Posted on 06/18/2014 3:10:51 PM PDT by bestintxas
First Lady Michelle Obama reminded attendees of a naturalization ceremony Wednesday that the Founding Fathers weren’t born in America.
The ceremony for 50 new U.S. citizens was held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
“It’s amazing that just a few feet from here where I’m standing are the signatures of the 56 Founders who put their names on a Declaration that changed the course of history,” she said during her speech, referring to the Declaration of Independence. “And like the 50 of you, none of them were born American – they became American.”
Obama pointed out that the Founding Fathers pledged their lives and risked everything to create the United States of America after signing the Declaration of Independence.
“Just like you’re about to pledge allegiance to our flag, they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to this extraordinary idea that we now know as America – the notion that we are all created equal, endowed with fundamental rights and freedoms that no one can ever take away from us,” she said.
The First Lady explained that the Founding Fathers were “Americans-by-choice” just like the newly declared citizens.
“As the newest 'Americans-by-choice,' you, too, will play an important part in shaping our history,” she continued.
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Stupid
Colossal ignorance. Just stupendously stupid.
She’s real lucky that the Founder’s didn’t rise up from their graves at that point.
What a stupid wench
none of them were born American
why would that be?
let’s put on our thinking caps now, shall we?
What an idiot! Is this what Princeton and Harvard will do for you?
*Colossal ignorance. Just stupendously stupid.*
She is proof that it’s possible to have a negative IQ...
They cast off the crown/government.
Should we be so quick to permit Mexico to reconquer North America in the name of a mythical Aztlan?
What an idiot. Alexander Hamilton was born in the Carribean. The rest, Native.
Well, she’s a helluva lot smarter than the Obama voters.
These people debase everything.
She really is stupid.
Nearly all of them were obviously born in America. I think Alexander Hamilton was born on one of the Caribbean Islands but just about all the rest were born in North America.
That’s an amusing assertion.
Wench?
They must have some brutally hideous 18 year-old girls where you live.
You beat me to it.
Was it the Dominican Republic?
Had to look that one up.
The country didn’t exist until they helped create it, so yeah, they weren’t born ‘American’.
Apparently, they came over with Columbus. They was real old at the signing.
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