April eleven, 2011
Vol. 016, No. 29
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At a Democratic fundraiser on Monday evening, President Obama once again misquoted the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence and once again omitted its reference to our “Creator.” According to the text of his remarks published on the official White House website, he said: “[W]hat makes this place [America] special is not something physical. It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire,
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The first time that something happens and is met with publicity and criticism,
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The first time President Obama misquoted the Declaration in this way,
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