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"This is, however, a prepared speech in NH. It would have taken 10 seconds to fact-check on Wikipedia. Instead, she made a statement that any 3rd grader would know is incorrect. Why should anything else she says be taken seriously by an uncommitted voter scrutinizing her positions?"

If you actually take the time to check Wikipedia, you will find that for much of it's existence, pre-Revolution, New Hampshire WAS part of Massachusetts. They were joined and separated several times. So the real facts of history are a bit more nuanced than you think.

So the real facts of history...a bit more nuanced

I grew up in Massachusetts. I don't need to hear the nuance BS about Concord & Lexington. We're not talking about King Philips's war here.

Her statement is an automatic double facepalm for the residents of the area she is campaigning in, from 3rd graders on up.

If Bachmann is serious about campaigning outside of Minnesota she needs to have local people proofread her speeches.