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To: bestintxas
The First Lady explained that the Founding Fathers were “Americans-by-choice” just like the newly declared citizens.

Not true. Most all the founding fathers were Americans by birth, and then by choice since they rebelled against England and fought a revolutionary war, rather than remaining loyal to the King as some did.

It's also probably incorrect to say the signers of the Declaration of Independence are the founding fathers. The actual founding document of the USA was the US Constitution. Some probably signed both, but the D of I was just that, a declaration of independence from the King of England. It didn't found a new nation. Very little of what Moochelle said is correct.

65 posted on 06/18/2014 5:22:46 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

Not true. Most all the founding fathers were Americans by birth, and then by choice since they rebelled against England and fought a revolutionary war, rather than remaining loyal to the King as some did.

It’s also probably incorrect to say the signers of the Declaration of Independence are the founding fathers. The actual founding document of the USA was the US Constitution. Some probably signed both, but the D of I was just that, a declaration of independence from the King of England. It didn’t found a new nation. Very little of what Moochelle said is correct.
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This woman is too ignorant of American history to understand the difference in time frames between colonial America and Revolutionary America.


66 posted on 06/18/2014 5:24:19 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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