We’ve focused on the language wars many times before.
But this time it’s different.
Because it’s not a dispute over how to characterize the same set of facts — such as “illegal immigrant” versus “undocumented immigrant” — but a complete denial of the fact which heretofore has been trumpeted by Democrats and liberals endlessly — the Founding Fathers were OLD WHITE MEN.
Now they’re not men, just Founding Founders.
Via Charles Cooke at NRO:
The White House has today put up a link to a new government website that collates and offers key documents from the revolution and the founding era. But it appears that the administration couldn’t bring itself to say, “Founding Fathers”
Update — Father is back:
Sometimes I feel like a Founding Fatherless child http://t.co/BXrB39KjRv via @LegInsurrection Now changed to "Fathers"
— Samuel Bodapaty (@Bodapaty) June 14, 2013
In case you though "Founding Founders" was a typo, Obama used "Founding Founders" in this speech http://t.co/12hqZp87T2 h/t @Will_Antonin
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 14, 2013
It's not over till the Singing Singer Sings: Obama used "Founding Founder" in this speech: http://t.co/yWEHEomnXk
— Will Antonin (@Will_Antonin) June 14, 2013