The GOP’s version of American history all ready to go into one of those Texas history books

From a very long list of quotes in the New Yorker.

Here’s the first historical reference in chronological order:

1500s: The American Revolutionary War begins: “The reason we fought the revolution in the sixteenth century was to get away from that kind of onerous crown.” Rick Perry

and here’s the last:

2011: President George W. Bush kills Osama bin Laden: “Thanks to George Bush. Because if Obama had his way we wouldn’t have gotten bin Laden, you know that.” Sean Hannity

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http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/09/a-conservative-history-of-the-united-states.html#ixzz278fInNpx

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