Not too mention, John Quincy Adams was not a Founding Father.
The point of the whole thing is, She(Bachmann) cannot admit they made a mistake, a gaffe, a slip of the tongue, an error, or a simple blunder. Instead, she double downs and tries to convince
the people she is speaking to that she knows what she is talking about. Believe or not, those people she is speaking to(including a few in the Soapbox) is a very small minority that reside here in the United States.
Since the real issue has eluded some here in the Soapbox, I will try and explain so that you may understand why she is being cast in a negative spotlight and why I decided to start the thread. Here goes, ready?
Notice that there wasn't a thread started about Bachmann flubbing the birth place of John Wayne in HER hometown, Watertown, IA? You know why? Because nobody cares, it was a simple mistake and one that doesn't mean anything about her being President or not. She was pandering to the crowd at best and made a mistake, no harm, no foul.
*Please, lets keep this to the confines of the Soapbox*
Then we have here comment referring to John Quincy Adams as a Founding Father. Here's the transcript or click
here for the link to the video and full transcript. Which I might add is worth the time to view.
Stephanopoulos: But that’s not what you said. You said that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery.
Bachmann: Well if you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that’s absolutely true. He was a very young boy when he was with his father serving essentially as his father’s secretary. He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did in fact one day eradicate slavery….
*emphasis added by me
Stephanopoulos: He wasn’t one of the Founding Fathers – he was a president, he was a Secretary of State, he was a member of Congress, you’re right he did work to end slavery decades later. But so you are standing by this comment that the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery?
Bachmann: Well, John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy but he was actively involved.
It's not the fact that she said,
"one of our Founding Father's, John Quincy Adams", that would be a gaffe, and any reasonable person would either correct themselves on the spot, or more than likely later, like the next day after they realized what they said was a mistake and clearify what they meant. But unfortunately, she and others here in the soapbox believe that statement to be true. Despite all the evidence, they will stand by her statement that John Quincy Adams should be considered a Founding Father.
You see, nobody believes that the President thinks there are 57 states, but it is clearly evident here in the soapbox, people now believe that John Quincy Adams was a Founding Father.
