Coming from Mitch McConnell, this made me want to regurgitate my dinner.
“Some look at Washington and wonder how lawmakers who always seem to disagree can ever solve any of our problems. And while it’s true that many of us approach the issues differently, at the beginning of a new year, it’s important to remember that we’re all united by our love of country, and by a common faith that no challenge is too great for the American people to overcome,” McConnell said in the GOP’s radio address.
“Powerful forces may be aligned against us, just as they did against the Continental Army on that cold January night in 1777,” he added. “But when the challenges are greatest, Americans always join ranks. It was true in Trenton. It’s no less true today.”
Mitch McConnell has all the sincerity and tender sweetness
of a seasick crocodile.
And what is it with these Republicans that they always get their Revolutionary War dates wrong? First is was Sen. Roger Wicker thinking that George Washington stayed at Valley Forge in 1776, now it’s Senator Mitch McConnell thinking that the Battle of Trenton took place in 1777.
George Washington’s troops crossed the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 and The Battle of Trenton took place the next day. His forces encamped at Valley Forge from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.
Update [2010-1-2 20:5:37 by BooMan]: I figured it out by watching the video. McConnell was referring to the Battle of Assunpink Creek, which did take place in 1777. It’s sometimes called the Second Battle of Trenton. It’s significance it usually overshadowed by what happened the next day in Princeton. I used to take the Newf for walks at Assunpink Creek Park. Thank God that McConnell actually did know what he was talking about. My apologies. He’s still a seasick crocodile, though.
