This little gem popped on Anderson Cooper 360, Michelle Bachmann talking about the early days of our Union:
"It didn't matter the color of their skin; it didn't matter their language; it didn't matter their economic status; it didn't matter whether they descended from nobility or where of a higher class or a lower class. It made made no difference; once you got here we were all the same."
"We know there was slavery that was still tolerated when the nation began. We know that was an evil. And it was a scourge and a blot and a stain on our history. But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. And I think it is high time that we recognized the contribution of our forebears who worked tirelessly; men like John Quincy Adams who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country."
Note: just in case you think you're high on something; yes, the last founding father (James Madison) died in 1836. Yes, the 13th amendment outlawing slavery was ratified in 1865.
Chris Matthew's reaction is priceless:
I'll go out on a limb here and say that extreme right figures like Michelle Bachmann would most likely not find themselves on the abolitionist side of the slavery issue if she had been alive during that era, just like she would also very likely be on the wrong side of history on the issues of women's rights, interracial marriage, civil rights, etc.
She WILL be on the wrong side of history in the future on equal rights for LGBT.