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Video: No, Obama didn’t “admit” to being a Muslim on ABC
hotair ^ | Allahpundit

Posted on 09/07/2008 12:46:16 PM PDT by flyfree

Within 10 minutes of this airing we’d already gotten four or five e-mails about it; 20 minutes later, a bowdlerized version had already hit YouTube and begun circulating. I despise lefty sites for twisting conservatives’ words by selectively editing clips, so let’s cut this one off at the pass before it gets going. Here’s the full exchange with Stephanopoulos, making it perfectly clear that when he says “my Muslim faith” he’s referring to how the people smearing him see him, not how he sees himself. No mas, please.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008; abcnews; husseinobama; islam; mohammedanism; mymuslimfaith; obama; obamabiden; obamuslim
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To: flyfree

Welcome to free Republic! ;-)


61 posted on 09/07/2008 1:09:34 PM PDT by PureSolace (God save us all)
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To: flyfree

My spell checker always wanted to replace “Obama” with “Alabama”, which just didn’t seem right. So I loaded Osama bin Laden into the spell dictionary and now it wants to replace “Obama” with “Osama”......good for a chuckle every time I click it. It’s the small things in life, don’t you find?


62 posted on 09/07/2008 1:10:16 PM PDT by CanaGuy (Go Harper!)
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To: Will88

I think that’s the point. A President would have clarified to George what he meant, instead he let George lead his thought with no qualms.


63 posted on 09/07/2008 1:10:41 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: flyfree

Barack Obama! Don't you lie to me,
You're from Kenya Africa, not from Hawaii.

He trained at the madrassa, not PS 21,
His daddy was a Muslim, his mom not quite a nun.

He wants to be the president of these United States,
Imposing his religion like all past caliphates.

He may just be the Imam, the second after ten,
We don't know this sucker, not who nor where nor when.

Barack Obama! Don't you lie to me,
You're from Kenya Africa, not from Hawaii.


64 posted on 09/07/2008 1:11:40 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: CanaGuy
"Someone should get the Muslim prayer times for North America and see if Barry’s trips to the washroom with a little floor mat coincide with them."

Better yet, take a recording of the call to prayers to one of his campaign events, and see if he falls to his knees and bows toward Mecca.

65 posted on 09/07/2008 1:11:42 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Tarpon
Is that 57 state thing going around really true? I've never tried to find out as I thought it was just tooo stupid to be true. So can you tell me, is it really true? If so it is absolutely idiotic to consider this guy for anything except perhaps remedial education. At what grade I don't know, when do kids learn there are 50 states?
66 posted on 09/07/2008 1:11:47 PM PDT by pepperdog (The world has gone crazy.)
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To: mass55th

“Well then obviously Stephanopoulos took him out of context too, because he felt compelled to point it out and correct him on it.”

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OUTSTANDING observation.


67 posted on 09/07/2008 1:12:06 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (CHEVY VOLT COUNTDOWN: V minus 95 Weeks. Waiting...)
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To: Mamzelle

Right. A gaffe is fair game. Absolutely. All we need do is lampoon Milhous, “He Who Must Not be Named”.


68 posted on 09/07/2008 1:12:12 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Barack Milhous Obama aka HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED [We dare not speak his name!])
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To: adversarial

Probably


69 posted on 09/07/2008 1:12:16 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

In this age of video taping and BEYOND, truth will not be hidden for long.


70 posted on 09/07/2008 1:14:01 PM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (Barack Milhous Obama aka HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED [We dare not speak his name!])
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To: moose2004
"I see no difference, it still seems to me that Obambi slipped, he made the Muslim comment too..."

He hadn't even realized he'd made a slip. George was nice enough to rephrase Bambi's answer for him, putting words in his mouth.

71 posted on 09/07/2008 1:14:29 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: flyfree

Obamadon, during Ramadan, exposes his Mohammdan random ramblings


72 posted on 09/07/2008 1:14:30 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: balls
When I saw the video, it was obvious his comment was being taken out of context and people were hearing only what they wanted to hear. This is not the gotcha we’ve been waiting for!

I don't know. I listened to the context, and it is true that he was talking about people calling him muslim in radio talk shows, but McCain hasn't said anything directly. But to say a line like "...it's true that McCain hasn't said anything about my Muslim faith..." instead of something to distance himself from calling himself a Muslim is quite a gaffe. Why didn't he say "my supposedly being a Muslim" or "McCain hasn't spoken about me being a Muslim"? Either of those would never have had the interpretation that "my Muslim faith" does.

If you think that it shouldn't have been interpreted as a gaffe at all, then why did Stephanopoulus immediately correct him?

73 posted on 09/07/2008 1:15:07 PM PDT by dan1123 (If you want to find a person's true religion, ask them what makes them a "good person".)
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To: mass55th

Steph misunderstood what BHO was saying and made it more cloudy. Is there an English professor in the house who can explain this a little better?


74 posted on 09/07/2008 1:16:02 PM PDT by balls (Never underestimate the stupidity of the American electorate)
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To: flyfree
I think what this points out is this guy doesn't know who he is. As Sarah Pallin said, the presidency isn't about a journey of self discovery. The country cannot afford it. When Barry gets around to addressing his shortcomings, the country will be ready to give him another chance. But that is not today.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

75 posted on 09/07/2008 1:16:25 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: CanaGuy
That is funny.
76 posted on 09/07/2008 1:16:44 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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To: flyfree
Yes, the fact of the matter is that this video shows a misspeaking gaffe, not a teary eyed admission of faith.

But, as a wise man once said, facts are stupid things. ;-)

The issue is that when people misspeak, they generally realize it, and correct themselves. I wouldn't say 'My opponent has never connected me to my Buddhist faith' without it registering with me that I had misspoken. As an instructor I'm often clarifying or correcting myself. Sometimes my explanations sounds less correct to my ears than it did in my head. The more important or un-ambiguous the topic, the more likely I would catch myself.

If I said, for instance, "Make sure you remove the batteries from your system before turning it on", it would strike me right away that I misspoke. Removing the power source from an electronic device before turning it on is clearly incorrect.

Obama has no light of recognition on his face that he said anything wrong. Either he didn't think he said anything wrong, or he's just not very bright. I'm perfectly willing to accept either possibility.

77 posted on 09/07/2008 1:17:30 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate" Ibn Warraq)
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To: pepperdog

Yeah it’s true, there is video of him saying that, and Rush and others has played it many times.


78 posted on 09/07/2008 1:17:57 PM PDT by Tarpon (Three things matter when selecting a President - character, character and character.)
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To: pepperdog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws


79 posted on 09/07/2008 1:18:42 PM PDT by Archytekt
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To: Will88

I think what Allah is pointing out, and Allah, like many of us, wants McCain-Palin to win, is that it is very possible that such attacks will turn Obama into a victim, and there are negitive sides for McCain in doing that.


80 posted on 09/07/2008 1:18:53 PM PDT by flyfree (Biden is no Palin and Obama is no McCain)
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