Quote For The Day: Karl Rove & Wall St. Journal Edition

Karl Rove, in a Wall Street Journal Op Ed on Thursday, lambasting Barack Obama’s presidency:

As for the killing of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama did what virtually any commander in chief would have done in the same situation. Even President Bill Clinton says in the film “that’s the call I would have made.” For this to be portrayed as the epic achievement of the first term tells you how bare the White House cupboards are.

What president Bill Clinton actually said:

He took the harder and the more honorable path. When I saw what had happened, I thought to myself, `I hope that’s the call I would have made.’

What Karl Rove’s Op Ed says today, after Rove’s lie was exposed, decried and widely discussed in the blogosphere and the mainstream media:

As for the killing of Osama bin Laden, Mr. Obama did what virtually any commander in chief would have done in the same situation. Even President Bill Clinton says in the film “I hope that’s the call I would have made.” For this to be portrayed as the epic achievement of the first term tells you how bare the White House cupboards are.

How the Wall Street Journal explains the correction:

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this column included an incomplete quote from Bill Clinton in the last paragraph.

(Hat Tip: Plum Line)