by David Safier
Now that Cap'n Al's misquote of Lincoln has gone national at Talking Points Memo, it's time to wonder, did the gubernatorial candidate read the Republic back in June, 2011, when he first tweeted the same bogus quotes which you can read at right?
At the time, the Republic ran a Fact Check on Al's misuse of the quotes, tracing their origins to William J.H. Boetcker in 1916.
So when Al, confronted by his latest misuse of the quotes, said "“That’s news to me,” and “If anything, it’s an innocent mistake on my part,” you have to wonder how soundproof and media-proof the man's bubble is. Or maybe Al figured, if the lie was good enough for a state senator, it's good enough for a candidate for governor. After all, do any of his supporters read the papers, and if they pick one up occasionally, do they take anything they disagree with seriously?
We have a tradition in Arizona of total buffoons running to be our Governor. Senator Melvin is nothing if not a traditionalist.
Posted by: mbryanaz | December 31, 2013 at 03:30 PM
A familiar pattern can be seen among tea-chugging, spotlight-seeking conservative politicians and pundits:
They lack the self-discipline to do their homework when publicly commenting on topics of historical or scientific significance. And so when in doubt, they simply make crap up ... and then audaciously suggest that the fallacy deserves more credence than the reality.
Posted by: labman57 | December 31, 2013 at 08:42 PM