For years Barton has brushed aside criticisms of his distorted work by claiming he is the victim of attacks from anti-Christian secularists and liberal academics. That makes today's decision by a leading evangelical publisher even more damning.

TFN President Kathy Miller had this to say:

"It's clear that even the evangelical community is starting to see David Barton for what he is -- a propagandist who distorts history for political and ideological purposes. The question is now, will politicians and pundits who have promoted his views have the integrity to follow suit and repudiate Barton?"

The Texas Freedom Network has been an outspoken critic of Barton for more than a decade. From his leading role in turning the Texas Republican Party platform into a religious-right manifesto to his more recent involvement in the politicized re-write of social studies standards at the SBOE, TFN has repeatedly called attention to Barton's corrosive influence on Texas politics.

Just last month, the TFN Education Fund published an extensive scholarly critique of Barton's book on Jefferson by Dr. Steven Green of Willamette University. For the background on why Thomas Nelson chose to disown this deeply flawed book, read Dr. Green's excellent review.

The full library of resources TFN has compiled on Barton's career can be found at tfn.org/davidbarton.