If you haven’t heard Rep. Todd Akin’s bizarre statement opposing the Democratic anti-“surge” resolution yet, well, you need to go watch it.

Here’s the quote:

Could you picture Davy Crockett at the Alamo looking at his Blackberry getting a message from Congress? “Davy Crockett, we support you. The only thing is we are not going to send any troops.” I’m sure that would really be impressive to Davy Crockett.

As Jon Stewart put it:

If Congress hadn’t supported Davy Crockett at the Alamo, my god, who knows what would have happened there. Maybe everyone would have been killed twice. Actually, I have to think if Davy Crockett had received a message on his Blackberry from anybody, it would have been very impressive.

A Think Progress commenter also notes that the Alamo took place in 1836, a time when Texas wasn’t part of the United States (it was annexed by the United States in 1845). Has Akin been taking history lessons from Don Young?