Posted on 09/08/2008 9:24:31 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
A spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama's campaign is taking the Chicago Sun-Times to task for reporting on a verbal slip Obama made referring to "my Muslim faith."
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
“Oh, and he takes five cat-naps a day. On his knees. Head on carpet, facing east.”
(Nothing to see here....)
Not a rumor. Either Obama is either a muslim under taquiya (sp?) or an apostate to the religion in which he was brought up.
It shows Obama is rattled; he cannot stand up to the heat of the election contest. He’s revealing a side of himself that doesn’t reflect very well as to how well he’d hold up under pressure.
and go check out newsmax’s article about Obama’s brother and Obama’s time as a muslim. I grant the fact that he was not an ACTIVE muslim but he did spend time praying and studying it as a youngster. The fact that he and his campaign are trying to sweep this under the rug and deny it just creates the impression that he is trying to hide something. Had he just told the truth and explained the circumstances, it would be a non issue.
obama=muslim manchurian candidate
Smart of the Obama campaign to put out a press release on this to keep it alive.
What fools.
Maybe because they saw the backlash when Sarah was slimed by the Network media.
I believe that Bill Ayers, Resko, and Reverend Wright are the best ways to go against Obama.
It is true that Barack Obama’s father was a Muslim as was his stepfather. It is logical to assume that Barack watched and perhaps participated in Muslim religious ceremonies as a child in Indonesia. You can even make the case that some societies/countries believe ‘once and Muslim, always a Muslim’. That is NOT, however, what we believe in the United States.
There is no indication in his adult life that Barack has been a practicing Muslim. He made a simple slip of the tongue on the Sunday talk show, and it doesn't help our side to indulge in the kind of cheap shots we denounce when they come from the other side.
We should take the high road on this one.
IMO, this makes our side look like fools without evidence to back up their claims.
And there is enough to bury the guy without bringing this up.....57 states, inflate your tires etc.
Use his own words against him. That is enough.
The coverage is what bothers me, I have never slipped and called myself Jewish. It shows he is hiding something.
I’ve seen the video. Of course Obama didn’t MEAN to say that he was a Muslim. How stupid would that be? But it was pretty certainly a Freudian slip.
Typical left-wing attitude. “You’re NOT ALLOWED to print that news!” Only proper leftist propaganda is allowed. So, stop printing the FACTS.”
[But Obama DID SAY IT.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw
Interesting too, but little noted; that the entire Muslim world are under the impression that Obama is Muslim. Of course, by the Faith of his Father; he IS a Muslim. Plain/simple. . .this surely explains his empathy for Nation of Islam; and among others, of course. It might even explain for his expressed 'love' of the Muslim 'call to prayer'. . .
Whatever. . .if you listen to the rants of Black Liberation Theology; it is hard to distinguish the difference from a Nation of Islam rant; and a 'true believer' of Black Liberation Theology. . .or a 'Black Panther' or a radical, Leftist Weatherman; or those rants found at COPUSA*.
Friends, all, of course. . .(Communist Party U.S.A.)
We should take the high road on this one.
You must be a Republican Congressman or Senator.
Obam_Ah is a doofus !
Without his teleprompter, Obama can't speak a coherent sentence.
Can't wait until the debates!
It was pretty obvious that he attended a Muslim school while in Indonesia and while not a practicing Muslim he certainly was trained in the Muslim faith.
The MEMRI video of Quadaffy saying Osama is a muslim is a good one also. Don’t forget about the NYT article (scrubbed from the website) by Kristoff in which he quotes Osama saying the muslim call to prayer is the most beautiful sound on earth.
Hmmm...why is George correcting him? Such gaffes from Obama occur far too often to be summarily dismissed with the excuses given. I think this is the first time in history that a political party has hired a full-time Gaffe Corrector and a Foot-In-Mouth-Fire-Put'er-Outter for their presidential nominee. It should be even more fun to watch after Joe sobers up and reemerges into the public eye.
I agrre with you. Obama has NEVER faced a tough election fight, and he can’t hide behind his teleprompter all the time. He is behind in the polls so he has to be more aggressive, but he risks exposing his lack of being able to think on his feet it he does. Once the teleprompter is gone, and he does not know the questions ahead of time, he is totally lost.
