Ken's Comments

The text below is from an email I sent to Politifact pointing out an incorrect fact check of a statement by President Trump and calling on them to retract and correct it.  I'm not holding my breath. Ken Fody   < kenfody@gmail.com > to  TruthOMeter , https://twitter.com/ PolitiFact/status/ 1171215126302732288   Above is a link to your tweet about President Trump's comment.  I'm appalled but not surprised that you ignored what the President really said and fact checked something completely different.  Your action showed laziness and sloppiness at best, and complete bias at worst.  You should issue a retraction and correction. Your article of February 20th has a headline as follows: "Trump falsely claims Northam said he'd let doctors execute newborns."  You rated the President's comment as false because "Northam, a physician, never said he would sanction the execution of newborns."   So on

It's time to call BS on all the people applying 2020 principles and beliefs to the people of the American colonies in 1776.  Our Founding Fathers were a product of their time and slavery was reality at that time.  They were faced with a need to get something done and the only way to do that was to compromise.  What they ended up with - the Constitution - was an extraordinary document and created a country and principles that have not been surpassed in the last 250 years.  Think about it - did slavery start when the American Revolution ended or when the Constitution was signed?  No.  It was brought to the Colonies by the Europeans and, don't forget, Africans contributed to the slave trade.  The opening of the book Roots by Alex Haley shows his earliest forefather being sold by African blacks to European whites. In the 1700s, slavery existed everywhere and was accepted by people of every color.  And, guess what, it still exists today across the globe. The Constitution is no