Myers was angry that many of the most visible female politicians were seen as fodder for jokes and ridicule, which made her peers think it was ok to mock her political aspirations, too. She singled out Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) after her father noticed the congresswoman had incorrectly stated the Revolutionary War Battles of Lexington and Concord happened in New Hampshire. (She told a group of conservatives in Manchester in March: "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.") In January, Myers watched agasp as Bachmann said America's founding fathers "worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States."
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When asked about female politicians she admires, Myers lists Abigail Adams, Sandra Day O'Connor, Margaret Thatcher, and Eleanor Roosevelt. But when we asked her about current officer-holders, she paused. "I'm trying to think," she says. "Generally the people I admire, most of them are deceased or they are retired from office," she concluded.
Myers was angry that many of the most visible female politicians were seen as fodder for jokes and ridicule, which made her peers think it was ok to mock her political aspirations, too. She singled out Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) after her father noticed the congresswoman had incorrectly stated the Revolutionary War Battles of Lexington and Concord happened in New Hampshire. (She told a group of conservatives in Manchester in March: "You're the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.") In January, Myers watched agasp as Bachmann said America's founding fathers "worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States."
"We covered the presidents, and we're currently at Jackson," Myers says. She says that though John Adams (and his son John Quincy Adams, who was not a founding father) objected to slavery, the other founding fathers did own slaves. They were all dead before slavery was officially abolished in 1865, during the Civil War.
She [Myers] decided that Bachmann's inaccurate historical statements were irresponsible, since they reflected badly on women everywhere, and particularly on Myers herself. The forceful letter Myers ended up writing to Bachmann, challenging her to a showdown over the Constitution and civics generally, quickly went viral on political blogs.
Myers still hasn't received a response from Bachmann, but says she's ready to make good on the debate challenge at a time and venue of the congresswoman's choosing. A request for comment from Bachmann's spokesman has gone unanswered.
Watching my daughter watch Newt Gingerich yesterday on Meet the Press was pretty hilarious. She drew the conclusion: "he's a douche."
Somebody doesn't know the word "aghast"?
Except in Hatuey's defense? That "agasp" was actually from the Yahoo article.
I've pretty much given up being surprised at the astonishingly poor level of spelling here at DP and from supposedly professional journalists. Just today I've noticed 'to' being used in place of 'too', and 'mute' instead of 'moot'. Gah! What's the point? I'm agasp.
She'll have a lot more than 15 minutes. Girl's got chutzpah, and she'll likely go much further than Bachmann.
Gracious. Sorry about the Cheerios pissing incident. Hope tomorrow is more kind to you.
I was going to say, Turtle (such a perfect name for so very many reasons); do you really believe that if somebody is on the right, they are therefore sheer perfection, and nobody may speak ill of them? Do you know anything about Ms. Bachmann?
How does this rate as breaking news
or worthy of a thread
now if the Headline was "girl who challenged Bachman kidnapped" now that would be newsworthy
but an insignificant hs kid who already had her 15 minutes of fame?
that is rather stupid
I find it amusing that the loony left lionizes some HS kid with a big mouth. I know plenty about Bachman and she isn't going to get my vote in the GOP Primary but the hatred the loony left has for her is hilarious.
Are you the alleged attorney?
Why do you insist on believing that anybody who isn't "on your side" either hates or fears everyone who is?
It's sad that the HS kid with a big mouth possesses more sense than a career politician. Makes one wonder: who is more stupid, the ignorant politicians, or the people who manage to keep voting them into office?
I kind of agree with you. Everybody knows Bachmann would not have a chance against the girl so why is this news? I doubt if Bachmann even knows HOW to debate. She probably thinks all she has to do is stand there and pontificate about what she believes without offering any evidence or verifiable support. Even a high school kid knows better than that.
that is rather stupid
I find it amusing that the loony left lionizes some HS kid with a big mouth. I know plenty about Bachman and she isn't going to get my vote in the GOP Primary but the hatred the loony left has for her is hilarious.
Bachmann is a complete idiot. I don't care about the Concord thing, but she actually told a group in Iowa that there was never any such thing as racism in America. Maybe you don't like affirmative action. Maybe you think racism is a thing of the past. Those are reasonable positions to have. To deny that it ever existed is either the stupidest or the craziest thing I have ever heard a politician say. And that includes Ross Perot's "aliens in his toaster" thing.
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