Did Obama's speechwriters screw up?

[angledge]

I'm certain that the quotation near the end of Obama's speech is from The Crisis, No. 1 by Thomas Paine. Not from a speech by George Washington to the troops at Valley Forge.

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[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Washington didn't make that speech to the troops, he had those words read to them for inspiration.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Ah so. So the speech itself doesn't attribute the words to Washington. But the reporters were, or so it seemed to me.

Is Thomas Paine too obscure for modern audiences?

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Those wacky reporters. ::shakes head::

I think Thom. Paine is too obscure for modern audiences. :(