National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry had the unenviable task of having to educate the cast of Friday’s CNN This Morning that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were not intended to perpetuate slavery and that the founding was not racist, but he still managed to perform the task quite well.
First, in the 6:00 Eastern hour, co-host Phil Mattingly gave a monologue on recent comments by GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley that the country was not racist to begin with, “Now the intent, and its overarching role in U.S. history, is hardly that clear cut. In fact, the actual history seems to directly undercut that contention on some level. That’s not an attack on the Founding Fathers, nor is it some inflammatory statement calling into question the soul of the nation. It’s history.”
After going through the inglorious side…
