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What Right Wing Extremists? (Update)

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mj6/16/2009 2:10:24 pm PDT

Over at the White House, Gibbs was asked the following:

Q Thank you very much. Historian Victor Davis Hanson cites what he terms, “The President’s politically correct canard that the Renaissance was fueled by Arab learning, and the President’s statement that abolition of slavery and civil rights in the U.S. were accomplished without violence,” as two of seven presidential errors. And my question: Does the White House believe Dr. Hanson is wrong, or do you believe your speechwriters and the President made some mistakes?

MR. GIBBS: Lester, I have to hand it to you that you have in only one question covered some five or six centuries of world history. (Laughter.)

Q No, no, just mistakes — White House mistakes.

MR. GIBBS: Should I ask you a question and you respond, or should I give a —

Q I’d be delighted —

MR. GIBBS: At least you’re not leaning into where you think the answer to such a historically significant and important question — I’m not familiar with the work of the esteemed historian. I haven’t seen it. I can assure you that not knowing who this historian is, I’ll put my money on our speechwriters.