David Barton Says Claim Thomas Jefferson Had Affair with Slave Sally Hemings & Fathered Children with Her was to Help Bill Clinton During Impeachment Process

Any parent with a brain would never send their children to be educated at Liberty University, founded by Jerry Falwell, a right wing evangelical wingnut who has since departed this world. The latest garbage being spewed at Liberty came courtesy of David Barton, founder of WallBuilders, when he delivered a speech on "deconstructionism" on September 9th. He claimed that Thomas Jefferson didn't father any biracial children with his slave Sally Hemings. No, he claims the affair and the children produced from the illicit union were part of a liberal conspiracy to help former president Bill Clinton during his impeachment hearings.

Barton blamed deconstructionism for most of what ails society today and deliberately distorts history to promote a left-wing agenda. Um, really? I hate to say it, but Thomas Jefferson was a founding father in every sense of the word and was probably no different from other slave owners who liked to engage in sexual relations with their slaves. Nothing new and certainly not out of the realm of possibilities. It's amazing how the right wing evangelicals love to rewrite history to suit their narrow and bigoted interpretation of the Bible and life in general. Again, anyone who sends their kids to Liberty University ought to have their heads examined.

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William Kostric, Armed with Unconcealed Loaded Gun Plus Controversial Sign Outside President Obama Town Hall

William Kostric carried a handgun strapped to his leg to a town hall meeting that was held by President Obama in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Tuesday. Though it is legal for him to have the gun, as long as it is unconcealed, plus the fact that he carried a sign referencing this Jefferson quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants." It's rather strange that he would come to an event that the President of the United States is appearing and carried a loaded gun. This is provocative and menacing. Chris Matthews reamed this guy out for carrying a loaded and unconcealed gun to a presidential event. Mr. Kostric refused to give a plausible reason as to why he had the gun in the first place.


Kostric was on private property -- church ground on the roadway leading to the high school where Obama would speak. The church gave the man permission to be there. However, according to police officers, he is under constant surveillance and is not anywhere near where the president will speak. The local police told MSNBC that the man was legally carrying the gun, was nowhere near where the President was, and was "under constant surveillance."

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