--- sites/all/modules/simplenews/simplenews.module copy 1	2008-09-10 15:17:21.000000000 -0700
+++ sites/all/modules/simplenews/simplenews.module	2008-09-10 15:17:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -1458,7 +1458,6 @@
         $node->body = $content;
         unset($node->teaser);
         node_invoke_nodeapi($node, 'alter', FALSE, TRUE);
-        $node = node_prepare($node);
         $body = theme('simplenews_newsletter_body', $node->body, check_plain($node->title), $message['language']);
 
         // Buffer body text node and language specific