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The Washington Post Did Not Put This on the Front Page

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 21st, 2011 at 11:07 AM  | 

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It’s not just Marco Rubio who may have gotten facts wrong about his family history.

But the Washington Post never put this on its front page.

An aide to Barack Obama says the candidate misspoke on Memorial Day when he told a group of veterans that his uncle was among the American troops who liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp.

In fact, Obama’s great uncle took part in the liberation of one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald, spokesman Bill Burton said this afternoon.

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  • Jewels

    He liberated a death camp- does it matter which? At the extreme worst, it shows Obama didn’t bother to learn the name of the correct camp. You could speculate a disinterest in the subject, but it’s only speculation.

    Not exactly noteworthy. I’m not surprised it wasn’t on the front page.

    Rubio’s issue should also not be noteworthy. His facts were right, his precise dates were not. Again… so what?

    You’re right, though, it’s telling that Rubio’s family history is getting so much attention. Are rumors of a Veep spot being floated…?

  • lightspeed

    In 2007 Obama claimed that the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, AL brought his parents together and inspired them to have little Barack. Only problem is that Barack was born in 1961….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYByptC8mY