The Wind and the Lyin'

 

It's a welcome addition to the book of every right-thinking American: Jack Hitt's A Conservative History of America sets the record straight. Just a few examples in this must-read boffo smash hit include:

1619-1808: Africans set sail for America in search of freedom: “Other than Native Americans, who were here, all of us have the same story.”—Michele Bachmann 

1775: Paul Revere “warned the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms, by ringing those bells and making sure as he was riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be secure and we were going to be free.”—Sarah Palin. 

1775: New Hampshire starts the American Revolution: “What I love about New Hampshire… You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world.”—Michele Bachmann 

1776: The Founding Synod signs the Declaration of Independence: “…those fifty-six brave people, most of whom, by the way, were clergymen.”—Mike Huckabee

1787: Slavery is banned in the Constitution: “We also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States.”—Michele Bachmann

1801: “Thomas Jefferson creates the Marines for the Islamic pirates that were happening.”—Glenn Beck

One quibble by this otherwise wildly enthused reviewer. This quote is not factually accurate:

2011: Obama provides health insurance for dogs: “In the health care bill, we’re now offering insurance for dogs.”—Glenn Beck

As Waldo reported (here) , Poodlecare is another Republican innovation, championed by outgoing, shot-him-self-in the-electoral-foot Congressman Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan.