{"id":4644,"date":"2008-08-06T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T00:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/06\/republican-spreads-fake-quote-in-newsletter-to-constituents\/"},"modified":"2008-08-06T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T00:20:04","slug":"republican-spreads-fake-quote-in-newsletter-to-constituents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4644","title":{"rendered":"Republican spreads fake quote in newsletter to constituents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Delegate Lingamfelter<\/a>,<\/p>\n

In a recent appeal to your constituents<\/a>, you wrote:<\/p>\n

Lastly, I want to close by asking you to carefully consider the words of Senator Barack Obama, which is enough to make any Democrat yearn for McGovern, Mondale, or Dukakis: \u201cMy friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you\u2019ll join with me as we try to change it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, nonpartisan websites like factcheck.org<\/a> and snopes.com<\/a> have documented that the quote is a fake. Obama never said it; it was made up as a joke in the National Review, and then misunderstood by some of the Review’s readers.<\/p>\n

Voters should be able to rely on elected officials to be truthful, especially in official correspondence and newsletters. Believing they can rely on your newsletter, some of your readers are now spreading the fake Obama quote you sent them.<\/p>\n

Will you be issuing a public correction, as well as an apology to Senator Obama?<\/p>\n

Best wishes,<\/p>\n

Barry Deutsch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Of course, Delegate Lingamfelter isn’t the only right-winger spreading this myth<\/a>, but it should be embarrassing to him that he’s doing it in his official newsletter. I’ll update this post if I get a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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