Don’t Know Much About History

11:43 am EST September 1st, 2008 | News | 4 Comments

Sarah Palin thinks that the founding fathers wrote the pledge of allegiance. Well, I guess considering all the other ways conservatives try to re-write history this is probably a virtue with them.

UPDATE: Michael Tomasky on what this means about Palin.

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4 Responses to “Don’t Know Much About History”

  1. jr says:
    September 1, 2008 at 11:58 am

    No wonder the gravity denying “homeschooling movement” loves her

  2. Parthenon says:
    September 1, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    She likely also believes they were all Christians. Again, as defined by the opinion polls of the American people at large, pretty extreme.

  3. Adele Stan says:
    September 1, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Great catch, Oliver! I’ll bet she learned her bad history while watching the second Bush inauguration, at which one of the speakers made this claim. Oh, and BTW, the pledge of allegiance was written by a socialist. (Gasp!)
    http://addiestan.blogspot.com/2005/01/founding-fathers-who-were-those-guys_20.html

  4. ohollern says:
    September 1, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Isn’t ignorance a prequisite for high office in the Republican party?