My tag line says it all......
Talk about a Freudian slip...
I thought Bambi’s spokesperson said that the only newspeople reporting this was the Washington Times.
lol.
Islam is the religion of peace, right? And anyway, he was probably drunk or high when he said it....
May the peace of Allahwho be upon you, yes yes.
Another point to make here. Obama has been a member of the United Church of Christ (UCC) denomination for over 20 years.
The UCC has a long track record of being pro-abortion,anti-Israel, pro-welfare state, and other leftist ideologies.
So Obama’s long term involvement with the UCC would be enough reason to not vote for him.
His gaffes regarding Muslims is icing on the cake why Americans need to totally reject Obama’s leftist ideologies.
They're either very clever (trying to blame McCain for it, the way ABC did), or very dumb. I'm voting for the latter.
All we are asking is for this candidate, all candidates, to level with us. It is not his religion or lack of same that bothers me. It is the fact that he refuses to be honest with the voters. If he wants the mantle as a “different” kind of politician, honesty is a basic tenet that must be in place.
Oh, and the Marxism he spouts doesn’t help either.
“You’re not allowed . . .”
Spot on, Cicero.
Farther up the page there’s commentary about the McCain campaign playing hardball with the media. Then this from the O campaign.
HIP. OCK. RA. SEE.
Only his roots were Muslim and he was an Atheist till he became a black liberation "Christian" for political reasons.
Gee, I feel lots better.
On a related note, from 2006....
Mainline Christian Churches Respond to Hamas and Hezbollah Aggression
There was a specific statement on the website of Obama’s particular black power “church” that all were welcome, including Muslims. I guess that must be for the black Muslim contingent. IIRC, Wright was a Black Muslim before he decided that the pay and influence were better at the UCC.
Isn't Barry's campaign being run by a bunch of Toon retreads?
Once a Clintonoid....
Just ask John Kerry.
Indeed.
The man doesn't have a single friend who isn't or wasn't a radical. Yes, "This is the United States", but not for long if he gets elected.
Debates nowadays are so staged, so controlled, I imagine the Obamessiah will do just fine. In a real, back-and-forth debate I think he'd get his clock cleaned. But I can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
My Uncle, who fought in both World Wars and was fluently spoke several languages, always said that if you wound someone, they will cry out in their native tongue.
Hussein's 20 or so years of pretending and covering up just went down the drain.
What he said is not what he said.
Who actually believes that Obama has any religious beliefs?
Az Willie Brown observed, Dems just don’t know how to play defense. And we’re on the offensive from now till election day.
After Stephanopolis corrects Obama; he does not 'betray himself'; but after first five words of 'splainging himself'; an interpreter is necessary. Obama falters and falls - albeit smoothly and effortlessly - to the nonsensical.
(Challenge any Obamafan to tell us what in the world - or 'where' Obama ends up, at the end of his 'correction' re his Muslim Faith.)
Obama Akbar! Obama Akbar!
Obama’s campaign site says “Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim,”
This is false. He studied the koran and can still recite the Islamic call to prayer in arabic.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/christian
If he was a Christian as a youth (which is the claim they try to make when they point out it was a Catholic school) who baptised him and when?
He is free to pick any faith, he shouldn’t lie to the public about it.
I thoroughly disagree on this one, gf. We should be looking for what is true about this unknown man who is so close to becoming our president.
Every bit of evidence should be weighed.
That should include his joining a radical liberal Christian denomination, his muslim background, his offering of a muslim day in his legislative district, his association to Ayers, etc.
In short, everything is fair game.
Good point. Certain characteristics are so fundamental to who we are that it is hard to understand how we'd goof on them.
I don't mean to make an analogy that sounds flippant by comparison, but I've never slipped and said I post at DU or Kos.
To add to your wonderful list:
Secretary of DEM Affairs John Edwards
Secretary of Thuggery Affairs Michelle Obama aka Omama
Secretary of Lies Bill Clinton
Secretary of Thighs Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Sexual Affairs Madona
Secretary of Propaganda Michael Moore
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