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- From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
- Subject: Re: Supposed Bentsen Quote
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:44:03 GMT
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- tip@lead.aichem.arizona.edu (Tom Perigrin) writes:
- >Today Rush played (twice at least) what he claimed was the recorded voice
- >of an interview with Senator Lloyd Bentsen, now Secretary of the Treasury.
- >In this supposed recording, a voice said something on the order of
- >"Those middle class voters will fall for a lie about tax cuts every time."
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- >Was this really Bentsen's voice, and did he really say this to mean
- >this, or was it taken out of context? (i.e. Did Bentsen really
- >say something like "[The republicans believe that] those middle class..."?)
-
- Relax, Tom, it was just Rush being his typical substantive self -
- making up things that he wished his opponents had said and then making
- recordings of a caller who sound vaguely like Bentsen saying the things
- Rush made up.
-
- >Prepared to be aghast, but I've been lied to with misquotes before...
-
- Now, now. You know that Rush would never lie to you.
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