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Wednesday, September 07, 2011

What Hoffa Said

via Media Matters:
President Obama this is your army. We are ready to march. And president Obama we want one thing: Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. That's what we’re going to tell him. He’s going to be -- and when he sees what we’re doing here he will be inspired. But he needs help and you know what? Everybody here's got to vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the prize, let's take these sons of a bitches out and give America back to America where we belong! Thank you very much!
What Fox's doctored clip said Hoffa said:
President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son-of-a-bitches out.
Now The Washington Post, USA Today, and CNN are saying Hoffa said what Fox said he said instead of what he actually said. Of course, given the Republican War on Voting, no doubt Hoffa's call for voting sounded to them like the call for violence the doctored clip sounds like to everybody else already.

I'd like to say I expect corrections from CNN and the Post, rather than apologies and a distancing from Hoffa by the White House, but hope is dim.

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