“The Jefferson Lies” Published by a Lier Gets De-Throned

A best-seller book about Thomas Jefferson by an influential Tea Party and evangelical figure has been recalled after the publisher announced on Thursday that it has detected factual inaccuracies in the book. The free press blog said “By now, most of you are aware of the fact that the tome of bullshit that was vomited out by David Barton, titled “The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You’ve Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson” has been dropped by Thomas Nelson publishers. Really, we should have known something was wrong by the simple fact that the foreword was penned by Glenn Beck”
This is what adamfoxie* has to say about this guy and the people behind him, "Nothing is sacred with these extremist azz-buds. They will change science, books, the Declaration of Independence to say that white men  are superior just like Jesus was,(actually he wasn’t all white) and we have to do what the bible says except those things  that the extreme church says we don’t have to do because it doesn’t go with their concept of life on this planet” This guy Barton,  tries to argue in the book that Jefferson was an ‘orthodox' evangelical and not an 'anti-Christian secularist'. In addition to the book by Throckmorton and Coulter refuting that claim with historical evidence, religious scholar Greg Forster wrote a piece, “David Barton’s Errors,” that details the errors in the book and says Barton’s “inability to write reliable history stretches beyond ideological cheerleading into outright incompetence.” 

Barton told The Tennesseean that he has gotten offers from other publishers to produce the book. Recalling a book, particularly a best-seller, is a rare event for Thomas Nelson.

“Although we do carefully edit every book we publish, Thomas Nelson relies on the expertise of our authors concerning their subjects,” a company spokesperson said. “It is extremely rare that the company would have to withdraw a book from the market based on concerns about its content.”

“It’s clear that even the evangelical community is starting to see David Barton for what he is — a propagandist who distorts history for political and ideological purposes,’’ TFN President Kathy Miller told Daily Kos. “The question is now, will politicians and pundits who have promoted his views have the integrity to follow suit and repudiate Barton?" 



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