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Michelle Bachmann Founding Fathers Ended Slavery Speech (video)
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by NowPublic Staff | January 25, 2011 at 03:33 pm
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"Will America Endure?" Michele Bachmann At 'Iowans For Tax Relief' Event In Des Moines, Iowa
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Michelle Bachmann Speech Before Iowans For Tax Relief: Michelle Bachmann Comments About Founding Fathers Ending Slavery
Rep. Michelle Bachmann a rumored presidential hopeful for 2012 is taking fire for comments she made during a speech to Iowans For Tax Relief.
Some of the Michelle Bachman speech focused on notions of heritage, Bachmann's being Norwegian. Much of the speech was an interesting and at times inspiring story about the journey her ancestors made to the United States and the homes they built here, but then Michelle Bachmann started playing with history.
Bachmann went on to say that while slavery was still tolerated when the nation began, the "very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States," including John Quincy Adams.
Again, Cooper corrected Bachmann, pointing out many of the founders, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, owned slaves. And while John Quincy Adams did campaign against slavery, he wasn't a Founding Father and died 15 years before the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Michelle Bachmann speech was her second visit to Iowa in a month. Iowa, of course is a key state in securing the Republican nomination for president. Michelle Bachmann with her popularity among the Tea Party will be a force in the upcoming Republican presidential nomination.
The Michelle Bachmann comments about the Founding Fathers ending slavery occur about 25 minutes and 30 seconds into her speech.
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at 09:16 on January 26th, 2011
......to the tune of that favorite song;....."that's why the lady is a dunce!"
at 13:59 on January 27th, 2011
The only thing worse than her ambiguity in this speach is others own spin on history and their taking her words out of context, adding words not said and rearanging her words and facts to suit their liberal agenda. To bad they aren't as openminded as they pretend to be. It seems they're so caught up in their own lies they now can't tell the truth when it's said. I guess the more desperate you are the more closed minded you are. Just as an example even if you take and use the term founding fathers, which she did not say, her comments on those who wrote those documents, assumed (Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights) then that would include all those up untill May 7, 1992 when the 27th amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Now denying these facts flies in the face of their very accusations. SO who now is trying to rewrite history? When will the next amendment be ratified? Another point is that she was clearly saying that those coming here under the Mayflower Compact were equal. Slaves did not come here under those terms, unfortunately. If you think that people of that time would "ALL" change by some appifany (in one day) to free American slaves then you have no understading of human nature. It took another hundred years after the Amancipation Proclimation to finally do away with segrigation. I liked the point she made towards the end when she called it; that the media would take her words out of context. They fell into their own pit of bigotry by leaping before they heard or understood what she was saying.
at 11:46 on January 28th, 2011
I guess the more you support Michelle Bachmann and her ignorance of history...the worse you spell? Try "epiphany" (although I don't think that's actually the word you're looking for) - and it seems you are as ignorant of the concept of "segregation" as you are of its correct spelling.
at 17:42 on January 31st, 2011
"the very founders who wrote those documents" This is the exact quote. What other "founders" was she talking about? Just because the 27th amendment wasn't ratified for over 200 years and we as a country have made changes to the original frame work does not change who the founders of our country were. Rich, white slave owners. As a matter of fact Thomas Jefferson (you know one of our founders who wrote those documents) had children with one of his slaves that were completely denied until DNA testing could prove the truth. Even Abraham Lincoln was not an abolitionist when elected. He ran on limiting the expansion of slavery to western territories and his first priority was preserving the Union. Had the south not succeeded that "stain" on our history would have lasted even longer.
at 12:35 on January 28th, 2011
It seems she AND Sarah Palin are unbelievably ignorant of history!
What is most disturbing is the 'I don't need to know anything' pride with which they BOTH approach nearly every subject.
at 13:36 on January 28th, 2011
Bachmann and Palin worth will become painfully obvious if either tries to run for President. You can fool some of the people_some of the time etc. Republicans in particular, will be showcasing someone new, fresh, and smart imo. Bachmann and Palin won't last out the Republican primary_if they even run. Not sure who on the Republican side will actually end up becoming the face of the Republican Party? Will be interesting to see. Not a 'Tea Party' candidate either. Eitherway, Obama should win if unemployment drops under 8% nationally.
Thxs Karen !
at 13:40 on January 29th, 2011
Not quite sure what the thanks is for but, you're welcome, 1!
I really think the 'Well, everyone who went to school and learned something is an elitist!' schtick is getting kind of old.
at 01:12 on January 30th, 2011
First Sarah Palin, now Bachman. These women are log-stupid, yet can flirt with the presidency? In their tightly-controlled, one-way communications, they often lie, distort facts, and make things up for the ears of their low-information voter following. Then, they close their speeches with lines like, "the mainstream media will take my comments out of context," a clear effort to inoculate themselves from criticism. It's a ridiculous tactic that, to my astonishment, has been working.Well, that so-called mainstream media needs to do its job and smoke out these cynical posers. It's not acceptable for a few right-wing blowhards like Glen Beck to intimidate reputable journalists into silence on issues as critical as picking the POTUS. The creative defense of Bachman on this page calling the reality-based community "close-minded" is riddled with misspellings, and would be laughable even if it wasn't. So she didn't say "founding fathers"... I'm sure by "very founders who wrote those documents" she was referring to a completely different group of people, right? Nice try, Tea-person.Also, where are the feminists in all this, or, is this what feminism has become? While the pride in ignorance thing isn't new (W mastered it), surely the trend of divisive right-wing vixens being so laughably inept yet commanding center stage can't be a good influence on young women.