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At one point Mr. Obama made a major gaffe; he identified Abraham Lincoln as the founder of the Republican Party.

Lincoln did not join the Republicans until 1856, over two years after the party was founded. The first Republican convention was held in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854. Such a gaffe would have brought huge amounts of ridicule and derision on George W. Bush, but in the case of Obama the media yawned.


Actually, they did more than yawn; government-funded PBS has altered the transcript of the President's speech, removing the offending comment. The New York Times transcript has the following quote:

"We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union.  Founder of the Republican Party.  But in the middle of a civil war, he was also a leader who looked to the future -- a Republican President who mobilized government to build the Transcontinental Railroad -- (applause) -- launch the National Academy of Sciences, set up the first land grant colleges.  (Applause.)  And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set."

But how does it appear in the PBS transcript?

"We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union.  But in the middle of a Civil War, he was also a leader who looked to the future - a Republican president who mobilized government to build the transcontinental railroad; launch the National Academy of Sciences; and set up the first land grant colleges.  And leaders of both parties have followed the example he set."

So PBS has purposely altered a transcript containing a major gaffe by the President. See a screen shot:




http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/pbs_alters_transcript_to_hide_obama_gaffe.html

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Surprise! Media covers Lincoln gaffe



In yesterday’s OOTD, I noted that the President went off script to deliver a lecture on the origins of the Republican Party, only like so many lectures delivered by Barack Obama, it consisted of misinformation.  Don’t worry, though — the media is actually covering this gaffe.  For instance, Tom Maguire finds Time Magazine having to correct the record on Lincoln:

He gives a good speech, but he’s loose with the facts. He called Abraham Lincoln the “founder” of the Republican Party. Nope. Lincoln was not the founder of the party; he wasn’t even the first Republican nominee (John Fremont was, in 1856). Lincoln was, of course, the first Republican to be elected president.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The original transcript provided on this page, as was noted, reflected the president's remarks as prepared for delivery and released by the White House. This transcript has been updated to reflect the remarks as delivered and released by the White House.

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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Weird.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/obamaspeech_09-08.html

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The original transcript provided on this page, as was noted, reflected the president's remarks as prepared for delivery and released by the White House. This transcript has been updated to reflect the remarks as delivered and released by the White House.

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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

Seems the right wing hate media was stirring up shit over nothing as usual.

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

Listen up, shit for brains, there is a bias, deal with it!

Unfortunately you are apparently unable to unearth the facts when it is a right wing source that does the editing.

Do I really need to remind you how you thought that Hoffa jr's speech was complete in the fashion that Fox reported it?

You are a fucking idiot and a tool. A very dumb human being.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


If you want to talk about hate media, lets talk about the way the media blew every Bush gaffe out of proportion vs. the way they cover and hide Obamas gaffes

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Update: Brian Birdnow adds:

Shocking, but not surprising!  B-Ho was also wrong on saying that Lincoln started the first land grant colleges.  Each state is in charge of its own educational institutions and most of the states entering the union after 1815 had designated state universities,with grants of land, in their state constitutions.  That is the reason that major state universities are in near the geographic center of their respective states, and not located in the major urban areas.

Update from Russell Cook:

It now says at the top of the transcript page now "EDITOR'S NOTE: The original transcript provided on this page, as was noted, reflected the president's remarks as prepared for delivery and released by the White House. This transcript has been updated to reflect the remarks as delivered and released by the White House."

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


Try again, ken - from the same source -

Update from Russell Cook:

It now says at the top of the transcript page now "EDITOR'S NOTE: The original transcript provided on this page, as was noted, reflected the president's remarks as prepared for delivery and released by the White House. This transcript has been updated to reflect the remarks as delivered and released by the White House."

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

This wasn't a cover up. PBS posted the speech as written and the President apparently ad libbed. The PBS transcript has been corrected to reflect what he actually said.

Now back to the fact that the right wing hate media doesn't know the difference between an 'as written' transcript and 'as delivered' one.

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Now back to the fact that the right wing hate media doesn't know the difference between an 'as written' transcript and 'as delivered' one.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

from american thinker??
of course they are eager to cover up "bias " and try to cover their arses to what PBS hadclarified
something you could take a lesson in, because you have not proved anything that you claimed.

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ORIGINAL: joether

So PBS changed one tiny thing, and you go off on it like gang busters. But when FOX News gets its story wrong on purpose, we NEVER see you speak a word of it. Now why is that Sanity? This is another one of those examples of "do as I say, dont do as I do" moments you typically have on these threads. That you hold liberals and Democrats to every tiny infraction on an hourly basis, while giving the conservatives and Republicans a free pass to wreck mayhem and havoc across the country. And THAT, Sanity, undermines your credibility.

BTW, how do you know that Abraham Lincoln WASN'T unoffically a member of the GOP two years before he became President? Were you actually on a first name basis with 'Ol Abe himself?