This is not about Michele as a candidate – I am uncommitted as of yet – but it bothers me that people cannot admit when they are wrong, especially about known facts:
Bachmann: Well you know what’s 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 that’s what we did in our country. We changed it. We no longer have slavery. That’s 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.Stephanopoulos: I agree with that…
Bachmann: That’s what people want…they realize our government is taking away our freedom.
Stephanopoulos: But that’s not what you said. You said that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery.
Bachmann: Well if you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that’s absolutely true. He was a very young boy when he was with his father serving essentially as his father’s secretary. He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did in fact one day eradicate slavery…
Stephanopoulos: He wasn’t one of the Founding Fathers – he was a president, he was a Secretary of State, he was a member of Congress, you’re right he did work to end slavery decades later. But so you are standing by this comment that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery?
Bachmann: “Well, John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy but he was actively involved.” (here)
Not everyone who was apart of the Revolutionary War was a Founding Father. We do this often, run away from the fact that we are wrong, in life as well. What is it about politicians who cannot admit that they are wrong?
Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
“I am uncommitted as of yet ”
Teeeheeeh hehehehe
Laughing to myself.
Okay, I’ll stop. Oh, and MB has already said she was wrong about John Wayne & Iowa.
Sigh.
Yeah – I thought that was a bit much for the Liberals to go after. That’s like going after Quayle for the ‘e’ bit. Sometimes, people make mistakes. No biggie. But, then there are facts which are generally settled.
Also, I don’t like the personal attacks on her as a person. Attack her positions, but not her looks, etc… Some of this is getting too far, and frankly, I thought that the Liberals would have learned this lesson after what the Right did to Obama. I guess not.
Now, you are talking my language.