As Barton sees it (along with many other wingnuts such as Ann Coulter), all you need to know is that the Democratic Party is responsible for everything from slavery to Jim Crow laws.

Here is a clip from a DVD Barton’s organization Wallbuilders is encouraging everyone to buy called Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black and White:

Here is a report People For the American Way compiled on Barton’s revisionist history.

H/T - Right Wing Watch

Some here have taken issue with me for even calling David Barton a “pseudo” historian, I guess because even that insult is an insult to pseudo historians everywhere, but I digress…

At any rate, David Barton was on Glenn Beck’s TV show, discussing the film Lincoln, even though he admits he didn’t see it because it had lots of bad words in it.

Let’s go to the tape:

Hat tip - Right Wing Watch