know that the British were moving in on Concord to destroy an armory where they believed that the cannons that had protected Boston Harbor and the Charles River had been moved to. But on the night of 18 April 1775, the fear of the "Sons of Liberty" and associative "Committee[s] For Safety" feared that the British were after something else. That was the purpose of Revere's "ride".
What was that fear?
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"THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" --Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
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The "New World" became the "Third World" of its day and was easily exploited...and...to make it even better, the British and French populated the New World with consumers.
Prior to Capitalists, the "evil doers" of that day were the Mercantilists...
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"I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." --GW Bush
"THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" --Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
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I can Palin-esque up history as well as she can. For example, the "Sons of Liberty" were a terrorist organization that carried out a false flag operation dressed as Indians at Boston harbor.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
In 500 years White people freed the slaves, explored the earth, went to the moon, and invented 99.997% of everything.
You mean the white people of the earth freed the slaves they themselves enslaved? And since Italians and Jews and Germans were not considered "white" by the Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin viewed Germans as "swarthy" compared to Anglos) you have to not count their inventions or the inventions of the Chinese on which other inventions are based on.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that childs born too. When we start debating a budget, lets make sure we dont cut 100,000 vaccines. Lets make sure weve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that babys born, oh no, we dont want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a womens uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
I find it absolutely incredible that people are not only apologizing for her but claiming that she was correct.
I saw the same thing with Bush fans (so called Bushbots) bending of reality to try and excuse Bush errors.
I don't get how a party that is supposed to be a collection of independent thinkers becomes a party of idol worshippers. It is like they look for a leader to fawn over.
And it is ideological over practical - what I mean is they will support an incompetent as long as the person spouts party dogma. In fact, they look at competency as a negative - because I imagine a fact based person would not accept their ideological dream world.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
I saw the same thing with Bush fans (so called Bushbots) bending of reality to try and excuse Bush errors.
We see the same thing with Owe-bama fans (so called Messiah Worshipers) bending reality to try and excuse Owe-bama errors that occur daily in the 'here and now'.
And when called on it, they blame...wait for it...wait for it...BUSH.
Rudgear = Because of White people slaves are freed.
Rudgear, you are arguing that the whites are racially superior for freeing slaves that were enslaved to the white man on the grounds of their racial inferiority.....
We just saw rud;s racism justified through whites "freeing slaves" who were enslaved for racist reasons in the first place.
I guess the Southern slave supporting Whites were the racially inferior whites of the white family tree.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
No, I'm arguing fact, Destro. Unpleasant to you and your kind of socialist, but fact nevertheless.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
Give me your alternative history, Destro. Who did?
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
No, I love heckling a coward too ill equipped to respond he has to hide to avoid people. Go and inform him of my comment.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
Here's more fodder for you...most people today know that the British were moving in on Concord to destroy an armory where they believed that the cannons that had protected Boston Harbor and the Charles River had been moved to. But on the night of 18 April 1775, the fear of the "Sons of Liberty" and associative "Committee[s] For Safety" feared that the British were after something else. That was the purpose of Revere's "ride".
What was that fear?
Since you obviously do not know. Massachusetts had set up a Provincial Congress in defiance of the Massachusetts Government Act [which was one of the so- called "intolerable Acts"]. The fear was that after having observed the movement of British patrols that they were looking to arrest the leaders of that Congress...Revere rode off to warn Hancock and Sam Adams, who were staying in the house of Jonas Clarke and along the way decided to alarm the houses along the trail.
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"I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." --GW Bush
"THE MILITIA IS COMING!!! THE MILITIA IS COMING!!!" --Sarah Palin's version of "The Midnight Ride of Paul revere"
I lurk to see if someone other than Myst or Pookie posts anything...
No, Destro. As usual you are wrong. They did not end the institution of slavery. If you can't debate beyond bombast, there is no point in dealing with you.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
Do you? You enjoy twisting truth and people's comments like him, though.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.
He drove the French out. He didn't end the institution. Keep trying, Destro.
war has to do something for entertainment. The voices in his head aren't speaking to him and his imaginary friends have found reasons not to come over anymore.