Tea party favorite US Rep. Bachmann of Minnesota flubs Revolutionary War geography in

[nofurylike]

Tea party favorite US Rep. Bachmann of Minnesota flubs Revolutionary War geography in NH
By Holly Ramer, Associated Press
March 13, 2011

http://www.startribune.com/politics/117850663.html

NASHUA, N.H. - U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota stood before New Hampshire Republicans with a tea bag clutched in her hand Saturday, but her grasp on Revolutionary War geography wasn't quite as tight.

Before headlining a GOP fundraiser, the possible presidential hopeful told a group of students and conservative activists in Manchester, "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord."

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"So I misplaced the battles Concord and Lexington by saying they were in New Hampshire," Bachmann posted on her Facebook page later. "It was my mistake, Massachusetts is where they happened. New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!"

Though Bachmann probably wasn't the first to confuse Concord, N.H., with Concord, Mass., her mistake was striking given her roots in the tea party movement, which takes its name from the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor by angry American colonists in December 1773, 16 months before the Battle of Lexington Green.

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[DFW]

If she spends a little more time with Rand Paul, she'll think that the 1775 event happened in Lexington, Kentucky.

Trouble is, if she gets to be president and she wants to bomb, Moscow, she'll nuke a town in Idaho.

[nofurylike]

(03-13-2011 05:29 AM)DFW Wrote:  If she spends a little more time with Rand Paul, she'll think that the 1775 event happened in Lexington, Kentucky.

Trouble is, if she gets to be president and she wants to bomb, Moscow, she'll nuke a town in Idaho.

tears, i am laughing so hard. or, maybe, crying. so scary!!

omg, perfect, DFW!!!

[jaxx]

Ms. Batchitcrazy is the poster child for you can't fix stupid.

[nofurylike]

(03-13-2011 05:44 AM)jaxx Wrote:  Ms. Batchitcrazy is the poster child for you can't fix stupid.

perfect!!

i WANT THAT poster, jaxx!! i LOVE that!!

[pappy]

And then she added a slap at Massachusetts saying "that New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!". Of course everyone knows that liberal hippie Massachusetts hates America.....

I hope somebody gets the opportunity to ask her about Germany bombing Pearl Harbor! She's on a roll!

[There Is No Spoon]

What an ignorant moran!

[Julie]

So ol' crazy eyes Bachmann was out letting the stupid show again, eh? Man this is going to be a fun election!

[Ikonoklast]

What a goose!

Everyone who knows their American History knows that event happened when the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor.

Even I know that one.


Geesh.

[CTLawGuy]

(03-13-2011 01:19 PM)Ikonoklast Wrote:  What a goose!

Everyone who knows their American History knows that event happened when the Nazis bombed Pearl Harbor.

Even I know that one.


Geesh.

"Was it over when the Germans bombed pearl harbor?"

"Germans?"
"Let him go, he's on a roll."

[CTLawGuy]

(03-13-2011 04:29 AM)nofurylike Wrote:  Though Bachmann probably wasn't the first to confuse Concord, N.H., with Concord, Mass., her mistake was striking given her roots in the tea party movement, which takes its name from the dumping of tea into Boston Harbor by angry American colonists in December 1773, 16 months before the Battle of Lexington Green.

I think it's NOT striking considering that these people think the original tea party was to protest King George's spending policies and lack of a balanced budget.

In reality the tea party was a protest of a lack of representation in parliament ("no taxation without representation").

I want someone to poll the tea party and see what their support is for DC statehood/representation in Congress. I'm guessing it would be quite unfaithful to the original tea party.