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Matthew Yglesias —
Earlier today, The New York Times “reported” that “Mr. Podesta has been mapping out the transition so systematically that he has already written a draft Inaugural Address for Mr. Obama, which he published this summer in a book called The Power of Progress.”
This is false.
Podesta published a book this summer, The Power of Progress, which was written John Halpin. The book contains, as a literary conceit, a hypothetical inaugural address for a progressive president. The book was in the works ...
McCain mock's Obama's premature inauguration plans, but...
Top of the Ticket —
... Podesta, who was Pres. Bill Clinton's fourth chief of staff and now is an Obama advisor, already has drafted a sample inaugural address in case a Democrat wins. (Let's see, what other Democrat is still running for president?)
Obama aides insist Podesta wrote the speech even more prematurely when he was still working for rival Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign, and published his offering in a book last summer.
A statement posted on the website of Podesta's think-tank.... ...says the ...
For The Record
Obsidian Wings —
... that Sen. Barack Obama's staff has already written a draft of an inaugural address for the Democrat, mocking the presumptuousness.
"When I pull this thing off, I have a request for my opponent: I want him to save that manuscript of his inaugural address and donate it to the Smithsonian, and they can put it right next to the Chicago paper that says, 'Dewey defeats Truman,' " McCain said in this Las Cruces, N.M., suburb."
For the record: it's not true. ThinkProgress:
"-- The book, which was in the works for over a year and was written ...
For The Record
Political Animal —
... seized on a newspaper report that Sen. Barack Obama's staff has already written a draft of an inaugural address for the Democrat, mocking the presumptuousness. "When I pull this thing off, I have a request for my opponent: I want him to save that manuscript of his inaugural address and donate it to the Smithsonian, and they can put it right next to the Chicago paper that says, 'Dewey defeats Truman,' " McCain said in this Las Cruces, N.M., suburb." For the record: it's not true. ThinkProgress : "-- The book, which was in the works for over a year and was written with the help ...
New York Times Confuses Year-Old Book With Obama Inaugural Speech
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Here's the funny thing about the boldfaced sentence. Not only is it entirely false, but the truth is actually so easy to verify, that a child could have factchecked this paragraph. The Power Of Progress was published on August 18, 2008. As with most books, it took time to produce. In the case of this book, much of the work had been completed before anyone thought that Barack Obama was the nominee. According to Podesta's organization, the Center for American Progress, "The inaugural address was written and submitted to the publisher in March 2008, during a time when ...
New York Times Confuses Year-Old Book With Obama Inaugural Speech
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Here's the funny thing about the boldfaced sentence. Not only is it entirely false, but the truth is actually so easy to verify, that a child could have factchecked this paragraph. The Power Of Progress was published on August 18, 2008. As with most books, it took time to produce. In the case of this book, much of the work had been completed before anyone thought that Barack Obama was the nominee. According to Podesta's organization, the Center for American Progress, "The inaugural address was written and submitted to the publisher in March 2008, during a time when ...
Obama's Inaugural Address NOT Written
Politics Daily —
... Obama Inaugural address. While Mark correctly quotes the NYT, that story has been rebutted by several sources. John Podesta, formally an adviser to the Hillary Clinton campaign, used an example of an inaugural address in his recent book, The Power of Progress. While this book was published on August 18, the inaugural address portion was wholly written, edited and submitted to the publisher in late March - long before Barack Obama was the nominee. From ThinkProgress (blog of the Center for American Progress, for whom Podesta works): ...
