It's very hard to figure out what she's trying to say here, but it seems like she's saying that rich people like her and O'Reilly have a special obligation to contribute to the common good. Nothing wrong with that. But why is her campaign denying that she said "God bless us"? According to Wolfson, she said "God B-L-E-S-S-E-D us." But that just doesn't seem right. Watch the video and tell me if you agree. The funny thing is, given that there's nothing really wrong with what she said, lying about her words is just going to create controversy where there shouldn't be any.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64fDLplBfQ&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com…]

Eduardo M. Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. The views expressed in the piece are his own, and should not be attributed to Cornell University or Cornell Law School.

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