The Caucus notes how Romney misspoke earlier today.
“I think that is a position which is not consistent with the fact,” Mr. Romney said. “Actually, just look at what Osam — uh — Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield. That is the central place, he said. Come join us under one banner.”The Obama campaign issue a lame response.The comment set off some confusion among the press corps. Glen Johnson of the Associated Press was momentarily frantically searching for comments made by Mr. Obama, another Democratic presidential contender, about jihadism and Iraq.
It turns out, of course, Mr. Romney was talking about the new audiotape from bin Laden calling on insurgents in Iraq to unite.
Oops.
Kevin Madden, a Romney spokesman, said afterward: “Governor Romney simply misspoke. He was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name. It was just a brief mix-up.”
“Apparently, Mitt Romney can switch names just as casually as heCan the Obama campaign come up with an answer to a question without saying something bad about Iraq or that we have to get out of Iraq? So far, it seems like his answers on all issues are connected to retreating.. But that's another story...
switches positions, but what’s wrong-headed is continuing a misguided war in Iraq that has left America less safe. It’s time to end the divisiveness and fear-mongering that is at the heart of Governor
Romney’s campaign.”
Anyway, it's funny that the Obama campaign responded at all. This isn't the first time someone made an Obama/Osama slip:
The campaign of Barack Hussein Obama can quit whining.
