Food for Thought

"Would you go back in time to September 8th, 1858 - 148 years ago today - to witness one of the Lincoln/Douglas debates at Clinton, Illinois? The one during which Abraham Lincoln delivered his remarkable warning to his opponent and to all generations to come:

"‘Justice Douglas cannot fool the people. You may fool people for a time, you can fool part of the people all the time, but you can’t fool all the people, all the time.’

"Problem is, nobody reported or mentioned Lincoln saying that until 1904. There’s no record of it. In fact, the Abraham Lincoln Association concluded three years ago that he never said it.

"Which proves, I guess, that you CAN fool all the people, all the time."

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, 9/8/06