Reply #13: Honest, It Wasn't Abe's Comment (Washington Post)

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Friday, February 16, 2007; Page A21

During floor debate on the Iraq war yesterday, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) quoted Abraham Lincoln as advocating the hanging of lawmakers who undermine military morale during wartime ... His spokeswoman, Meredith Kenny, says the congressman took the quote from an article he read in the Washington Times on Tuesday. "Now that he's been informed these are not the actual words of Lincoln ... he continues to totally agree with the message ..." Kenny said ... And no, Kenny said, Young was "not advocating the hanging of Democrats."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501525.html

Apparently Donny can't decide whether to back-pedal or not