Posted on 05/28/2008 5:23:22 AM PDT by Baladas
Republicans tried yesterday to jump on it as a question of Barack Obama's judgment. His campaign chalked it up to an innocent mistake.
The latest gaffe in the presidential campaign started during a Memorial Day event in New Mexico, where Obama talked about his uncle being among the US troops who liberated the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. "And the story in our family was that when he came home, he just went up into the attic and he didn't leave the house for six months," Obama said.
The veracity of the recollection started rebounding around the blogosphere, then yesterday, the Republican National Committee issued a missive.
"Barack Obama's dubious claim is inconsistent with world history and demands an explanation," RNC spokesman Alex Conant said. "It was Soviet troops that liberated Auschwitz, so unless his uncle was serving in the Red Army, there's no way Obama's statement yesterday can be true. Obama's frequent exaggerations and outright distortions raise questions about his judgment and his readiness to lead as commander in chief."
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But since it's Barack Hussein Obama, it's just a "gaffe". Yes, HIS.
“Innocent mistake” on the part of his campaign is in other words, lies, lies and more lies to further a political agenda that does not include support for any troops of the US variety.
How many more GAFFES can this guy make and get a free pass????
BO, like his party followers, are suffering from some sort of hero psychosis. I know some of them. These people don’t care about truth.
lol
He’s lucky that he gaffed on Auschwitz and Uncles right after he started seeing ghosts.
Will Keiff Olbermann ever be able to forgive him for this?
Barry has been making some version of this speech since 2002.
Who told this to you, Barry... your typical, white-person grandma? And, are you making fun of your “great-uncle”... who obviously was suffering from PTSD???
The man is either completely stupid or a compulsive liar. Either way, does anyone want him in charge?
Yea, Auschwitz and Buchenwald do sound a lot alike.
If Barack Tomatoe Obama were Dan Quayle, or any Republican, he would have long ago been marginalized by the media for his many gaffes.
“How many more GAFFES can this guy make and get a free pass????”
As many as he wants or as many as he just happens to make! The media loves him and will continue to do everything in their power to see that Hillary is trashed and Obama is their nominee! Obama is more of a “liberal socialist” than Hillary and the media always goes to the left as far as they can!
How old was his “great uncle” in 1945? 50 or 60?
Oh, has he? Tell this asshat at ABC:
“Obama deserved to be called out for his mistake. But it’s also worth noting that despite all the talk about Obama’s problems with the Jewish community, he’s never mentioned before that his great uncle helped liberate a concentration camp until it came up in North Las Vegas in a conversation about PTSD.”
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/of-gaffes-and-p.html
I’d disagree with Jack there too - most cc survivors would resent the fact that BO thinks the *real* name of the camp wouldn’t matter - bet it would to them.
So he had to pretend that returning Vets with mental problems did not get help back in the 40's.
Barack is wrong about that, too.
For starters, John Huston made a film about the treatment that was given Vets, called Let There Be Light
Barack has a habit of painting a bleak view of reality, so that he can pose as a savior who will make things better.
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