Barack slip up on ABC

[Top Cat]

McCain nor his camp has said not said anthing about my muslim faith. Then he said you know I mean they have not questioned my christian faith.

[Emit]

1. Hannity will have that 3 second clip on a loop by this evening

and it will play nonstop from now until election day, I guarantee you.

[Top Cat]

6. I agree.. But Barack did clarify what he meant, and he was not called out on it by Step

[Emit]

15. And I knew what he meant before I even finished reading your post

and it's no concern to me, but Hannity doesn't care what people actually MEAN. He plays a 3 second loop where Obama is narrating his book about 'white man's greed' and claims Obama 'said this so he believes this.' There's no shame with this asshat.

[BeFree]

78. Obama did NOT make a mistake

McCain has not talked about Obama having a Muslim faith.

It was no mistake.

But everyone has talked about Obama's Christian faith... 'member his pastor?

[Number23]

85. Please visit and rec this thread. Provides full quote from Obama

It has a link to the full quote from Obama. This thread should make the home page because it goes without saying that our Free-ky friends are having the Grandest Time Ever over this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x183884#184041

[freebird2000]

72. ABC news and the 3-second clip

It is not that someone WILL take this out of context.

The video (and AUDIO) was already edited by ABC. The interview is full of cuts. Right after Obama says "my Muslim faith," it cuts away to Stephanopoulos. This is HUGE and no one is saying anything about that.

Does ABC get a free pass on editing this comment?

[Libby2]

76. It's already out there.

[Miss Chybil]

2. What ever. nt

[Connie_Corleone]

3. I really don't care. It was sort of a slip up. Big deal.

After nineteen months of smearing, I just don't give a damn if some ignorant asshole decides to jump on that slip up.

[ChazII]

81. Agree with you, 100% . n/t

[eShirl]

4. only Republicans are allowed to misspeak with impunity

[yourguide]

5. Yeah, I saw that

and was bummed, just because I know the freepers and fundies are going to have a field day with it.

it means nothing but fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

[still_one]

7. I don't know what the exact question was, but what he was trying to say is they weren't

saying he was a Muslim and questioning his faith

[blitzburgh55]

8. On you tube already

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zQK_EhDhZQ

pukes having a field day.

[Top Cat]

10. Not surprise.... This will be a 2 day flame at least

[Upton]

9. Just great, first Caribou Barbie now this

[MissDeeds]

71. Well poop

I'm against anything that takes attention away from Palin. This is a gift to the McCain campaign, but we need to bury it. No hits on websites carrying this.

[NYC_SKP]

11. Don't visit the youtube site! Let it sink.

Don't give it hits...

Thank you.

[Top Cat]

12. Agreed

[kiva]

Aaaarrggg...too late.

Who are these morans who commented on this clip (which didn't show Obama's later correction)?

[begin_within]

13. Expect the quote to be taken out of context, and e-mailed endlessly for the next 2 months

They'll just use the words "McCain nor his camp has not said anything about my muslim faith." and that will be multiplied by the billions, even though what Obama meant was "McCain nor his camp has not said tried to claim I am a muslim; that has all been a below-the-radar smear tactic on blogs and by mass e-mail."

[Top Cat]

17. Yeah

[Zuiderelle]

14. That is NOT TRUE! It was VERY clear what was meant.

The way you put it made it seem like he made a slip-up but he didn't. He MEANT muslim faith.. that they were not behind the talk/lies of him being MUSLIM. He didn't mean he was muslim, and he didn't actually accidentally say it either.

I was watching it and Stephanapolis made a point of "correcting" him by saying "Oh you mean your Christian faith?" and then Obama's gracious reaction to that obvious attempt to misportray what he said, which was to say "Right..." or something like that, which was better than saying "Uh huh, you stupid twit, you KNOW I didn't mean that." And then went on to say something like "of course I'm Christian"

[ps1074]

16. Doesn't matter

It will be all over RW mailings in the next 2 months. This alone will cost him about a million votes I guess.

[ErinBerin84]

22. this alone will cost him a million votes?

let me just echo another poster and say...YAWN.

[i-grok]

68. If you don't think it will cost a lot of votes you're grossly overestimating the intelligence

of the American electorate. He could have avoided all this brouhaha if he'd said "Senator McCain hasn't claimed I'm a Muslim because he knows it's not true." The remark wasn't up to his usual careful rhetoric and you better know the wingnuts will milk it for all it's worth.

[ErinBerin84]

80. oh fuck off. A million?

The people who are swayed by this would likely have been swayed by some other Obama smear down the line, sadly.

