Eric Zorn states the obvious in his latest column Chicago Tribune 1/22/08)
Hmm. I see no reason to stop short. Bill and Hillary Clinton have lied brazenly about Obama's recent statement about Ronald Reagan.Let's look at the transcripts (emphasis added):
Eric lays out the actual words used by Obama and the distortions of Bill and Hillary and concludes....
Read it all again if you want, you won't find "better" or "good" in there, or synonyms or implications along those lines.When the Clintons used "better" and "good" in alluding the Obama's remarks, they weren't paraphrasing, they weren't misremembering, they weren't distorting. They were simply lying.
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