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Source: Talking Points Memo
In a recent campaign-trail speech, President Obama delivered a line that was widely construed as a jab at Mitt Romney. But it turns out part of what crystallized that portrayal appears to be a fabrication.
" Somebody gave me an education, the president said last Wednesday in a Elyria, Ohio speech, discussing equality of opportunity. I wasnt born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasnt. But somebody gave us a chance just like these folks up here are looking for a chance.
The silver spoon comment turned many heads in the media and was depicted as a swipe against Romney, whose father George Romney is a former governor of Michigan.
Fueling that characterization was Steve Doocy of Fox News, who while interviewing Romney on live TV Thursday, quoted Obama as saying, Unlike some people, I wasnt born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
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The "silver spoon" quote was then twisted and misquoted by a Fox News poseur named Steve Doocy, who:
while interviewing Romney on live TV Thursday, quoted Obama as saying, Unlike some people, I wasnt born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
But Obama never prefaced his statement with the words unlike some people, as evident in the video of the speech (9:22 minute mark). The words do not appear in the official transcript either.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/22/1085536/-Fox-News-Fabricated-Obama-s-Silver-Spoon-Quote
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