Glenn Beck has been campaigning for Ted Cruz around the country and bringing along George Washington memorabilia, like his compass so he can say Cruz will steer us in the right direction (get it? Do you get it? Do ya?). He’s also been waving around what he claims is Washington’s copy of Don Quixote. Nope.
David Barton’s Foundations of Freedom video series continues to rely heavily on an interview with Michele Bachmann, who predictably says all manner of stupid things. In the latest episode, she tells her intellectual superiors — that’s almost anyone, of course — to “get a brain” and realize that Christianity makes everyone happy!
Glenn Beck has introduced David Barton in the past by claiming he has a PhD in history, with Barton not bothering to correct him. Now in an interview to promote the re-release of the aptly named The Jefferson Lies, Barton admits that he doesn’t have a PhD. And then immediately says he does.
This Foundations of Freedom video series produced by professional liar David Barton is like a waterfall of stupidity, especially when Michele Bachmann is featured. In the latest edition, Bachmann informs us that a progressive income tax violates the Ten Commandments.
I have been arguing for more than a decade now that today’s “Christian nation” crowd is making the exact opposite of the claims their forebears made about religion and the founders, especially Thomas Jefferson. In the late 18th century, Jefferson was a terrible infidel and the Constitution was a godless document. Christian historian John Fea makes a similar argument about David Barton’s lies about Jefferson:
Duck Dynasty douchebag Phil Robertson has endorsed Ted Cruz for president and has been traveling with him to promote his candidacy. Given that David Barton is the head of the Cruz Super PAC, it shouldn’t be at all surprising that Robertson is using a famously fake quote from James Madison to do so.
Rick Green, co-host of David Barton’s Wallbuilders radio show, is running for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court. And he’s racking up important endorsements from the legal community. Oops, I mean from the incredibly stupid child actor community. Kirk Cameron has endorsed him and he is very proud of that.
We’re used to David Barton lying about virtually everything, including his own past, but in his latest video series he tells a lie that is blatant and easily checked. It’s a lie he’s told before, but now he’s put an actual citation on it that can be read to show that he’s lying. I’ll reprint the entire thing below.
We’ve all known for a long time that David Barton is a theocrat who thinks the Bible should determine the law of the land. In his Foundations of Freedom video series, he makes this explicit by saying that we can’t hold a vote to legalize abortion or homosexuality because it violates God’s “fixed moral law.”
The Trinity Broadcasting Network continues to show David Barton’s “Foundations of Freedom” video series, which features our old friend Michele Bachmann in a prominent role being interviewed by Barton. In the latest one, she argues that no law that violates the Ten Commandments can stand because that is the “ultimate moral law.”
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Glenn Beck has officially endorsed Ted Cruz for president and has declared him to be the “next George Washington” that he has been searching for lo these many years.
But as Simon Maloy points out at Salon, Beck seems to find the “next George Washington” quite regularly. He found two of them during the 2012 election alone. Unfortunately for him, the “next George Washington” keeps losing elections.
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Still furiously promoting his book full of lies about Thomas Jefferson, David Barton and the Worldnetdaily attempt to answer the eternal question: Who would Thomas Jefferson vote for?
I’m sure you’ll be shocked to find out that Jefferson would vote for the guy that Barton is working for and supporting, Ted Cruz. Barton runs the Super PAC supporting his candidacy.
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