November 01, 2008

NO HUBRIS HERE: Obama: 'I Will Change The World'.

UPDATE: Jake Tapper emails: "I have never heard him say 'I will change the world'. Where is that headline supported? Seriously…a serious question."

I don't know. They've got it in quotation marks, but it's not in the body of the story, just the headline. Anybody seen that anywhere else?

ANOTHER UPDATE: It appears here:

“This is our time!” he proclaimed. And “I will change the world.”

But it's not clear where he said it. Any other examples? Meanwhile, in a followup email, Tapper writes: "Seems dubious to me. I'm covering him like white on rice and if he said that we would have written about it, but if anyone finds it, let me know pls." Will do.

MORE: Reader Urania Mitchell says it's probably a misquote of this statement:

"I'm Barack Obama," he concludes. "If you give me your vote on Tuesday, we won't just win this election -- together, we will change this country and change the world."

Any other examples? And reader Rew Waltman writes: "I wonder if he can change it as much as George Bush has by liberating 25 million people?"