David Barton responds to critics in true David Barton fashion

Wingnuts • August 2012 • Views: 1,968

And by true David Barton fashion, I mean a non-attributable source he probably made up…

Barton said he met with a different group of scholars recently and they approved of his work.

‘I can’t tell you how many Ph.D.’s were in the room,’ he said.

But he would not give any names, saying the scholars hadn’t given their permission for him do so.

He also said that other publishers had made offers on his book and he hopes to sign a new contract soon.

He then went on to say he was totally running late for a date with this really hot chick, but you wouldn’t know her because she’s not from around here.
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And this is the guy the GOP has on the Platform committee at their convention, and who Mike Huckabee says all Americans should be forced to listen to at gunpoint.

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15 comments

lawhawk Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:13:09am

So, he got a bunch of like-minded revisionist "Ph.Ds" to sign off on his nonsense? Why am I not surprised. He went expert shopping to find someone to support his nonsense, even though the plain language of the US Constitution doesn't even remotely resemble anything in the Bible.

The Questionable Timing of a Flea Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:17:13am

re: #1 lawhawk

So, he got a bunch of like-minded revisionist "Ph.Ds" to sign off on his nonsense? Why am I not surprised. He went expert shopping to find someone to support his nonsense, even though the plain language of the US Constitution doesn't even remotely resemble anything in the Bible.

Probably a whole bunch of people with honorary doctorates from places like Bob Jones University.

Kragar Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:17:49am

re: #1 lawhawk

So, he got a bunch of like-minded revisionist "Ph.Ds" to sign off on his nonsense? Why am I not surprised. He went expert shopping to find someone to support his nonsense, even though the plain language of the US Constitution doesn't even remotely resemble anything in the Bible.

Please note that he only said he found other PHD's who agreed with them. He has no evidence to support that statement.

Bulworth Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:18:37am

He also said that other publishers had made offers on his book and he hopes to sign a new contract soon.

Surely Wingnut News Daily will publish it.

Bulworth Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:19:38am

But he would not give any names, saying the scholars hadn’t given their permission for him do so.

Oh, that fills me with confidence. /

A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:27:56am

Note that according to Barton these Ph.D.s did not want their names associated with Barton.

Kragar Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:28:35am

re: #6 b_sharp

Note that according to Barton these Ph.D.s did not want their names associated with Barton.

I cannot imagine why not.
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calochortus Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:40:23am

He said he couldn't tell us how many PhDs there were-not that there were any actually there...

Not to mention he didn't say what discipline these invisible PhDs had their doctorates in.

abolitionist Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:44:30am

[again]
Just shoot me Huck.

nines09 Fri, Aug 10, 2012 10:50:14am

"Yes, they back my findings. But no, they do not wish to be associated with them. And I found a publisher, but they do not wish to be named. And I also have some new information from an entirely reputable source that is unknown to the entire civilized world and wishes to remain so. Names? Uh, no." Then a Unicorn appeared on a cloud of Fairy Dust and farted out Skittles to the joy of no one because it was, after all, Fairy Dust.

Dr Lizardo Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:23:20pm

‘I can’t tell you how many Ph.D.’s were in the room,’ he said.

But he would not give any names, saying the scholars hadn’t given their permission for him do so.

Well, last night I met a bunch a guys from the Jedi High Council at the bar down the street, and they all said I was the Kwisatz Haderach and looked forward to the Butlerian Jihad I'm planning on launching the weekend after next. But I can't name names, you understand: it was all off the record, on the QT and very hush hush.

See how easy it is? Hey, Barton, please do the world a favor and STFU and go away. I detest historical revisionists.

HappyWarrior Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:28:31pm

I didn't know Barton was part of the GOP platform committee. Yikes. Bad enough that he had the influence he did in shaping Texas's education circiccum but the fact that the RNC wants him to shape their platform shows you how much they're devolving.

Destro Fri, Aug 10, 2012 2:29:00pm

‘I can’t tell you how many Ph.D.’s were in the room,’ he said.

That requires them there 'math skills' they teach in satan's commie gay schools to figure out.

Cap'n Magic Fri, Aug 10, 2012 4:26:35pm

Given how many Ph.D's were involved in the machinations (Gramm, Greenspoan, Rubin, etc.) that directly lead to the catastrophic debacle known as the (still current) Global Economic Crises of 2008, anybody who proffers a Ph. D. in either business or economics should ponder their eventual fate like Mr. Morden from B5 when Vir reposnds to Morden's question-"What do you want?".

Or, as the late Leo Buscaglia opined: "The most stupidest people in the world have Ph. D's. I HAVE ONE."

Shiplord Kirel Fri, Aug 10, 2012 7:00:57pm

It's shameful that the Republicans don't point and laugh when this absurdly obvious charlatan walks into the room. Putting him on their platform committee is lurid, scandalous, a disgrace that will still be cause for shocked wonderment in the 31st century.

Student: "Just how backward were these, uh, Re-pube-lickens, professor?"

Prof: "That's Re-pub-licans and so backward they thought David Barton was a real historian."

Student: "NO! Impossible! I thought he was fiction, a comic stereotype!"

Prof: "No, it's incredible but true, he was a real person, and very influential. And you know who else was real?"

Student: "Who?"

Prof: "Anne Coulter, the wicked witch in that puppet show."

Student: "EEEekkk. I have to go lie down."

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