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#20: Franken Don't Know History
In a silly passage on Bush strategist Karl Rove, Franken writes on page 146 (p. 156 of the paperback) of Lies that Rove
"orchestrated the most complete takeover of Texas since Sam Houston routed Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. (Sam Houston was later killed at the Alamo by terrorists.)"
Oops. Sam Houston was not killed at the Alamo. Sam Houston died of pneumonia in 1863, some 27 years after the Alamo.1 This slip is particularly embarrassing considering the fact that the battle cry at San Jacinto was "Remember the Alamo!"2
Let’s hope none of those 14 Harvard researchers are history majors.
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Notes:
1 Haley, James L. Sam Houston (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), pp. 413-415.
2 Thompson, Frank The Alamo (Berkeley, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2002).