Monker wrote:slucero wrote:
“And like the 50 of you, none of them were born American – they became American.”
This is factually incorrect. What she's doing is pure obfuscation...
It is not incorrect. Her words have a very obvious meaning, which your mind is twisting to find a way to be insulting and incorrect. How lame.
Whats is lame is you defending her... when she clearly did not speak fact.
Monker wrote:\slucero wrote:Also, in the context said, it is intended to give the impression that the signers were ALL immigrants.. when in fact 48 of the 56 signers were native born Americans.. It's not a simple mistake.. she's a lawyer for Gods sake... and her hubby is a Constitutional scholar...
NO IT'S NOT giving that impression. When I read that it was plain to me that what she was saying is they were not "American" because the USA did not exist. They were, in FACT, English citizens living in English colonies on the North America continent. Please, stop poluting reality with your own illusions.
Creating ambiguity with the native born status of the signers is making an impression.. a false one.
Once again... from Websters Dictionary: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native-born
native–born
adjective
Full Definition of NATIVE-BORN
: belonging to or associated with a particular place (as a country) by birth therein <a native-born American> <native-born stock — Survey Graphic> <supply of native-born labor in the South is equal to the demand — Textile World> — compare natural-born
By Websters own definition, Mrs. Obama was obfuscating, regardless of whether it was intentional or not. She made the FACT that 48 of the signers were native-born ambiguous.
You really should try reading next time without your head up your ass...