Most Important UPDATE Here at top of post: I'm wrong on what I wrote towards the bottom of this post. That's probably apparent to many of you.
Barack was not "calling McCain out on his Christianity. He was accusing unnamed conservatives of calling him out on rumors of his Muslim faith.
That's the reason for the gaffe.
The reason I made the mistake I made here is that I blog in betweeen family life, with kids and work interrupting me constantly. I blew it.
My sincerest apologies to everyone for fucking up. I will leave my mistake up for the record. Let the record state that I can be an idiot sometimes. Well, maybe quite often.
:)
Always on Watch commented: As a Christian, I would never put the adjective for another faith between "my" and "faith." Of course, Obama does poorly without a script. Still, that's no excuse, IMO. I dread to think what gaffes he'd make in diplomacy situations.
UPDATED AT BOTTOM OF POST
This is either laugh-out-loud funny or frightening depending on whether you believe he just made a mistake, or that he is accidentally admitting the truth.
Thanks to Anonymous for sending it to me.
AOW UPDATE REQUEST FROM PASTORIUS (Thanks to Reliapundit of THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS):
BOTTOM-LINE: BARACK HUSSEIN "BARRY SOETORO" OBAMA JUNIOR IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
Again from Reliapundit, here's the context:
PASTORIUS ADDS - If you think about it, the wider context given by the additional clip makes the case - for this being a Freudian slip - even stronger.
After all, if Obama were talking about his Christian faith, why would McCain have made an issue of it?
McCain is a Christian himself, and it certainly wouldn't help Obama to be calling another man out on his Christianity.
So, when Stephanopolous stepped in and suggested an a way out of the rhetorical mess Obama had created for himself, Obama shifted the subject to something that didn't make any sense in the context of the discussion. That is proof that he was grasping at straws trying to make up for a bad mistake.
The predisposition of the American electorate (those who actually tend to vote) is OVERWHELMINGLY Christian.
And, even those who aren't Christian, still support the right of Christians to be Christian, and would not tend to criticize a person for being Christian.
Obama's statement here implies one of two things;
1) McCain would call Obama out on his Christian faith, which makes no sense, because McCain is a Christian too.
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