DoubleEdgeSword
Oct 24th, 2007, 07:19 AM
Romney makes Obama/Osama slip
WASHINGTON (CNN) — It was only a slip of the tongue, but it's hard not to notice when a presidential candidate is confused for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Giving a speech before the Chamber of Commerce in Greenwood, South Carolina Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/mitt.romney.html) invoked Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/hillary.clinton.html) name when he apparently meant to say Osama bin Laden.
“Actually, just look at what Osama — Barack Obama said just yesterday," Romney said, according to the Associated Press. "Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield."
Romney campaign spokesman Kevin Madden called the remarks a "brief mix up."
“Gov. Romney simply misspoke," he said. "He was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Jeez. Do the Republicans really want to nominate a man who can't even get someone's name right?
Oh wait... D'oh.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — It was only a slip of the tongue, but it's hard not to notice when a presidential candidate is confused for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Giving a speech before the Chamber of Commerce in Greenwood, South Carolina Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/mitt.romney.html) invoked Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's (http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/hillary.clinton.html) name when he apparently meant to say Osama bin Laden.
“Actually, just look at what Osama — Barack Obama said just yesterday," Romney said, according to the Associated Press. "Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield."
Romney campaign spokesman Kevin Madden called the remarks a "brief mix up."
“Gov. Romney simply misspoke," he said. "He was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name."
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
Jeez. Do the Republicans really want to nominate a man who can't even get someone's name right?
Oh wait... D'oh.