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In reply to the discussion: If you can't trust your government, we're going to have some problems [View all]MineralMan
(151,214 posts)Your "quote" was identical with the one from washingtonexaminer.com that was used on Free Republic. That does not mean that you copied it from either place, nor would I suggest that, since I have no idea who you are or where you go.
The "quote" is still wrong, and is still a distortion of what the President said. It is, in fact, a paraphrase, not a quotation, since you substituted a word into it that was not even spoken by the President.
I realize that you are not a journalist, but accuracy in quotations is still important. The writer at washingtonexaminer.com isn't a journalist, either, or he wouldn't have created a fake "quote." But that's no surprise, really. It's a right-wing source.
You're feeling angry at me right now. I can live with that. You misquoted the President of The United States, and got caught doing it. That's kind of embarrassing. I understand.