Intellectual Carnage: John Boehner and Rachel Maddow

Honestly, this is just sad.

On Thursday, during a rally on the steps of the Capital on to oppose health care reform, John Boehner (R-OH), the House Minority Leader, decided to quote from his pocket Constitution. The only problem is that the words he actually spoke ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...") are actually from the Declaration of Independence.

But wait, it gets better.

That night, Rachel Maddow (MSNBC's most female liberal commentator) decided to correct the Representative. In her "I'm-so-much-smarter-than-you" voice, she pointed out that the Constitution doesn't have a Preamble.

That, of course, is completely incorrect.

Take a look at the intellectual carnage for yourself:




I wish that our elected leaders, as well as the people that are paid to criticize them, would actually take a look at our founding documents once in while. I'm not asking you to write an essay on the importance of the Federalist Papers, or even the Articles of Confederation. Just please understand the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration, or do not speak in front of a camera.

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