Senator Obama slips up and says “my Muslim faith” in an interview with George Stephanopoulus:
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/13078.htm
While Israel Insider has issues with Senator Obama, the video doesn’t lie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQqIpdBOg6IAnd here’s the transcript:
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.
I see where Senator Obama slipped up and corrected himself but that doesn’t matter. That “my Muslim faith” may get ACCELERATED coverage in the press (Left, Right, Center, Sideways, etc). How fast things could unravel for Senator Obama depends on how this is played. There’s no evidence of Senator Obama worshiping in a mosque (all we see is Trinity Church and Jeremiah Wright in his religious background). But in American politics, you RARELY get a second chance.
Thanks to Holly In Cincinnati for the tip…
UPDATE
I received a few e-mails about this and I’ve read some of the comments. Thanks to commenter CStanley, I’ve added the phrase “may get ACCELERATED” instead of painting with a broad brush. I usually practice not painting with a broad brush but I did and that’s not me. For that I apologize. We’ll just go with a WAIT AND SEE approach.
I’m not complex. Don’t have time for all that. And all that complex stuff bad for the stomach. Just color me simple and plain with a twist.