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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Wackjobs U.S. history, Republican version

Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM

A nice little piece of work from The New Yorker's Jack Hitt, which would be riotously funny if it wasn't so painfully true.

It's an encyclopedic roundup of utterances on the American experience from Republicans and conservative sources. The misinformation is epic. Mike Huckabee makes several appearances. Examples:

1775: New Hampshire starts the American Revolution: “What I love about New Hampshire… You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world.”—Michele Bachmann

1776: The Founding Synod signs the Declaration of Independence: “…those fifty-six brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen.”—Mike Huckabee

1787: Slavery is banned in the Constitution: “We also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States.”—Michele Bachmann

1801: “Thomas Jefferson creates the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening.”—Glenn Beck

...2011: President George W. Bush kills Osama bin Laden: “Thanks to George Bush…. Because if Obama had his way we wouldn’t have gotten bin Laden, you know that.”—Sean Hannity

        
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