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Title: PBS alters transcript to hide Obama gaffe
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American Thinker
URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... cript_to_hide_obama_gaffe.html
Published: Sep 10, 2011
Author: Timothy Birdnow
Post Date: 2011-09-10 13:15:56 by A K A Stone
Keywords: None
Views: 18390
Comments: 46
Barack Obama has gone to Congress asking for more money to spend. The President, in a rambling and tedious exercise mixing blame with demands, made quite a few dubious statements in laying out the case for Congress to vote for the plan which as yet does not exist. Much like Obamacare, Congress must ultimately vote for the bill to know what is in it. 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: Poster Comment: Maybe I need a corrupt media category.
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#9. To: A K A Stone (#0)
The transcontinentals were built after the civil war ! He said this three years ago in his 1st adress to congress !
The railroad was proposed in 1861 and the implementing legislation was signed into law in 1862. Construction on the Central Pacific Railroad began in February 1863. http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Construction_1883.html MADE TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. [...] THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD. (San Francisco, Cal., to Ogden, Utah, via Benicia, 834 miles; old route, via Niles and Lathrop, 895 miles.) The Central Pacific Railroad of California was organized June 28, 1861, under the general railroad law of California, with authority to construct a railroad from Sacramento to the eastern boundary of the State. The conditions of the Congressional act of July 1, 1862, were formally accepted by the company October 7, 1862, and acceptance filed in the Department of the Interior December 24, 1862. Construction. - The work of construction was commenced in February, 1863, and by January 31, 1865, the road was opened from Sacramento to New Castle, 31 miles; to Colfax, 56 miles, September 4, 1865; to Cisco, 94 miles, November 9, 1866; and to the eastern boundary of the State, 138 miles, by November 14, 1867. In 1868, 362 miles were constructed, and the line opened to a junction with the Union Pacific near Ogden, Utah, May 15, 1869.
#13. To: nolu chan (#11)
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You're delirious ! It's 2 - 000 miles across the country ! The north west passage was a two hundred year dream - plan ! the only Black man in public life ... that liberals could safely mock - despise --- may be on the point of bringing the Blue Empire down. http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/08/28/new-blue-nightmare- clarence-thomas-and-the-amendment-of-doom/
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestBut 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) --
#11. To: BorisY, A K A Stone (#9)
The transcontinentals were built after the civil war !
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF RAILROADS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1883.
1883.
Replies to Comment # 11. January 31, 1865, the road was opened from Sacramento to New Castle, 31 miles;
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