Update@5.20pm: Beeton apologizes (and removes the original false claims):
[editor's note, by Todd Beeton]Edited to make my own post more consistent with reality. Sorry for carelessly jumping to conclusions, JEDReport.
I appreciate Beeton's apology.
Update #2: Todd dropped in to note his update. That shows class and courage. I look forward to working with him and every other Democrat to defeat John McCain in November (and elect Barack Obama!)
A few hours ago, Todd Beeton over at MyDD.com falsely accused me of manipulating and splicing video footage in my "Disloyal Democrat" YouTube clip to distort Hillary Clinton's statement yesterday that John McCain was more ready to be president than Barack Obama.
His accusation is completely false. I did not manipulate the video or change her words one iota.
In fact, Beeton's attempt to prove his case relies on using a statement by Hillary Clinton made in Fort Worth, Texas on March 1. The statement in my video was made in Toledo, Ohio on March 3.
In the video I posted, here's what Hillary Clinton said:
I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know that Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.
Beeton responds:
Sure, if you splice the video just so, as JEDReport did in his ridiculously manipulative video, it sure looks bad, but in the full context, imagine that!, while clumsy to be sure, her response is revealed to be merely the same electability argument she's been advancing in various forms since McCain became the presumptive GOP nominee.
Beeton then quotes what he claims is the original statement:
"I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say," she said. "He's never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."
Notice something? Beeton's quote doesn't match the one in my video.
The reason? He's talking about a different statement -- one Hillary Clinton made in Forth Worth, Texas on March 1. Of course it doesn't match the one in my video, which is a statement from March 3 made in Toledo, Ohio!
Yet he accuses me of manipulating the video of her statement. Amazing.
The plain truth: I didn't manipulate the video at all.
Here's the video I posted:
Here's the original source for that video:
As you can see, I posted -- verbatim -- what Hillary Clinton said. I edited out Wolf Blitzer, but I can hardly be faulted for that.
The claim that I manipulated the video is false. Beeton owes me an apology.
As does Hillary Clinton to all Democrats.
By the way, while I'm on the topic, let me give an example of how a real Democrat talks about John McCain (h/t dharmafarmer):