Obama ‘One Nation Under God’ Controversy

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“President Obama’s recitation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is sparking hysteria from the right-wing media who slammed the president for omitting the phrase “under God.” But ironically, in their hurry to attack the president, they omitted the fact that Obama was reading the first draft of the speech — a draft that did not include “under God” — at the request of filmmaker Ken Burns…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from TYLER HANSEN / Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/19/right-wing-noise-machine-fabricates-gettysburg/196969

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