{"id":4293,"date":"2011-03-13T06:43:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T13:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2011-03-13T06:43:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T13:43:56","slug":"could-bachmann-be-even-dumber-than-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/13\/could-bachmann-be-even-dumber-than-palin\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Bachmann be Even Dumber than Palin?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now there\u2019s the competition of the ages.  Bachmann recently visited the Republican Liberty Caucus in New Hampshire and demonstrated ignorance of US History equaled only by her ignorance of the Constitution.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"13batshit\"Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) made a high profile trip to New Hampshire today as part of a potential 2012 presidential run, but the tea party favorite, who often refers to the early days of the Republic in speeches and media appearances, embarrassingly mangled basic American history<\/font><\/a>, incorrectly stating that the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, to have occurred in New Hampshire, instead of Massachusetts:<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty,\u201d the potential GOP presidential candidate said. \u201cYou\u2019re the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord<\/strong><\/span>. And you put a marker in the ground and paid with the blood of your ancestors the very first price that had to be paid to make this the most magnificent nation that has ever arisen in the annals of man in 5,000 years of recorded history.\u201d […]<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thankful that you are the first in the nation state because you are the liberty state,\u201d Bachmann said. \u201cThat is your charge. You keep that baton of liberty. You\u2019ve done it very well for almost 20 generations from the time the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock<\/strong><\/span>, and I\u2019m sure the very first one came up to New Hampshire and said, \u2018This is where I want to be.\u2019\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

Of course, as the school children in attendance at the speech could likely tell her, the Battles of Lexington and Concord that sparked the American revolution in 1775, and the Pilgrims\u2019 landing, took place in Massachusetts, not New Hampshire, \u201cbut Bachmann did not correct her error<\/font><\/a> when she referenced the battles again later in her speech.\u201d Ironically, The Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, which hosted the event, handed out pocket-sized copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution \u201con a table a few feet from where Bachmann spoke.\u201d\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Think Progress<\/a>><\/p>\n

Is it any wonder that the less educated voters are, the more likely they are to vote Republican?  If it any wonder that Republicans want to dismantle education?  Who gets your vote?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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