I expect the RW Noise machine to do this sort of thing. Wolf correctly says in his lead in that:
Blitzer: Senator Obama is used to having his name mangled and his ties to the Muslim world questioned. But today it was literally in his face. At an “Associated Press” luncheon right here in Washington, Obama was asked a question about Osama bin Laden. Listen closely to how the questioner mispronounced the fugitive al Qaeda leader’s name.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can you imagine shifting a substantial number of Afghanistan — a substantial number to Afghanistan? For the Taliban has been gaining strength and Obama bin Laden (sic) is still at large.
OBAMA: I think that was Osama bin Laden.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If I did that, I’m so sorry.
OBAMA: No, no, no. This is part of — part of the — part of the exercise that I’ve been going through over the last 15 months, which is why it’s pretty impressive I’m still standing here.
He showed good humor, but you see how the machine has worked its magic?
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And what about the so-called “liberal” media? These newspaper editors were openly hostile to the Democratic presidential candidate while very accommodating to his republican counterpart.
Liberal media my *ss!
Hey troublesome names build character. I have a girl’s name and so I’m attuned to the evil that men do.
I wanted the entire press conference. Obama hit it out of the park each time.
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Waiting for the next ’slip’ of the ‘boy with a finger on the button’ sort- will it be ‘Hitlery’ or ‘Mr. Osama’, or Macaca?
i think obama’s response to the pitiful flub was spot on.
when is hillary going to start “accidentally” screwing up his name?
that was mighty kkk of him….
sharkcellar @ 2:
sue?
The ‘unidentified male’ is Dean Singleton, chairman of the AP’s board of directors and head of Denver-based MediaNews Group.
Too bad we couldn’t see the Unidentified Male. You could probably have seen Karl Rove’s hand moving his mouth.
time for another mission accomplished banner.
John, O’Bama has been given to great opportunities.
1) A chance to force Clinton into the McCain camp by not allowing her - rhetorically - back on his side.
2) A chance to use his name - O’Bama - as a litmus test to identify those that either see him as a moslem or those that have been indoctrinated or those that mean him mischief.
It’s called Brainwashing. The more you repeat the propaganda the sooner the repetition becomes effective at replacing a persons original perspective.
Commercials work the same way basically. And of course have the advantage of visual stimulation.
Please identify the ‘unidentified male’ so he can join the others, hoisted by their own petards, as they are.
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I too, have a girl’s name, but I suspect even without it I would be attuned to the evil that men do.
Two opportunities - not to. oops
IF I said that?
If I said that?
The guy doesn’t know? ****! I think guy is being mind controlled by someone.
Alice Hussein @ 13:
I have the name of the brother of Jesus - go in peace my son.
He handled it well.
anon @ 11:
Paul B. @ 1:
In all fairness the AP has always been a fairly conservative outlet.
Which is fine and all, most news organizations have some sort of political slant. In Europe for example, is still common for people to buy 3 or more newspapers a day, because people know and understand that each publication is either slightly leftist or slightly conservative (or full on if the case may be). In order to get the full picture, you have to look at the different biases.
And I respect that, because the press doesn’t make bones about their bias.
The problem I have is that the American media tries to pretend they are unbiased, which in the case of FOX for example their blatant bias and patent attempts at sell the idea of “independent reporting” is nothing sort of insulting.
Also it is part of the intellectual dishonesty, which seems to be an integral MO for the right wing in this country for the better part of the last century. This is, right wingers want to have it both ways: control the message and the media, while at the same time pretend to be the victims of unfair bias by the media they actually control. They want to be the bullies and yet get the “perks” of being the victim.
Sickening to say the least, too bad there are waaaay too many uneducated morons in this country who fail for it. That is what makes it the saddest IMHO.
TheToonGuy @ 9:
But wouldn’t that mean Rove’s arm is … ewww… no wonder Jeff Gannon got to go to the White House so much. I bet Karl misses him.
The “UNIDENTIFIED MALE” is the freakin’ chairman of the Associated Press.
Mistake, my foot.
I’m an Obama supporter, and I watched this at the crack of dawn on CSPAN this morning… I really think it was an honest slip of the tongue. I mean, Obama was the man in the spotlight, and Osama was part of the subject matter… in context, that’s an easy flub to make. I don’t think this was intentional.
Having said that, Obama’s response was spot on and classy as always.
His name is OBAMA, why do you use O’Bama. What subterfuge do you have afoot?
Well, he is part Irish and the vast majority of US presidents have been of Irish descent (mostly Scots-Irish.)
