Michele Bachmann is the second most hated conservative woman in the country behind of course Sarah Palin.
As such, this very accomplished woman is constantly targeted by Lefty bloggers and the rest of the lame-stream media who hang on her every word, panting, so they can quickly pounceand fill in their ready templates that paint her as either “stupid” or “scary”.
So it’s no surprise that within minutes of making a speech in New Hampshire, the Leftist smear machine jumped into action to portray Bachmann as making a gaffe describing a seminal movement in American history.
But, did she really say what the media is characterizing her as saying?
Look at this article from The Hill:
Bachmann erroneously touted New Hampshire as the site of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
"What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty," Bachmann told the audience. "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.
“And you put a marker in the ground and paid with the blood of your ancestors the very first price that had to be paid to make this the most magnificent nation that has ever arisen in the annals of man in 5,000 years of recorded history."
Now any person with a reasonable understanding of the English language cannot say Michelle Bachmann said that the “shot heard around the world” occurred in New Hampshire.
Bachmann said "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.,,
I’ll grant it’s a very poorly worded sentence.
Let me submit that New Hampshire and Massachusetts share a common border.
So it’s no surprise that within minutes of making a speech in New Hampshire, the Leftist smear machine jumped into action to portray Bachmann as making a gaffe describing a seminal movement in American history.
But, did she really say what the media is characterizing her as saying?
Look at this article from The Hill:
Bachmann erroneously touted New Hampshire as the site of the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
"What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty," Bachmann told the audience. "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.
“And you put a marker in the ground and paid with the blood of your ancestors the very first price that had to be paid to make this the most magnificent nation that has ever arisen in the annals of man in 5,000 years of recorded history."
Now any person with a reasonable understanding of the English language cannot say Michelle Bachmann said that the “shot heard around the world” occurred in New Hampshire.
Bachmann said "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.,,
I’ll grant it’s a very poorly worded sentence.
Let me submit that New Hampshire and Massachusetts share a common border.
What I think she meant, albeit in a clumsy way, was that the colonists in New Hampshire responded to the events in Lexington and Concord by taking up arms and joining the fight against the British for American liberation. To say that she thinks Lexington and Concord is in New Hampshire is a stretch. Only people with an agenda would go there!
But, the media who’s just wait for any kind of slip, is only too happy to assert that Michelle Bachmann is stupid and doesn’t know where the shot occurred.
By that line of thinking, does it mean the “shot heard around the world” was literally heard in China when it happened?
Of course not
We all understand it as a metaphoric language. But, the Left likes to ascribe labels to suit their own political agenda and marginalize their enemies like Michelle Bachmann.
That makes Bachmann worthy of defending if only we had enough courage on our side.
But, the media who’s just wait for any kind of slip, is only too happy to assert that Michelle Bachmann is stupid and doesn’t know where the shot occurred.
By that line of thinking, does it mean the “shot heard around the world” was literally heard in China when it happened?
Of course not
We all understand it as a metaphoric language. But, the Left likes to ascribe labels to suit their own political agenda and marginalize their enemies like Michelle Bachmann.
That makes Bachmann worthy of defending if only we had enough courage on our side.
Latest Update: Michelle Bachmann responds to media hysteria over her gaffe in New Hampshire
Cubachi reports Via Michelle Bachmann Facebook:
So I misplaced the battles Concord and Lexington by saying they were in New Hampshire. It was my mistake, Massachusetts is where they happened. New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!
So I misplaced the battles Concord and Lexington by saying they were in New Hampshire. It was my mistake, Massachusetts is where they happened. New Hampshire is where they are still proud of it!
And by the way… That will be the last time I borrow President Obama’s tele-promoter!
