Obama's "Ban Handguns" Questionaire - via WaPo "The Fact Checker"

The Washington Post ^ | April 17, 2008 | MIchael Dobbs

[Oakleaf]

Live Fact Check Pennsylvania Democratic Debate 9:50 p.m.

Both the McCain and Clinton campaigns are accusing Obama of giving a misleading answer to Charlie Gibson about whether his handwriting was on a questionnaire that reported him as favoring a complete ban on handguns. The Obama campaign has said that a staffer "mischaracterized" the senator's views while filling up answers to the questionnaire without Obama's input. You can see the questionnaire here. Obama's handwriting is on the first page, but tonight he said flatly, "no, my writing was not on that particular questionnaire."

There were, in fact, two versions of the questionnaire, filed under Obama's name in 1996 when he was running for the Illinois State Senate. One version has Obama's handwriting on it, one does not. Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor subsequently told Politico that the senator scribbled a few notes on the first page of the questionnaire, but did not read the response to the question about banning handguns, on a subsequent page.

Either way, it seems a rather lame explanation.

[Oakleaf]

Go to the source URL and click on the link via "You can see the questionaire here." It leads to a PDF file of the actual form where he wants to ban handguns and ban 'assault weapons'.

[Gondring]

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM43_080328_obama_iviquestionaire_091096.html

[chainsaw]

The Obama campaign has said that a staffer “mischaracterized”.

It seems that when the Muslim (Hussein) gets caught in a lie it is always a staffers fault.

[kaboom]

When people have no leadership skills nor management experience, they must rely on their handlers and staffers to get things done.

[dalebert]

misunderstood obama

[Renegade]

He'll say he was monkeying around with the questionairre .

[scooby321]

He doesn’t hear his Pastor’s sermons. He doesn’t read how his views are expressed. Why is he running for President?

[Travis McGee]

Smoking handgun?

[Renegade]

“He doesn’t hear his Pastor’s sermons. He doesn’t read how his views are expressed. Why is he running for President?”

Because unfortunately he can .

[pepperhead]

Thanks clicked and saved. Will show it to others.