Excuse me while I go shove my head in the Oven.

[Sanctified]

I don't get it, how can Obama have this slip of the tongue today after he has fought the Right Wing smears for so long on not being a Muslim. Out of all the slips he could possibly have, why this one? I am now going to have to go bang my head against the wall also known as my mom re-explaining that Obama is not a Muslim. For the love of God, how could this happen.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. What happened? I must have missed something.

[southerncrone]

2. Me, too. Please enlighten us

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. slip of the tongue, he said "my muslim faith". George Stephanopoulus corrected him.

[regnaD kciN]

27. Actually, it wasn't a slip, and what he was saying made sense...

See below. What Obama was saying was that, even if McCain himself didn't speak about Obama's "Muslim faith," if his campaign though Obama should be held responsible for any progressive blog rumor-mongering about Palin's family, then McCain should likewise take responsibility for the crap those on his side were stirring up as well. Stephanopoulus, unhelpfully, chose to interrupt with "you mean your Christian faith," which made Obama stop for a moment before trying again to explain what he was saying.

[Sanctified]

3. This happened, which i am sure will be looped on Fox News all the way to election day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qotHTtr30I

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/07/obama-verbal-slip-fuels-his-critics/

I am just sick.

[Lorien]

9. The Washington Times..of course

just check out the comments below the article. Those are their core audience.

[regnaD kciN]

21. delete

Comment posted before finding transcript of incident.

[democracy1st]

34. here's the video judge for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIXRt57tM3Q&NR=1

[crimsonblue]

4. oh poor you....

I'm so sorry not all of us are so perfect like you. How does it feel to never have made a verbal gaffe?

[Sanctified]

5. Yeah, I make verbal gaffe's but I am not running for President.

This election is way to important to let something this silly happen.

[Name removed]

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[regnaD kciN]

26. It wasn't even a gaffe...

He was talking about how some on the right were branding him as a Muslim, even if McCain himself wasn't. The only reason there's any confusion about what he was saying was because Steph misunderstood and tried to "correct" him, thus cutting him off. What Obama was saying was that, even if McCain himself hadn't spoken about Obama's "Muslim faith," many on the right had, and if McCain was going to claim that Obama was responsible for whatever the progressive blogs might have said about Palin's family, McCain should himself take responsibility for the smears that similar groups on the right were spreading about him.

[gateley]

6. GET OUT OF THAT OVEN -- It's electric - it won't work. :-)

The only place I've even seen it mentioned is here, and someone posted a YouTube vid of it. No big deal. Those who get in a tizzy are those who probably believed it all along anyway. And those people are lost to us and have been since the beginning.

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. Drudge has it up... it will be beat to death by the same crowd who won't vote for Obama anyway

[gateley]

18. Yeah, I doubt if it'll cause a ripple except among the Obama haters.

Kind of like we jump on things that the opposition says when it's not really warranted. :evilgrin:

[BrklynLiberal]

15. You know..you are probably right.....

:thumbsup:

[Sidney J Mussburger]

16. Ohhhh, It is electric and it will work but

It'll be more painful, but who cares about this jerkass. I sure don't. Where I live the sky isn't falling!! Yippie!! Fuck you Wisconsin! I mean that. Fuck you Wisconsin, I hate yer guts.

This post is sarcasm. The worst form of humor. Similar to all right wing talking points, all sarcastic fluff that will end up in the sewer of life.

Drunk posting end/ Hopefully I made some sense.

[Sidney J Mussburger]

20. Ahh Jeez

Didn't made much sense there pallie. Who cares, the Bears fucking dominated and it was Awesome. Later dude

[Egnever]

8. LOL please do

[akangel2008]

11. Eh, I doubt it'll have any traction at all. It's been beat to death.

The only people that buy this stuff are the same ones that say he went to a muslim school because supposedly his dad put muslim where it said religion.

[d_b]

13. so which is it

was Rev. Wright a Muslim pastor? All we heard for months was this story about a supposed black radical christian theology. Right-wing talking heads, when called out, admit he isn't a muslim. So what's the big deal?

The MSM decided long ago that they wouldn't allow the right to get away with this lie. A gaffe won't cut it.

