Gutknecht (Rethug, MN) joins Wikipedia tweakers

[Wickerman]

Here's another one for the Republicans without honor file ... opps, that was redundant, huh?

WASHINGTON - Rep. Gil Gutknecht, R-Minn., is the latest politician to be found editing his Wikipedia entry, extending a year-long trend that has snagged the likes of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Democratic Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.

Last January, Coleman sought to soften his political past from "liberal" to "activist" in the entry for him in the online encyclopedia. Biden tried to tone down references to a past accusation of plagiarism.

Now Gutknecht, in effect, tried to expunge a reminder of a 12-year term-limit he imposed on himself in 1995.

Page histories available on Wikipedia show that Gutknecht's office tried twice -- July 24 and Aug. 14 -- to remove a 128-word entry on him and replace it with a more flattering 315-word entry taken from his official congressional biography.

In both cases, the original entry -- including his term-limit promise -- was restored within hours.

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http://www.startribune.com/587/story/618899.html

[Deja Q]

1. Oopsie-doodles!

I wonder how Gutknecht would think if Wellstone tried to retcon his own past, assuming he was still alive and would do such a thing...

Politicians tell us of individual accountability and responsibility. Surely it must apply to themselves too???! If not, where can I sign up?