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AP CHAIRMAN APOLOGIZES FOR CALLING OSAMA 'OBAMA' -- TO HIS OBAMA'S FACE
Drudge ^ | April 14, 2008

Posted on 04/14/2008 12:25:10 PM PDT by COUNTrecount

Mon APR 14 2007 14:53:11 ET

Exchange between Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) and William Dean Singleton, chairman of the board of the ASSOCIATED PRESS at the AP annual meeting in Washington DC:

Singleton: Obama bin Laden is still at large.

Obama: I think that was Osama bin Laden. (audience laughter, delayed applause)

Singleton: If I did that, I'm so sorry.

Obama: No, no, no. this is part of the exercise that I've been going through over the last 15 months, which is why it's pretty impressive that I'm still standing. (applause)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ap; obama; oops; osama

1 posted on 04/14/2008 12:25:10 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
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2 posted on 04/14/2008 12:28:14 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Do a Google search on “osama obama” and you’ll see than a lot of people have mixed them up, but only conservatives are criticized for it.


3 posted on 04/14/2008 12:30:10 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: COUNTrecount

It’d be easier to just call him Hussein.


4 posted on 04/14/2008 12:34:27 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (The fence is "absolutely not the answer" - Gov. Rick Perry (R, TX))
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To: COUNTrecount

It’s actually not that much of a stretch. Obama’s whole tribe are Muslims, and his cousin and political ally Odinga the Muslim terrorist has connections with al Qaeda.


5 posted on 04/14/2008 12:35:00 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: COUNTrecount

So many comments so uncalled for.


6 posted on 04/14/2008 12:36:20 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: COUNTrecount

So many comments so uncalled for.


7 posted on 04/14/2008 12:36:20 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged
Do a Google search on “osama obama” and you’ll see than a lot of people have mixed them up, but only conservatives are criticized for it.

Remember Uncle Teddy...

Ted Kennedy Barak Obama Bin Laden
8 posted on 04/14/2008 12:39:56 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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It’s actually not that much of a stretch. Obama’s whole tribe are Muslims, and his cousin and political ally Odinga the Muslim terrorist has connections with al Qaeda.

Wow, it must have been hard to get so many inaccuracies into one sentence.

1. Obama is a member of the Luo tribe. The "whole tribe" are NOT Muslims. In fact, the Luo are overwhelmingly Christian. Obama's grandfather converted to Islam, which was an extremely unusual thing to happen.

2. Obama's "cousin and political ally" Odinga is not a "Muslim terrorist," being neither Muslim nor a terrorist. Rather, he is an Anglican and a tinpot demagogue.

9 posted on 04/14/2008 12:40:29 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: COUNTrecount

Wonder how Bin Laden feels about this?


10 posted on 04/14/2008 12:41:14 PM PDT by FixitGuy (By their fruits shall ye know them!)
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Yeah, well....you seen one Muslim, . . . . . !


11 posted on 04/14/2008 12:45:26 PM PDT by HardStarboard (Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
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Wonder how Bin Laden feels about this?

Ya ever notice how you never see both of those guys together? Maybe the beard is a fake!

Regards,
GtG

12 posted on 04/14/2008 12:46:17 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: COUNTrecount

It’s ok to call him osama, but call him hussien....watch out!


13 posted on 04/14/2008 12:47:29 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Let Freedom Ping List - Ron Paul - Ron Paul - Ron Paul - Join it.)
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To: Miss Didi

It’s Teddy’s fault lol


14 posted on 04/14/2008 12:57:09 PM PDT by lakeman
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To: COUNTrecount

Today, Barack Obama had to apologize to himself when he referred to “Obama bin Laden”, before correcting it to “Osama bin Laden”.

No word if Obama was willing to offer an apology to Osama for the mix-up.

Yes, this is serious.


15 posted on 04/14/2008 5:54:23 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Alter Kaker

What do you think of Raila Odinga’s support for the imposition of sharia in Kenya?


16 posted on 04/14/2008 6:24:56 PM PDT by indcons
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