kohenari:

Defending her erroneous comments that the Founding Fathers tried to end slavery, Bachmann told ‘Good Morning America’ host George Stephanopoulos today, “If you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that’s absolutely true…. He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did in fact one day eradicate slavery.”

Stephanopoulos rightly points out that Adams, a nine-year old when the Revolutionary War began, does not qualify as a Founding Father, to which Bachmann replied, “John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy but he was actively involved.” So, Bachmann’s basically saying that since Adams was alive and his family was part of revolution, he was, too. That’s like saying that because my father fled Apartheid, I was a South African liberation fighter.

As the media attention about Bachmann’s Adams claim grows, her supporters are editing Wikipedia to make sure the Adams entry reflects the candidate’s anachronistic perspective.

HT: Dave Brockington.

She and her followers suffer from so many delusions. It will be hilarious if she somehow secures the nomination.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has a plan to bring down unemployment, pay off the national debt, stop natural disasters, and smoke the terrorists out of their spider holes: He’s hosting a prayer summit. The possible GOP presidential candidate has invited the nation’s other 49 governors to join him at Houston’s Reliant Stadium in early August for “The Response,” a day of non-denominational Christian prayer and fasting (the latter is recommended but non-compulsory). Per the official site:

As a nation, we must come together, call upon Jesus to guide us through unprecedented struggles, and thank Him for the blessings of freedom we so richly enjoy according to His grace, mercy, and kindness towards us. A historic crisis facing our nation and threatening our future demands a historic response from the church. We must, as a people, return to the faith and hope of our fathers. The ancient paths of great men were blazed in prayer – the humility of the truly great men of history was revealed in their recognition of the power and might of Jesus to save all who call on His great name.

“There is hope for America,” the site explains. “It lies in heaven, and we will find it on our knees.”

This shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise from Perry, who just six weeks ago issued a proclamation calling on residents to pray for rain for 72 hours, in response to historic wildfires. It’s also similar in nature to the Texas Restoration Project, his 2006 outreach effort to pastors likeRod Parsley, the Ohio evangelist who has said Islam must be destroyed. The Houston event is being funded by the American Family Association, a conservative Christian organization that’s been classified as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its incessant promotion of false, anti-gay propaganda. 

The AFA’s issues director, Bryan Fischer, has alleged that gays caused the Holocaust—and are planning on doing it again; that gays should be banned from holding public office; that homosexuality should be criminalized; that foreign Muslims should either be exterminated or forced to convert to Christianity; that American Muslims should be deported; that there should be a permanent ban on mosque construction in the United States; and that Muslims should be prohibited from serving in the armed forces.

(via helvetebrann)

mohandasgandhi:

The Third Reich that was attempting to take over Europe and exterminate so-called “subversives” was just a minor contributing factor.  Right….

Where are the rational conservatives? Rick Santorum is completely delusional - it’s scary.

“I have had 31 trials against me and I’ve always been acquitted,’ Berlusconi said, according to Italian media reports. ‘We have presented a justice reform that is fundamental to us,’ he continued. ‘In Italy, we have almost a dictatorship of leftist judges.”

Why is it just okay for world leaders to be completely delusional? Berlusconi is absolutely hilarious in his ridiculousness.