July 4 Bush Speech Censors Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson invented July 4, by writing the Declaration of Independence for "Independence Day," and later writing the Constitution, and then patriotically dropping dead on July 4. This is why George W. Bush went to Jefferson's famous slave brothel, Monticello, to read a July 4 speech that quoted Jefferson except for the part of the quote where Jefferson said Christians were idiots.

Here's what Bush tried to read while everybody heckled him:  

On the 50th anniversary of America's independence, Thomas Jefferson passed away. But before leaving this world, he explained that the principles of the Declaration of Independence were universal. In one of the final letters of his life, he wrote, "May it be to the world, what I believe it will be -- to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all -- the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government."

The actual letter says this:

May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chainsunder which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves,and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

Yeah dude looks like you forgot thegoodpart.

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