Crabby Old Lady Errs

On 20 May, in a story about Social Security Privatization, Crabby Old Lady took to task Mark Weisbrot, for misquoting President Bush. She even called it a “cheap shot” which has become, now, her own cheap shot.

In an email, Mr. Weisbrot has pointed out to Crabby, that his quote was correct:

Below I am pasting the original source, the Akron Beacon-Journal, where President Bush was quoted:

’But without changes this young generation of workers will see a UFO before they see a Social Security check.'

President Bush said this on April 15; your quote from him, which you mistakenly thought was the one I was using, was from May 4.

I presume that you will post this letter on your web site, along with a retraction of your original accusation that I had misquoted President Bush.

Sincerely,
Mark Weisbrot

Crabby sincerely apologizes. This is the sort of error that gets negatively compounded by repetition.

She would, however, like to gently point out that it is standard journalistic practice to source quotes. Mr. Bush uses the UFO statement in most of his Social Security speeches and has not, as far as Crabby has read, misspoken it before. Had Mr. Weisbrot sourced his quote, this mistake could not have happened.

Again, Crabby sincerely apologizes to Mr. Weisbrot.

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