Seawytch
Information isnt Advocacy
You mean the "well fed and had decent lodgings" part? Is that the part that is bothering you? That's all relative, anyway, isn't it, and apparently a two hundred year old perspective? I'm assuming whatever "well fed" meant, it wasn't a diet Bill would want to subsist on. You gotta take O'Reilly with a grain of salt, and not so seriously. As much as he may want to think so, he is not the sole voice of the conservative nation.Did you see the threads popping up on it yesterday, again, after her speech Monday night? I think he was just trying to get his fellow goons on the same page with some facts for once.Steak and caviar at every meal
Bill O'Reilly: Slaves who built White House were 'well-fed'
"Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802. However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor. So, Michelle Obama is essentially correct in citing slaves as builders of the White House, but there were others working as well. Got it all? There will be a quiz."
Conservatives are absolutely clueless
Why are Liberals against understanding history with the correct facts?
Nothing wrong with facts, but what was the point of bringing it up? Michelle Obama was not casting aspersions on anyone with her comments, in fact she was detailing how far we have come as a country. Why did Mr. O'Reilly feel that her statement needed an addendum, THAT particular addendum?
Okay, so why add that particular clarification to the facts? He could have simply said, Mrs Obama was correct, the White House was built by slaves and she's right "We've come a long way, baby!"
Yeah, that's the part that's "bothering" me. He had no reason to bring up that the slaves were "well fed and had decent lodgings". It was stupid. He should have stopped at "Mrs. Obama was right".
Are you reading the other voices of the "conservative nation"?