I knew it, I just knew it...
I rolled my eyes when I saw the little gaffe that Barack Obama made about his faith during an interview on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. George was talking to, and constantly interrupting I might add, Obama about his faith and the smears directed at him regarding his background.
The minute I hear Obama misspeak, I would've bet good money that the righties would pounce, take it out of context and immediately send it out as a sound byte in millions of emails. And they did.
So, when your unhinged cousin sends you a 13-second clip saying, "Here's proof he's a secret Muslim!"...here is a portion of the interview in its fuller context. Judge for yourself.
He meant "my so called Muslim faith...as invented by the rightwing."
<sigh> This is what passes for politics in America today.
One could say that Obama needs to understand that brevity is his friend. Yet, the issues are complicated and deserve more than lip service and sound bytes. The fact that Obama thinks before he speaks should be one of his most attractive qualities as a candidate.
If we ask the righties what McCain meant in his acceptance speech when he said Palin works with her hands and nose...they'll say he misspoke
If we ask them what Tom Ridge meant when he said "John Bush" when he meant McCain...they'll say he misspoke.
Then there's the poor lady, a representative from Ohio, who was one of the introducers of "our nominee Sarah Pawlenty."
Obama is human too, he misspoke.
Every now and then Obama says something that, on second thought, could have been said better. Every now and then, he has what we call a slip of the tongue, or a brain freeze.
Every now and then, actually quite frequently, John McCain says something that calls into question his knowledge about important things. Or maybe he's just a confused human being who really needs Joe Lieberman by his side to keep him straight.
John McCain didn't know the difference between Sunni and Shia.
He was confused about which faction in Iraq is supported by the Iranians.
He doesn't know the geographical location and relationship of Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.
He doesn't know that Czechoslovakia no longer exists.
There's more...but I'm busy today.
