The Zombie Quote Lives On...And On...And On...
February 2, 2008 -- 9:25 AM EST // //

The original bogus ABCNews/Drudge quote of Bill Clinton allegedly saying he wants to "slow" our economy pops up yet again! And -- one more time, everybody -- it's not the blogosphere spreading it, but a traditional news org.

From Investor's Business Daily...

Slow The Economy? Chill, Bill

The Environment: As a touted effect of global warming melts under the glare of science, Bill Clinton says we must slow the economy to save the earth. How's that again? Hillary, call your husband...

In a typically verbose speech, he put forth his idea of what the U.S. and other industrialized nations need to do: "We just have to slow down our economy and cut back our greenhouse gas emissions 'cause we have to save our planet for our grandchildren."

Now Bill supposedly said we "must" slow the economy. Except, of course, that he didn't say this at all. The story just keeps on mutating into ever more grotesque and unrecognizable forms, with that absurd out-of-context quote as its life-force.

This pretty conclusively proves, as I said, that the inclusion of the full context and video far down in the original ABC piece just isn't a defense at all. Once that quote was torn out of context and placed high up in ABC's story, it was destined to live forever.

And with that, this blog is done with this topic.

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