[melody]

14. Everyone slips up. The sane people will know he misspoke

The only ones who'll remember this are the fundies and they're all RW anyway.

[FrenchieCat]

17. If you watched the conversation, one would understand what happened....

but at this point, I don't care. The republicans are the ones that lie constantly.....doesn't seem like anyone gives a shit about that.

The Repugs have a Nazi Separatist 2nd on the ticket, and noone seems to give a fuck.

Nervous nellies need to get the fuck out of the way!

[DarthDem]

19. Not A Gaffe

Steffie either thought it was one, or tried to make it one, but Obama corrected him.

This will have no play outside of the core of the usual idiots. And Barack doesn't have their votes.

[regnaD kciN]

23. Does anyone have a transcript of that part of the conversation...?

All I can see is the clip of him saying "John McCain hasn't talked about my Muslim faith, and..." Steph corrects him with "Christian faith," and Obama echoes "...Christian faith."

I sure hope there's some context around here that explains it differently...because, taken on its own, it sure looks like a Freudian slip.

[regnaD kciN]

24. Forget it...I found one...

And you're right -- it wasn't a gaffe. He was trying to talk about the spreading of rumors about him being a Muslim. If Steph hadn't interrupted him with what he thought Obama meant, it wouldn't have been an issue.

STEPHANOPOULOS: You mention your Christian faith. Yesterday you took off after the Republicans for suggesting you have Muslim connections. Just a few minutes ago, Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager, said they've never done that. This is a false and cynical attempt to play victim.

OBAMA: You know what? I mean, these guys love to throw a rock and hide their hand. The...

STEPHANOPOULOS: The McCain campaign has never suggested you have Muslim connections.

OBAMA: No, no, no. But the -- I don't think that when you look at what is being promulgated on Fox News, let's say, and Republican commentators who are closely allied to these folks...

STEPHANOPOULOS: But John McCain said that's wrong.

OBAMA: Now, well, look. Listen. You and I both know that the minute that Governor Palin was forced to talk about her daughter, I immediately said that's off limits. And...

STEPHANOPOULOS: But John McCain said the same thing about questioning your faith.

OBAMA: And what was the first thing the McCain's campaign went out and did? They said, look, these liberal blogs that support Obama are out there attacking Governor Palin. Let's not play games. 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...

STEPHANOPOULOS: Christian faith.

OBAMA: ... my Christian faith. Well, what I'm saying is that he hasn't suggested...

STEPHANOPOULOS: Has connections, right.

OBAMA: ... that I'm a Muslim. And I think that his campaign's upper echelons have not, either. What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith -- something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.

[BlooInBloo]

22. The slip isn't the problem. A large number of white folks are....

EDIT: I must have missed you complaining about *them*.

[goletian]

25. obama didnt mess up, they are taking him out of context. thats no surprise.

[No Elephants]

28. It was an unfortunate phrasing exactly bc it can be taken out of context. However, after Steph

prompted him, Obama explained that hs meant false allegations. I don't think many will touch it, other than the knuckle draggers. It would have been better if it had not been said in those exact words, but it's not going to be a big deal.

[regnaD kciN]

29. Actually, if Steph HADN'T prompted him, it would have been better...

He would have finished his original reply, and it would have been clear that he was talking about "my 'Muslim faith'" as the lies Republicans were telling about him. By stopping and "correcting" him, Steph forced Obama to stop and start the reply all over again, leaving a hanging half-finished sentence that could be used as a right-wing soundbite.

[Name removed]

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[AtomicKitten]

31. Seriously? Jeez, for all we know Obama did it on purpose.

This kind of nonsense resonates on freeper boards ... for about a week until they get distracted by a shiny object or some other faux outrage.

Makes one wonder why the hang-wringing here.

[Window]

32. Context is your friend.

[truthisfreedom]

33. forget it. Concentrate on mcthief's son!

500 million dollars!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3476512

[lamp_shade]

35. What you say? "For the love of G..." oferpetesake... give me a break.

:puke:

[seabeyond]

36. he did not have a slip, that is bullshit. was clear what he meant. georgie

was the fuck up there.