Comments on: John McCain’s Very Bad Day http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:56:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ron Chusid http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442&cpage=1#comment-206104 Ron Chusid Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:33:17 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442#comment-206104 I wouldn't assume that the Times reporter got the quote wrong. Conservatives have been making a number of false claims along these lines since the interview to try to cover for her beliefs. Her quote has been repeated in full in most of the criticism of her, contrary to the claims of her supporters. I think the Times reporter essentially got it right. The reference to Lincoln was something they pulled in after the fact to try to cover for her beliefs. The Times reporter is correct in his assumption that this was not what she was intending when she first made the statement. They have been engaging in numerous distortions of this nature--and Charlie Gibson actually was pretty soft on her. For example, she covers up her support for banning books which offend the religious right by saying no books were banned. Sure, it is true that no books were banned and the list of banned books floating around in the internet is a hoax. That doesn't change the fact that she attempted to ban books until she was forced to back off. I wouldn’t assume that the Times reporter got the quote wrong. Conservatives have been making a number of false claims along these lines since the interview to try to cover for her beliefs. Her quote has been repeated in full in most of the criticism of her, contrary to the claims of her supporters.

I think the Times reporter essentially got it right. The reference to Lincoln was something they pulled in after the fact to try to cover for her beliefs. The Times reporter is correct in his assumption that this was not what she was intending when she first made the statement.

They have been engaging in numerous distortions of this nature–and Charlie Gibson actually was pretty soft on her. For example, she covers up her support for banning books which offend the religious right by saying no books were banned. Sure, it is true that no books were banned and the list of banned books floating around in the internet is a hoax. That doesn’t change the fact that she attempted to ban books until she was forced to back off.

]]> By: Doug http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442&cpage=1#comment-206102 Doug Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:58:51 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442#comment-206102 The Times' quote assumed Charlie Gibson's quote of Sarah Palin's prayer (whew) when he said "exact words" was true.  It wasn't.  How do we know this?  NPR.  The original quote does look at lot more like Lincoln than you're allowing.  It's not fair to remove the words "We must pray that..." from a quote and then claim that the following words are somehow dogmatic. Even this Obama voter knows that 'our side' is stretching things here and it's obnoxious. The Times’ quote assumed Charlie Gibson’s quote of Sarah Palin’s prayer (whew) when he said “exact words” was true.  It wasn’t.  How do we know this?  NPR.  The original quote does look at lot more like Lincoln than you’re allowing.  It’s not fair to remove the words “We must pray that…” from a quote and then claim that the following words are somehow dogmatic. Even this Obama voter knows that ‘our side’ is stretching things here and it’s obnoxious.

]]> By: Don http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442&cpage=1#comment-206082 Don Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:07:24 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=4442#comment-206082 You're doing a great job. I used to really admire Sen. McCain, and find it hard to read these stories. You’re doing a great job. I used to really admire Sen. McCain, and find it hard to read these stories.

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