Political Spin, Priceless...enjoy

[deziloooooo]

Received this from a friend in a e mail...great example on how politicians can spin things...even long after the relevance has passed.
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.Subject: Fwd: Historical Fact vs. Political Spin... Harry Reid


No matter what side of the AISLE you're on, THIS is beyond FUNNY!

It just all depends on how you look at some things..and how much of history you can distort.

Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California , was doing some personal work on her own family tree.. She discovered that Senator Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory:

The Picture of Remus Reid, which didn't print here, shows him standing on the Gallows with his executioners, believe that is the platform the good Senator was referring to.

On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this inscription: "Remus Reid, horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889."

So Judy recently e-mailed Senator Harry Reid for information about their great-great uncle.

Harry Reid: Believe it or not, Harry Reid's staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:

"Remus Reid was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory . His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed."


NOW THAT's how it's done, Folks!That's real POLITICAL SPIN. (which =complete falsehood


;D

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

THAT is HYSTERICAL! Loved it. Thanks!

[Deleted]

Dez. Very good!!

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

[Deleted]

Deziloooooo your right, that was funny. I guess history is a lot like statistics, you can make it what you want.

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

Dezi, that's great!

[Tennesseer]

Some do wish it were true!

The real story:

Comments: This may come as a shock and a disappointment to some (while others will be shocked that anyone could possibly be shocked), but none of the above is true. It's an old joke, as a matter of fact, a bit of homespun political satire that has been circulating in various forms since 2000.

The image is actually a historical photo of the hanging of a New Mexico outlaw named Black Jack Ketchum in 1901.



The punchline ("Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform on which he was standing collapsed" — i.e, he was hanged) was borrowed from an even older joke that made the rounds in genealogical circles in the mid-1980s. Here's a variant published in Fonda Baselt's The Sunny Side of Genealogy in 1988:

A family historian who was writing his family history was dismayed to find that an ancestor had been publicly hanged. In a moment of inspiration he wrote, "He died during a public ceremony, when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed beneath him."

The joke first emerged in a political context when an anonymous wag invented a character named "Remus Rodham" to lampoon Hillary Rodham Clinton's family tree. And the rest is history. . .

urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_remus_reid.htm

Other versions:

• The Remus Rodham Story
• The Chadsworth Gore Story
• The Chadsworth Bush Story
• The Remus Cheney Story

[lakhota]

Priceless!

[deziloooooo]

May 20, 2011 18:31:16 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Some do wish it were true!

The real story:

Comments: This may come as a shock and a disappointment to some (while others will be shocked that anyone could possibly be shocked), but none of the above is true. It's an old joke, as a matter of fact, a bit of homespun political satire that has been circulating in various forms since 2000.

The image is actually a historical photo of the hanging of a New Mexico outlaw named Black Jack Ketchum in 1901.



The punchline ("Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform on which he was standing collapsed" — i.e, he was hanged) was borrowed from an even older joke that made the rounds in genealogical circles in the mid-1980s. Here's a variant published in Fonda Baselt's The Sunny Side of Genealogy in 1988:

A family historian who was writing his family history was dismayed to find that an ancestor had been publicly hanged. In a moment of inspiration he wrote, "He died during a public ceremony, when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed beneath him."

The joke first emerged in a political context when an anonymous wag invented a character named "Remus Rodham" to lampoon Hillary Rodham Clinton's family tree. And the rest is history. . .

urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_remus_reid.htm

Other versions:

• The Remus Rodham Story
• The Chadsworth Gore Story
• The Chadsworth Bush Story
• The Remus Cheney Story

Ok I'm thinking that there should be a change in moderators...such a kill joy...been here to long Tenn...no humor left..I didn't know the true story but honestly, was it really necessary, me thinks you are in need of a roll in the hay my friend...[what a bummer, there is tiime for truthfulness and then again..sheesh } ;D

[Tennesseer]

dezi-some posters would simply believe the story. I try to stop the spin when I see it. If you had said it was a joke email/post I would have not posted it. But with all the anti-Harry Reid posts and all the other spin threads the past several years, I thought it was necessary to set the record straight.

Tennesseer/Moderator

[deziloooooo]

May 20, 2011 19:26:43 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

dezi-some posters would simply believe the story. I try to stop the spin when I see it. If you had said it was a joke email/post I would have not posted it. But with all the anti-Harry Reid posts and all the other spin threads the past several years, I thought it was necessary to set the record straight.

Tennesseer/Moderator

no prob, just kidding with the diss to you..actually I took it as a true one.