Baker claims misquote on NO housing(God/Katrina cleaned up public housing)

[truthpusher]

http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091005/new_misquote001.shtml

Baker claims misquote on N.O. housing loss
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By GERARD SHIELDS
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Advocate Washington bureau
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge, accused a New York newspaper Friday of misquoting him about the destruction of low-income housing in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.

The Wall Street Journal wrote that Baker was overheard telling lobbyists: "We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."

Baker, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, said in a statement that he was taken aback and perturbed by the comment, which he said was wrongly attributed to him.

Baker, a 20-year congressional veteran, said he has been part of hearings into poor housing conditions in New Orleans. One of those inquiries concluded that the housing authority in New Orleans squandered hundreds of millions of dollars and that families were forced to live in substandard, indecent conditions.

With that as a backdrop, Baker said, he expressed in a private conversation with a housing advocate and member of his staff: "We have been trying for decades to clean up New Orleans public housing to provide decent housing for residents, and now it looks like God is finally making us do it."

complete story: http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091005/new_misquote001.shtml

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Uh huh sure.

And because they "squandered" all that money I am sure he thinks the housing authority should be cut off from federal funds. No oversight, just cut off. Compassion in action.

[Horse with no Name]

2. They "always" misquote

And everyone says okay and forgets about it.
However..if a Dem said this...regardless of how much they screamed misquote, their feet would be held to the fire.
It just gets more ridiculous as time goes by.

[otohara]

3. Yeah, That's The Ticket

Liar!

[Sabriel]

4. Uh huh, riiiiight

And my six-year-old didn't unroll all the toilet paper yesterday, either.

[mikeytherat]

10. Your child didn't unroll that, TP, I did.

Sorry about that (took a couple handfulls of Tootsie Rolls to buy his silence).

mikey_the_rat

[autorank]

5. Oh sure, and Bush is "compassionate", and Robertson "really cares" and

I've got this great bridge to sell you, Brooklyn, ever heard of it.

:rofl:

[Raster]

6. but of course that newspaper misquoted you. You're not really an

insensitive, racist pig.

[Divernan]

7. This was the WALL STREET JOURNAL, the right wing's mouthpiece!

But the poor reporter has probably already been fired.

[Judi Lynn]

8. The old "misquoted" charge used to be easier to make

when they didn't have any way to GET IT ON TAPE. Sheesh. Back then it would be one's own word against the reporter's.

[xxqqqzme]

9. '...accused a New York newspaper ...'

A New York newspaper - didn't name it so all would think that nasty liberal NYT, certainly NOT the WSJ!

[Vickers]

11. So, how do we know that you aren't being misquoted NOW?

:eyes:

[RedRocco]

12. like what he said he said

is any better than what he said