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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2013, 11:39 AM Dec 2013

GOP Candidate For AZ Governor Misquotes Lincoln On 'Class Hatred'

A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arizona was forced to backtrack this week after he was caught misattributing several quotes about class warfare on Twitter to Abraham Lincoln.

State Sen. Al Melvin (R), who recently announced his campaign for governor, told Capitol Media Services he got the quotes "from a Republican club newsletter."

"It sounded good," Melvin said after being confronted by Capitol Media Services. "It seemed like it was something that he would say."

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"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich," one said. "You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong."

Another quotation Melvin misattributed to Lincoln said, "You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred." In that tweet, Melvin added his own commentary: "POTUS Obama needs to learn from these words."

LOL

Another tweet left out of the article:

"A quote pasted onto a picture of me, doesn't mean I said it." - Abraham Lincoln

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GOP Candidate For AZ Governor Misquotes Lincoln On 'Class Hatred' (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 OP

Republican and backtracking is one and the same SummerSnow Dec 2013 #1

but it was factchecked by the Republicans themselves! zbdent Dec 2013 #2

. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #3

Great quote by that guy. panader0 Dec 2013 #4

Quotes like this^^^^^^^ doesn't surprise me.... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #5

I believe destroying the rich would help the poor rock Dec 2013 #6

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

1. Republican and backtracking is one and the same

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Tue Dec 31, 2013, 11:43 AM

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zbdent

(35,392 posts)

2. but it was factchecked by the Republicans themselves!

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Tue Dec 31, 2013, 11:45 AM

Dec 2013

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

3. .

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Tue Dec 31, 2013, 11:54 AM

Dec 2013

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
- Some Guy.