So how extreme is David Barton? Here’s the religious right’s favorite phony historian (dark coat, red shirt) standing this week in support of Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin of Missouri, more than a month after Akin made his outrageous statement suggesting that only some rapes are legitimate. Barton, who heads the Texas-based organization WallBuilders, joined […]
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David Barton: ‘Liberalism Kills’
The level of depravity revealed by this statement from David Barton yesterday is hard to fathom: “I tell you what, Richard gave a two-word axiom that we ought to emblazon on everything we have: liberalism kills. Liberalism kills, whether it’s in the family; whether it’s in a university; whether it’s in education; whether it’s in […]
David Barton Calls Idea That the Bill of Rights Was Intended to Protect Rights of the Minority ‘Ridiculous’
Having his distorted book on Thomas Jefferson pulled off the shelves by a prominent evangelical publisher doesn’t seem to be slowing down David Barton’s efforts to rewrite history. Now he’s promoting an essay in which he calls the idea that the Bill of Rights was intended to protect the rights of the minority “ridiculous”: Sadly, […]
Barton Boasts of Influencing GOP Platform
David Barton appeared on Glenn Beck’s GBTV yesterday to talk about the controversial 2012 Republican Party Platform, which he says includes 70 motions made by him. 70! “It’s all good stuff. I mean, this is worth reading. It’s really good stuff.” Watch: (h/t Right Wing Watch) […]
Does David Barton Still Heart Todd Akin?
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, religious right leaders have to say about Republican senate candidate Todd Akin of Missouri this morning. That includes David Barton, who a few weeks ago issued a strong endorsement of Akin. If you had never heard of Akin before this weekend, you probably have now. In […]