Alice Hussein @ 18:
The questioner was tongue-tied throughout the question so I don’t think it was deliberate.
But this is what I like so much about Obama. They call McCain teflon but he’s not. The press is giving him a free ride. Obama doesn’t have that luxury as his every statement is picked apart and scrutinized. His every association is guilt thereby.
But Obama is not letting anything stick. He’s extremely good on his feet - a sign of high intelligence. He thinks quickly and decisively which is exactly why I think he’ll be a great president.
Not even Slick Willy played the political game as well as Obama. Obama never comes across as too slick.
What a blessing to have an intelligent, quick-witted candidate that doesn’t respond with pre-digested sound bites designed for the feeding the msm.
Michael Keyes @ 23:
Most Irish people would be hard pressed to consider Scott-Irish as Irish.
The AP? Weren’t they buying chocolate sprinkled doughnuts for McCain just yesterday?
anon @ 11:
Just a hint, a spell check may be in order… since Obama is not the only word you misspelled up there.
here we go again,another piece of meat for the hillary”s and obama’s folks to fight over. Move over if you don’t wanna get blood on you.
Class.
Doug @ 8:
nice work doug, dean singleton is a bumbling baffoon
and here is some info on MediaNewsGroup:
The nation’s fourth-largest newspaper company is using a regional consolidation strategy to break the backs of local unions and lay off journalists and other staff.
Media News Group (MNG) — the national chain that owns 57 daily newspapers, regionally “clustered” throughout California, the Mountain West and the Northeast — solidified its control over Bay Area news by buying up the Contra Costa Times and the San Jose Mercury News in the wake of Knight-Ridder’s recent fire sale.
With the move, MNG now owns every daily newspaper in the region except the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner.
It’s trying to use this leverage to break the back of unions and jettison editorial staff.
democracy, the victim of media consolidation
moniker @ 26:
You do have a good point there. If everyone responded like Osama does to this crap the Cons wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
Back when this crap started 7 years ago I said watch out you don’t get dragged down and start behaving like that you despise the most. Unfortunately it has happened to much.
Yeah! Didn’t you know his name is Barack Hussein I-will-eat-your-children Osama-bin-ladin Obama?
The Dude @ 29:
Its an unedited blog.
… and I didnt misspell O’Bama.
Cat Atomic @ 28:
It was not just the doughnuts, but the literal fellatio given to McCain with softball after softball question.
But rest assured, that there is no bias… no siree bob… none…. trust us…. they wouldn’t lie, they are the AP. I mean if they were to be so blatant, why would we trust anything they say in other news. Oh, wait….
The Dude @ 19:
whats education got to do with anything? its the educated assholes who start wars and steal the national treasure!
L.A. Confidential @ 33:
Heeeey, I see what yo did there.
This little Osama-Obama Freudian slip stuff only seems to happen among professional right wingers who talk or write for a living and when conveniently being recorded by or broadcasting for news outlets. I don’t recall a single example of it before Obama declared his presidential candidacy. Must be stage fright.
Didn’t Bin Laden used to be called “Usama?” And wans’t that changed for fear that people would find a connection in USA and “USAma?”
@37 - Education isn’t just going to school. Education is becoming less ignorant. Anyone can regurgitate information to get a paper to get a job. Some people actually try to learn things.
Barack Obama is the only person in this whole pathetic exercise with any class. I wonder why he even bothers to have anything to do with these morons (which includes all of us in this terminally wounded country).
I don’t know. It could be stage fright.
I used to get really nervous and say curse words and stuff instead of whatever I was talking about because I kept saying to myself don’t say curse words, this is really important!
emphasa @ 34:
Well if people want to live in terror thats their choice. I’ve never feared the Cons themselves, but just dreaded the damage they could do and have done. A chaotic existence of error and it’s consequences which is always inevitable in that state of mind.
The AP is part of the RW Noise Machine??? Are you serious? Somebody please educate me on how that can be.
And it was Ted Kennedy of all people who first called him ‘Obama bin Laden’
L.A. Confidential @ 33:
there, i fixed it
This is a little unrelated, but some friends and I in Prague made an Obama in 30 seconds ad for the Move.On.org contest and it has to do with rhyming Obama’s name. We worked off the same premise: that a similar sound can produce memorable, catchy results…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ey7nr8xt0
Read Dana Milbank’s snarky column about this in today’s Washington Post, and doing his best to keep “bitter” in play.
grimcity @ 38:
Whats that supposed to mean? I don’t read minds. Except intuitively when in the actual presence of others where I can “pick up” their “vibe”.
anon @ 35: