Wikipedia Purges Info on Obama's "Socialist" Slogan "Forward" (but we have a screen shot)

The Drudge Report latched onto the sad butchering of a Wikipedia article reported on earlier this week which detailed the socialist origins of the historical political uses of the single-word slogan "Forward".

The Gateway Pundit reported Barack Obama’s latest campaign slogan “Forward!” also happens to be a Nazi marching tune. Vorwärts! Vorwärts! was a marching song of the Hitler youth.

 

SHEESH! No wonder there's a mad scramble to erase that from the Wikipedia servers. Earlier today the honesty was nearly overwhelming. So overwhelming in fact that even Drudge posted it - and many of us know how difficult it can be to get Matt's attention.

But it didn't take long for the wiki-puppets to get posting-remorse. They began scrubbing the page until all that remains is "On April 30th, 2012 the Obama–Biden campaign announced the slogan "Forward". That is essentially the entire Wikipedia article as I write this, though that could change in a matter of a few moments by the look of things.

So when we were alerted (by Drudge) that they were thinking about scrubbing the site we rushed over there and copied the content and took a screen shot. Here is what were able to salvage mere seconds before it was reduced to a single sentence.

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On April 30th, 2012 the Obama–Biden campaign announced the slogan "Forward".[1]
Controversy

The name Forward has been frequently used as a name for influential leftwing newspapers and publications[2], denoting an urge for progress.[3]
References

^ James, Frank (2012-04-30). "Obama 'Forward' Video: President's Case For Re-Election In A Nutshell". NPR. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
^ Microform review, Vol. 10. Microform Review, inc., 1981. p. 99
^ Bale, John, and Chris Philo. Body Cultures Essays on Sport, Space & Identity by Henning Eichberg. London: Routledge, 1997. p. 159

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Here is the screen shot of the Wikipedia article before scrubbing. You can see how it looks now by going here.