[i-grok]

83. Fine. Forget about it. You know we'll win so there's no need to worry.

I'm very relieved.

[Forkboy]

28. Step away from the bong.

Or just hand it to me. :)

[Zuiderelle]

34. A million votes? LOL

[BlooInBloo]

46. No! It will cost him 1 BRAZILLION votes!!! We're DOOMED!!!!

:rofl:

[Emit]

26. Thanks for clarifying, although I trust Obama enough to know what he meant before I even

finished reading the OP.

[nc4bo]

41. Do you know what I think? Not that anyone would care but I need to say it anyways

If a man or woman can get MY country back on track, get us out of this shitty mess we find ourselves in, stop the damn warmongering, promote ONE NATION made of the many, I wouldn't give a gotdamn if he or she was a fucking atheist, wiccan, the golly fucking green giant, Arab or Muslim, black, white, brown, yellow or red, I would be MORE than happy to show my support to a politician that puts ME (as in us, America - ALL of us) 1st before any entity.

Thank God the demographics of this country is changing.

[BeyondGeography]

18. Only the loons we'll never have will jump on that

[1corona4u]

49. Exactly. I did leave them a nice mesage though.

:-)

[lamp_shade]

19. YAWN !!!!

[Barack_America]

20. But, as President, McCain will "Veto EVERY BEER!"

If someone sends you Barack's slip, fire this back. That is a direct quote from McCain, he wants to veto your beer. Just look, he picked a Christian extremist running mate, probably to help him veto beer.

I'm series.

[WeDidIt]

21. Your concern regarding this concern is very concering.

You have us all concerned.

[Fran Kubelik]

23. Yup yup

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

79. I'm concerned about the concern. How much concern should there be? And should we be concerned?

I've forgotten about this already, actually.

I guess I just answered my own question.

[NYC_SKP]

24. This won't swing any voter's away from Obama.

Only those who already hate him will care, only haters watch Hannity or listen to Bush, or buy into these out of context clips.

[Dawgs]

25. Anyone that STILL thinks he is a muslim wasn't going to ever vote for him anyways.

No worries here.

[slackmaster]

30. That's about the size of it

Thanks, Dawgs.

[democrattotheend]

27. Grrrr!

Understandable slip of the tongue, but it's going to cost him. The GOP blogs and smear emailers are going to have a field day claiming this was a Freudian slip and that he "accidentally revealed his true colors" or something like that.

[thestrugglecontinues]

29. Already up on youtube

And not good.

[NYC_SKP]

32. DONT. GO. THERE. What is up with these newbie posters???

Telling us all about this shit, let it go, go for a walk or something.....

Looking at the youtube gives it hits, makes it more newsworthy, let it go!

Fer shit's sake!

[NYC_SKP]

31. OMG!!! Look at THIS YouTube! It shows Obama....

...in a much better light.

Watching it helped change my 82 y.o. mom's mind.

Please check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4fRvFhuh4

It's a toe-tapper!

:donut:

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[Bravo Zulu]

33. No big deal

The way the interrogator asked the question, it was a honest mistake!

[alwysdrunk]

35. Daaaaaamn

That was unfortunate.

[DemzRock]

36. You have to hear the whole exchange to understand it...

Not really a slip up but the freepers can take it out of context. That's the bad thing. If you hear more of the exchange, you know that he meant it was a discussion about not suggesting he was a Muslim. You guys scared me a minute there.


http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5745201

[alwysdrunk]

37. You should video reply that on you tube

[ClarkUSA]

38. Here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6973109

[Top Cat]

48. I agree I heard the entire exchange and knew what he meant

Barack is no more muslim than I am. I have been Catholic my entire life.

[ClarkUSA]

39. That's not quite what he said. You don't provide any context, only a "gotcha" moment.

For those who are interested in seeing the whole interview:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6973109

[thewiseguy]

40. This poster has another hit thread on Obama today

With no context and info. What a surprise!

[ClarkUSA]

75. Remember, the McCain campaign is offering prizes for trolling comments on Dem blogs...

Hmmm...

[Top Cat]

43. Thanks for the link.... I know what I heard I saw it on ABC...

[Onlooker]

45. But, it's the 'gotcha' moment that's the problem

This will be used to further the right-wing meme that Obama is a foreigner who can't be trusted. It was a bad slipup, almost as bad as saying the surge was a success.I think it's worth thinking about how we can respond if someone uses it as "evidence" that Obama is a Muslim.

[Connie_Corleone]

50. The fact is that there are people who will find any excuse not to vote for Obama.

If anyone is going to use an out of context quote to decide to not vote for Obama, they weren't going to in the first place.

