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"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged."

— President Abraham Lincoln

DOUG
No, Lincoln never said it. But GOP bloggers and congressman have latched onto it and are determined to keep repeating it.

Now it's part of the official Congressional record. Wednesday, Alaska's Rep. Don Young opened his remarks with the fake quote.

See here.


Look, I Never Said That!

DAR
Isn't it likely that someone else will stand up and, on the record, point out that this was a bogus quote?

Olbermann already nailed the guy who didn't check his sources. Some nutjob made the statement, and somebody else put quotes around it and attributed it to Lincoln.

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