Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics

Washington Times ^ | September 7, 2008 | Christina Bellantoni

[Vision Thing]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Sen. Barack Obama's foes seized Sunday upon a brief slip of the tongue, when the Democratic presidential nominee was outlining his Christianity but accidentally said, "my Muslim faith."

The three words - immediately corrected - were during an exchange with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on This Week, when he was trying to criticize the quiet smear campaign suggesting he is a Muslim.

But illustrating the difficulty of preventing false rumors about his faith from spreading, anti-Obama groups within one hour of the interview had sliced it out of context and were sending it around via email. They also were blogging about it.

[nclaurel]

How does the Obama camp know what is on conservative blogs unless they browse them? Some here check their nasty blogs so I guess that figures. But if you go to the other side’s blogs, why claim indignation or shock? Are we supposed to make our blogs PC for them?

[Walkingfeather]

hmmm I have been a Christian for almost 30 years and never once slipped and said... my muslim faith, buddist faith,hindu faith.....

[Prole]

Obama's agents of fascism are at it again.

They will stop at nothing to remove the truth on any issue.

They are evil and hatred personified.

[syriacus]

what Georgie did was to get him to admit he had made a false claim against McCain.

Very good point.

[ezfindit]

EXCELLENT POINT! Great Comment! Yes, I have never, ever, ever met a single Christian who, when talking about their faith, said “My Muslim faith” when talking about their Christian faith.

[keats5]

“Note, however, that in its “corrected” state (”your Christian faith”), the statement makes no sense.”

Great point.

[Calamari]

Well, at least it makes his ears look better.

[Danae]

I agree. Who would make a “Slip” like that. I don’t think it was a slip. I think he has a VERY strong Muslim background. IT SHOWS.

[ThePythonicCow]

If your correct, why would he need to be corrected?

George S needed to correct him, but misstated the correction. George should have suggested the corrected wording as something like "allegations that you are Muslim", rather than as "your Christian faith".

The confusion of the moment.

See the longer (1 min 59 sec) clip of the context, in the video Re: Obama Admits Muslim Faith.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””There are some things that people almost never slip up on and give an incorrect answer, because the correct answer is so ingrained and automatic.””””

It is like the MSM TV guy who said Obama had a father from Kansas and a father from Kenya.

Only a person who brain is so muddled by pushing the homosexuals being fathers agenda would make such a mistake.

[BARLF]

Obama is running for President of the United States. Obama should be able to speak coherently to world leaders as president. I will not make excuses for Obama.

[giotto]

Plato said it first: “Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”

[ThePythonicCow]

EXCELLENT POINT! Great Comment! Yes, I have never, ever, ever met a single Christian who, when talking about their faith, said “My Muslim faith” when talking about their Christian faith.

That was not his mistake. He did not mistakenly refer to his Christian faith (if such it be ;) as his Muslim faith, despite Stephanopolous's correction to that affect. He was clearly referring to (denied) allegations that he was Muslim in that phrase.

[onemiddleamerican]

Taqiyya - "Concealing or disguising one's beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of imminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury."

In the Muslim faith, it's OK for a Muslim Obama to conceal his Muslim faith from us infidels.

He made a tiny little (but revealing) slip today, but Stephanopolis rescued him.

[Yaelle]

You are onto something. He seems to also be very self-conscious this week, almost as though he knows he can’t win this thing any more.

[ThePythonicCow]

I will not make excuses for Obama.

I'm not making excuses for him ... just stating what seems to be plainly the case.

As for that being grounds for not voting for him for President, I have no need for such. I was already in search of broken glass to crawl over on my way to vote against him. Thanks to McCain's VP pick, I can now walk into the voting booth upright and uncut. Go, Sarah!

[Marie]

Actually I had a *very* similar blooper in a conversation I was having with a Christian friend just last night.

But then I had just finished my second glass of wine. ;-)

[gigster]

Corrected by Boy George of the Obama Culture Club.

[GOP Poet]

Obama is a serial Freudian slipper. Must be that deep down even he fears himself and knows he is not qualified or more specifically experienced enough for the presidency as when he introduced Biden as the “next president of the United States.”

[jrooney]

Looks like the Washington Times is reporting “my Muslim faith” quote: - "Let's not play games," he said. "What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith." And you're absolutely right that that has not come." -

Huh. Isn't that surprising. And you said the thread posted on FR about this quote was embarrassing and should be pulled and Obama did not say “my Muslim faith”.