Liberals Phony US History to Make Their Case

Regarding my post about the New York Times editorial in support of the liberal movement to turn the memorial at Ground Zero into a left wing freak show, a commenter who bills himself as "Thomas Jefferson" left the following which purports to be a quote from founding father Jefferson: ""Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."

There's just one problem pal: There is no evidence that Mr. Jefferson ever said such a thing.

Do a simple Google Search on this quote and you'll find nearly 7,000 references to this quote, used mostly by left wing web sites to support their unprincipled obstruction of anything and everything Republican. But if you look a bit further, you'll also find something less familiar to the left's Orwellian revisionists. It's a little something called THE TRUTH.

Here's the bottom line from the Thomas Jefferson Library at Monticello:

Urban Legends and Folklore: "Thank you for addressing this issue. At the Jefferson Library, we are often asked to confirm Jefferson quotes, and this particular one comes up frequently. I was especially interested to see that you had pinned down a possible source for this misattributed quote. We have never found this quote, or anything like it, in any of Jefferson's writings. This of course does not mean he did not say it, but unless and/or until it is found in Jefferson's writings, it should not be attributed to him (as many seem determined to do).
Anna Berkes
Research Librarian
Jefferson Library
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.

'So many persons have of late found an interest or a passion gratified by imputing to me sayings and writings which I never said or wrote...."

--Thomas Jefferson to Alexander White, 10 September 1797

Both Urban Legends and Wikiquote cite the original source of this quote, a lefty "historian" giving an interview to a left wing online publication. The Anti Idolitarian Rotweiller also has more.

But isn't this just typical of the left? They are unable to make a case for their dangerous obstructionism without fabricating quotes, or facts or simply re-interpreting law or reality in any way which suits them.