Help me out. Did Michelle really say this?

[Drunken Irishman]

Someone on another board is implying she did, but I can't find any evidence.

"In order for everyone in the country to eat we will all have to sacrifice and share the wealth."

Thanks.

[SprintSpeed]

1. Just googled the quote

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22In+order+for+everyone+in+the+country+to+eat+we+will+all+have+to+sacrifice+and+share+the+wealth%22&btnG=Search

Not a single result. Sounds like more reTHUG crap.

[jenmito]

4. I did the same thing-no results.

:hi:

[Drunken Irishman]

11. See, I Googled it (Yahoo'd it), and nothing came up.

So I kind of knew it was bullshit. But I wanted to know if this was spreading across the net and maybe that's where the fool got it.

[ShortnFiery]

15. With all due respect, you're helping to spread it ... IMO, if it ain't broke, don't fix it?

:shrug:

[ShortnFiery]

2. WTF? I don't know if said - but taking quotes out of context is unfair ... even to a GOPer.

:(

[SprintSpeed]

5. Sounds like it came directly from a rethug liar mouth

[ShortnFiery]

17. True. But "a lie" can travel half way around the world before "the truth" gets out of bet.

I forget who I should attribute this adage to ... but it's IMO valid. :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

3. what kind of board, the kind that will not for Obama?

[DefenseLawyer]

6. Ice Cream, Mandrake! Children's Ice Cream!

[4_Legs_Good]

22. Feed me, Jack! Feed me!

[Muttocracy]

7. maybe you should tell them you want to send that quote to people but need a source

and see if they can provide one ;)

[Bucky]

8. No, it's a spin. Here's the actual quote.

"Comrades, put on your business suits. It's time we destroy capitalism from within the rotting corpse imperalist yankee greed.

[ShortnFiery]

12. ...

:rofl: :yourock:

[GOTV]

9. I don't know how you prove someone DIDN'T say something ...

... but a quick google search got me nothing.

I would say that it's the responsibility of those making the claim to produce evidence.

And even then, is it not worth SOME sacrifice to see that everyone is fed?

[endarkenment]

10. Shouldn't the one making the claim provide the evidence?

You cannot prove she didn't say it. That is impossible.

But suppose she did say it. What exactly is the problem with the quote?

[Drunken Irishman]

14. You'd think.

He also brought up the damn lobster lie and I debunked that.

This guy is a piece of work, I tell you.

[Hellataz]

13. If she did, what is wrong with it?

I'm so sick of "spreading the wealth around" being bad words. People have entirely too much money these days while others living in cardboard boxes. What happened to being a humanitarian?
WHOMEVER said this statement is right on.

[justiceischeap]

16. Dupe

[Justyce]

18. I think I may know what they're talking about...

One of my friends is a hardcore republican, so I never email her political stuff. We just don't go there. But today she emailed me the "someone is going to have to give up a piece of the pie" crap email, apparently a Michelle Obama quote that's making the rounds with their added spin on it.

Origin of the quote: "The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." --Michelle Obama in Harrisburg, North Carolina, on April 8, 2008 (reported in the Charlotte Observer on April 9).

And by "someone", she's obviously referring to corporations & ultra-wealthy people, not us poor/working folks, but of course that goes over republicans' heads.

[SidDithers]

19. Just ask them for the source...

turn it back on them. Assume it's made up unless they can prove outherwiase. It's put up or shut up time :)

Sid

[leftofcool]

20. The quote has been taken out of context. Here is the quote

"The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." --Michelle Obama in Harrisburg, North Carolina, on April 8, 2008 (reported in the Charlotte Observer on April 9).

[Overseas]

21. Right wingers seem to prefer the poor to BEG for alms.

Crawl to the church door and beg for help, then the Republican's friends can watch them do their marvelous acts of charity and they can get their extra Heaven Points.

[louis-t]

23. Got a repug viral the other day.

As usual, I 'replied to all' the snopes link and the message "Please refer to snopes before spreading viral lies." I got 3 responses that said "amen" or sim.