Lawprof Ann Althouse writes (thanks to InstaPundit for the pointer):
The Boston Globe reports John Kerry’s response to criticism about his proposal to avoid accepting the nomination at the Democratic convention:
The senator chuckled at the criticism.
“Once again, the Republicans don’t know history, and they don’t know facts,” he said. “The truth is that it used to be that the convention, after nomination, traveled to the home or the state of the nominee to inform them they’ve been nominated. Woodrow Wilson was at his house in Princeton, N.J.; Harry Truman was in Independence,” Mo., he said. “They’re trying to make an issue out of something that they’re surprised by, because . . . they’re very upset someone might have a way of neutralizing their advantage.”
Yes, but wouldn’t it be funny if Kerry himself got history wrong? It just so happens he did.
Althouse points out that Truman did in fact accept the nomination at the convention; see the acceptance speech (plus more data in Althouse’s post and the comments).
One moral: Everyone makes mistakes. But the mistakes look more embarrassing when they occur in snide comments that accuse the other side of ignorance.
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