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==Media Rehabilitation==
 
==Media Rehabilitation==
 
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]
 
[[Image:Wallace68.jpg|thumb|240px|''Time'' Oct 18, 1968; Air Force General Curtis LeMay was Wallace's VP nominee]]
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In 1991, Wallace asked the question "The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?",<ref name=rehabilitate>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace090591.htm The Rehabilitation of George Wallace], [[Washington Post]]</ref> in reference to how the [[liberal media]] overlook the past positions of [[Lyndon Johnson]].  After Wallace's passing, the media have indeed rehabilitated him, though likely not in the way he hoped they would.  It is not uncommon for dishonest liberal media journalists and others to insinuate<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/09/12/salon-photo-implies-george-wallace-was-republican Salon Photo Implies That George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2015/12/07/nyt-sunday-front-page-likens-trump-fellow-demagogues-mccarthy New York Times Sunday Front Page Likens Trump to Fellow 'Demagogues' McCarthy, Wallace, Pat Buchanan]</ref> or outright claim<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/09/30/politico-mag-pic-implies-george-wallace-was-gop-article-claims-countrys Politico Mag Implies George Wallace Was GOP, Blames Country's Divisions Entirely on Whites' Resistance to Civil Rights]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/ MSNBC: Gov. George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/06/12/chris-hayes-apologizes-tagging-george-wallace-republican-stupid-inexc Chris Hayes Apologizes for Tagging George Wallace As Republican: A ‘Stupid, Inexcusable, Historically Illiterate Mistake’], [[Newsbusters]]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/18/the-hill-calls-life-long-democrat-segregationist-george-wallace-a-republican-in-piece-about-donald-trump/ The Hill Calls Lifelong Democrat Segregationist George Wallace a Republican in Piece About Donald Trump], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> that Wallace was a "Republican", even though he was always a lifelong Democrat.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/george-wallace-dead-79-ala-s-ex-gov-icon-segregationist-1960s-article-1.818800 GEORGE WALLACE DEAD, 79 ALA.'S EX-GOV WAS ICON OF SEGREGATIONIST 1960S]</ref>
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In 1991, Wallace asked the question "The media has rehabilitated Johnson, why won't it rehabilitate me?",<ref name=rehabilitate>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace090591.htm The Rehabilitation of George Wallace], [[Washington Post]]</ref> in reference to how the [[liberal media]] overlook the past positions of [[Lyndon Johnson]].  After Wallace's passing, the media have indeed rehabilitated him, though likely not in the way he hoped they would.  It is not uncommon for dishonest liberal media journalists and others to insinuate<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-gladnick/2014/09/12/salon-photo-implies-george-wallace-was-republican Salon Photo Implies That George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2015/12/07/nyt-sunday-front-page-likens-trump-fellow-demagogues-mccarthy New York Times Sunday Front Page Likens Trump to Fellow 'Demagogues' McCarthy, Wallace, Pat Buchanan]</ref> or outright claim<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2014/09/30/politico-mag-pic-implies-george-wallace-was-gop-article-claims-countrys Politico Mag Implies George Wallace Was GOP, Blames Country's Divisions Entirely on Whites' Resistance to Civil Rights]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/06/12/msnbc-gov-george-wallace-was-a-republican/ MSNBC: Gov. George Wallace Was a Republican]</ref><ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/jeffrey-meyer/2013/06/12/chris-hayes-apologizes-tagging-george-wallace-republican-stupid-inexc Chris Hayes Apologizes for Tagging George Wallace As Republican: A ‘Stupid, Inexcusable, Historically Illiterate Mistake’], [[Newsbusters]]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/18/the-hill-calls-life-long-democrat-segregationist-george-wallace-a-republican-in-piece-about-donald-trump/ The Hill Calls Lifelong Democrat Segregationist George Wallace a Republican in Piece About Donald Trump], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> that Wallace was a "Republican", even though he was always a lifelong Democrat.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/george-wallace-dead-79-ala-s-ex-gov-icon-segregationist-1960s-article-1.818800 GEORGE WALLACE DEAD, 79 ALA.'S EX-GOV WAS ICON OF SEGREGATIONIST 1960S]</ref><ref>His son, also named George Wallace, did switch parties during his father's lifetime; the media capitalizes on this little known fact and the name confusion to promote their claims.</ref>
    
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