Did Obama's speechwriters screw up?

Jan. 20th, 2009 12:25 pm
angledge: (Obama faith)
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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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Date: 2009-01-20 06:49 pm (UTC)
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Washington didn't make that speech to the troops, he had those words read to them for inspiration.
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