We're dealing with people who think the truth comes from out of context quotes and something they read in a chain email. These people already had a prejudice against Obama in the first place.

[Top Cat]

52. That was why I posted this

to inform the team of what was going on this morning on ABC even though I am getting slammed for posting this. I am working as hard as I can to help us win this campaign and others have nothing better to do but beat the messenger. Thanks for your reasonable post

[Zuiderelle]

62. No, you said plainly that it was a slipup, and provided NO facts, in fact you misled everyone

with what you posted. If you really intended to inform your "team" then you should have provided the context, and not just what you are now pretending to be an innocent warning about what the RW meme will be.

[coalition_unwilling]

42. Sometimes I wonder why a man

of Obama's intelligence, courage and fortitude even bothers with this nation of half-wits.

[Lex]

47. I wonder why too

:(

[Kaylee]

84. Me three. This is downright idiotic.

[seabeyond]

44. mccain or his camp probably havent. prove that they have. it is the mouths that the camp

is not responsible for doing it. there has to be clarity cause of what we do with palin and seperate from obama and his camp. is the way it is. and it is good too that he did that cause it is saying, they do not question. it is bullshit rumor see.....

not a slip

[malik flavors]

51. Yea, I saw this. My jaw dropped. It was just a misspeak, but it will be all over the internet.

[Top Cat]

53. Yeah

[johnaries]

54. I saw that. I was immediately "oh shit".

Freepers will take it out of context and circulate it endlessly, with the caption "Obama ADMITS he's Muslim!". We have to keep it in context.

[Top Cat]

55. Yes

[ErinBerin84]

56. lol....how come you keep replying "yes"

to everyone who replies that they saw it...what's the point?

[Top Cat]

57. I'll let you answer that ........

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[Top Cat]

64. I see you are also a newbie here.

So is that why you are posting this BS... For the record I am a she and not a he. Thanks

[secondwind]

58. IT WAS NOT A SLIP UP.......OBAMA WAS TAKING THE HIGH ROAD , AS USUAL, AND SAYING THAT McCAIN HAD

NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT MY 'MUSLIM FAITH', MEANING IT IN SARCASM......

GO SEE THE TAPE.

[Willo]

60. After that snow white and divisive RNC convention

I hope Obama uses the slip up to emphasize the nastiness of trying to associate fear of terrorism with all muslims.

He needs a line that will put a shameful spotlight on the person asking.

[WinkyDink]

63. And what would be the RW's point in "making hay" of this? They hate Muslims?

[AzDar]

65. Any moran who would take this at face value (out of context) is too stupid to vote for Obama

ANYWAY, and would clearly fall into the McCain/Cro-Magnon demographic. :eyes:

[book_worm]

66. having fun today, huh?

[freebird2000]

67. ABC edited Obama's response

On the west coast, ABC appears to have edited out Obama's correction after he says "my Muslim faith." It cuts to Stephanopoulos.

[Top Cat]

69. Not surprised.... The campaign will get on this I'm sure

[VolcanoJen]

89. HEY! I showed up to deliver that pizza you ordered, but you're not home!

Asshole.

:-)

[the Sundance Kid]

70. your concern is breathtaking!

[Hope And Change]

73. I posted the video response here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=183884&mesg_id=183884

[Hutzpa]

74. QUESTION

WTF are you doing here?????????????????????????

Are you here to distort and mislead and dance on
Obamas parade, what kind of grave dancing is this????

Why don't you go find something to do, like help register
people to vote.

:grr:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

77. Oh F****CK!!!!

[my3boyz]

82. Yes, this was REALLY bad! I wish he had avoided the Sunday

shows. This could turn out to be as a bad as the "I voted for the war before I voted against it" comment by Kerry. It feeds into their lies. Now he gave the 527s some footage to use in their commercials. Biden was awesome today. Obama was okay but bordering bad after the slip-up. Oh well...guess we all have moments like that.

[girl gone mad]

86. Let the right wing nutjobs have their distraction.

It's a time waster.

[girl gone mad]

87. Let the right wing nutjobs have their distraction.

It's a time waster.

[Waiting For Everyman]

88. Ok then, NOW is the time to go after HER religion BIGTIME!!!

It has to be done. Use the Wasilla "Armageddon Alaska" video. Joel's Army, Christian Exodus, Theocracy, CUFI, everything. Doesn't matter if it's an airtight legal case or not. Obama needs to fight fire with bigger fire. I just hope he has all the ammo that we've found.