Comments on: Getting Jefferson Right now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble

By: Sharon Sullivan

Sharon Sullivan — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:00:53 +0000

As one of 40 million ex-Catholic Evangelical Protestants, I cannot sing hallelujahs loudly enough for this duo, Throckmorton and Coulter. David Barton’s attempt to tear down the only wall of protection we have against the Vatican’s growing “Roman-American Catholic” vote added dangerous fuel to Watergate jailbird Chuck Colson’s firestorm on the American Protestant church. Kudos to Thomas Nelson for pulling the book!

I trust the Vatican is weeping at this setback to its relentless attempt to replace our U.S. Constitution with its wicked Canon Law.

“But constitutions can be changed, and non-Catholic sects may decline to such a point that the political proscription [i.e., outlawing] of them may become feasible and expedient. What protection would they have then against a Catholic State?”

— Public Catholicism, David J. O’Brien, 1989, pg. 165

By: Javier R.

Javier R. — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:52:24 +0000

Thank you for writing this antidote to Barton. Im a staunch Jeffersonian and no leftist by any means. Having said that I totally agree with Dr Jay Richards’ endorsement. One error does not justify another one. I purchased Barton’s book against my better judgement after reading some of his opinions which I thought were straining credulity. Actually, Im glad I have it as it can stand in my bookshelf as another piece of evidence of how even in the pursuit of a worthy goal, namely defending Jefferson against liberal revionism, bad scholarship is never justified. Good for Thomas Nelson Publishers and Thockmorton and Coulter.

By: GCC Grad

GCC Grad — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 02:06:28 +0000

I’ve never been prouder to be an alum of Grove City College. Profs. Thockmorton & Coulter, you have done a great service in writing this book: Truth – 1 Historical Hucksterism – 0

By: Warren Throckmorton

Warren Throckmorton — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:14:04 +0000

Bennett – As we demonstrate in the book, he doesn’t quote faithfully the sources he has read. See this post for instance: http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-warren-throckmorton/did-virginia-law-prevent-thomas-jefferson-from-freeing-his-slaves.html.

By: Bennett

Bennett — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:05:23 +0000

One question that someone should ask Barton is this: has he ever done research at the Amrican Antiquarian Society, Library Co. of Philadelphia, Harvard/Houghton, Yale/Beinecke, Princeton, Library of Congress, etc.—at any of the huge repositories of books & mss on early America? Barton likes to talk about his “collection” of documents, but he can’t maintain that his research is adequate if he hasn’t been a reader at these libraries. Also, will someone please ask him which books he has read by Foucault or Derrida or Wellek?