Sep
19
2010

Barackrobatics: Spot the Ellipsis

From the Remarks by the President at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Gala:

But over the centuries, what eventually bound us together -- what made us all Americans -- was not a matter of blood, it wasn't a matter of birth. It was faith and fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights: life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
A remarkable omission! (And I should know, because I just remarked on it.) Perhaps someone should check to see if the copy in the National Archives has been surreptitiously edited.

(Via Frank Ross at Big Journalism, who has video.)