It's common practice for the opposition to mis quote their "enemy" and, the republicans are very good at that! They are downright paranoid about a democrat getting elected.

A classic case, in Florida, Claude Pepper was running for re election, and his republican opponent had people going around telling the truth about Pepper. Problem was, the people had no clue what the words meant; all they knew was, they sounded bad. The statement was:

When Claude Pepper's wife lived up north, she "matriculated with thespians."

We all know about Nixon and his dirty tricks dept.
He came in promising us law and order and to uphold the constitution. He gave us,
Breaking and entering
Perjury
Lies
extreme paranoia.
Reagan came in with a promise of balance the budget. He never even SUBMITTED one.
Iran- Contra
Arms for hostages
He left with a 5 trillion dollar debt.

Clinton came in with a promise to end welfare as we know it. He did it. He left with a huge surplus, which "resident Bush" spent along with every bit of goodwill we had after 9 11
Clinton gets a little nooky on the side, Reagan lies to us on TV, yet Clinton gets tarred and featherd while "the actor" gets an airport named after him.
Can someone explain how our priorities got so screwed up?