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When has context ever been known to stop a Republican smear?
When a speaker praised Hillary Clinton for "redefining the role of the first lady" some years ago, Republicans leaped on it as an implied insult to Laura Bush. Since Laura Bush wasn't yet even First Lady, since her husband had not yet been inaugurated, it's hard to imagine how the speaker could have been contrasting her "performance" of a role she hadn't yet assumed with anyone else's, but why should that stop them? There are people who still insist that Al Gore said he "invented the Internet" and "discovered Love Canal," even when you show them the correct, full text of both alleged remarks. Their minds are made up, don't bother them with the facts.