LOL - isn't this the EXACT same slip Ted Kennedy made previously??

Oh - can't wait to see all the hate-mail for Romney from the looney libs.

I got a new bowl of popcorn and am looking forward to the dems howling like ol Blue - my hunting dog.

What a maroon! Romney needs to stop it really!

AS MATURE ADULTS, WE NEED TO STOP MAKING "SLIPS" AND TELL US THE VOTERS SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE US WANT TO VOTE FOR YOU.

This is outrageous: comparing a nasty, despicable terrorist to a presidential candidate. I don't know how Republicans get away with making all these offensive comments, whether they are racist, sexist or like Romney's comment. I hope Romney loses voters because of this.

Libs attack

Why can't we just be straight out in this country and accept the fact that most of us are a bunch of racist pricks who utilize minority members for dumb jokes. We should get over it and realize that Latinos and Blacks are going to be the ones running this country shortly. Conservatives only have so much more power but since they are not busy having babies to counterattack the demographic explosion of minorities, they should now stay in the sidelines and stop pretending they are still the allmighty force in politics. Slip? I don't think so. These politicians do this on purpose…Without being a supporter of Obama, I hope he wins and he teaches us a lesson on how to be decent and moral.

Before you nuts Libs …. You have to admit both of the Muslim names do sound a lot alike

Henry from GA. is back with more popcorn y'all! Are you and that ol' hound dog gonna git yourselves a possum y'all y'all? Then y'all kin curl up in front of the tee vee an' watch some FOX News y'all!

Meant to say "before you GO nuts Libs"

As an Obama supporter, I got to admit, I've accidentally made the same mistake before too. There are those who make mistakes and those who intentionally misspell his name just because they are bullys and can't resort to real discussions on the issues in an adult world.

I love Burton's response. It is true that the Iraq War has been going on so long that when it began when Romney was pro-choice, pro-gun control, and pro-gay rights.

My sense of Barack Obama is that he is someone with the capacity to bridge gaps, keep lines of communications open, and ultimately change hearts and minds. How he navigates this one will be a test of how good he is at this often incredibly difficult task.

Here are some interesting links.
http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/2005/09/30/is_donnie_mcclu
http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/2002/11/19/confessions_of

This interview on the PBS program Religion and Ethics Weekly may be quite revealing. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week836/interview.html

I feel badly for Rev. McClurkin, who attributes his homosexuality to a childhood rape and advances from hypocritical church people as he grew older. He may well be a poster child for what some biblical scholars say the Leviticus phrase may have really been about — rape by priests. Hypothesis: Because all of his experiences seemed to be of that variety, he turned away from sexuality and clung to the theology that his ministers preached but did not practice.

It is signficant that the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a 2004 Clinical Guidance article in its professional journal, Pediatrics, states that "[a]lthough there continues
to be controversy and uncertainty as to the genesis of the variety of human sexual orientations,there is no scientific evidence that abnormal parenting,sexual abuse, or other adverse life events influe(Guidance for the Clinician on Sexual Orientation and Adolescents, published in PEDIATRICS, Vol. 113, No. 6 (June 2004) at 1828), available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/1827).

From what I can glean on a quick web search, Rev. McClurkin is not married and does not appear to be a practicing heterosexual. It is one thing to decide to be celebate in order to act in accordance with one's theological beliefs. It is quite another to tell others that they cannot be fulfilled or happy unless they do the same. I know of too many people whose lives were made miserable by efforts to "change" their sexual orientation.

This is an important part of the conversation about sexual orientation. How it impacts in the context of a presidential campaign will be interesting, albeit scary, given how the media plays things.

i understand a slip of the tongue, but twice in a row?! he said, 'obama….yada yada', and then, 'barack obama, calling on radicals…'

romney looks like ken, of 'ken and barbie' right?? i think he has an intellect to match the fabulous iconic american toys.

I am a liberal and a fan of Obama, but I will admit that I've made the same slip before and felt mortified. I don't think Obama is in any way similar to Osama, except for a phonetic similarity in his name. It's an unfortunate coincidence and, as such, slips are going to occur. I really don't think that it is fair to jump on anyone who makes this slip-up while in a stressful in-the-public-eye situation.

Very little in a presidential campaign is accidental.

For more than several months the Republicans have tried to connect Senator Obama's name to that of Osama bin Laden, or Saddam Hussein. This isn't that surprising, since the Republicans for more than ten years have been building on their politics of hate.

They have brought the politics of hate to a new level since 9/11, first with Arabs and most recently with Hispanics.
I have never seen anyone in this country but Republican candidates use the politics of hate to achieve their ends. Karl Rove didn't invent the tactic, he just sold it for the Republicans.

Laying a smoke screen for the Republicans to hide behind, saying this will bring out the Liberal loonies, does not change the fact that the remark was made by a Republican, and a supposed Christian; it boggles the mind.

Americans are awake now, repeating something over, and over does not make it the truth.

It is my opinion that Mitt Romney is an idiot and we do not need him in the White House. I do not believe this so called "mix up" between Osama and Barack Obama was accidental. I think it is political crap and don't on purpose. Additionally, I still cannot get past what the moron did to his dog.

Obama, Osama…what's the big difference

This is outrageous: comparing a nasty, despicable terrorist to a presidential candidate.
Posted By Robert Wooller Bradford England : October 23, 2007 5:45 pm

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When did Osama become a presidential candidate ?

I read a prediction in some news magazine months or maybe years ago that Republicans would make this "slip" when referring to Obama at some point.
Personally, I didn't think it would happen until Obama was the democratic nominee and the Republicans were really stretching for ways to cut into his lead.

So, maybe it really was just a slip in this case. After all, Hillary is the one that Republicans feel the need to attack these days. What can they call her? "Hillary Putin, err, uhh, i mean Clinton"?

I am fed up with all of these candidates, every last one of them!!!So are many other Americans.

I think this is proof that Romney really doesn't know anything and is saying whatever to get elected. PLEASE check out Tom Tancredo and give him a chance. He is a true American! http://www.teamtancredo.com Thanks everyone and God Bless America!

I don't see the big deal. Republicans forgot who Osama is anyway.

Well I'll give him the benefit of a doubt, Obama and Osama are extremely close sounding, so I can see that mistake being made.

Whether he meant to say it or not, his campaign needs a shot in the arm… maybe he was hoping this would be it?

The guy doesn't have much room to talk about unfortunate names anyway - I mean, he's named after a piece of baseball equipment, after all.

It was only a slip of the tongue, but it's hard not to notice when a Democratic presidential candidate is confused for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks

Sorry, CNN, 'ol Mitt would be a disgrace to the democratic party.

"Slip of the tongue"? Maybe if he'd just said "Obama" instead of "Osama" it could be let pass (as in Kennedy's speech). But he used Barack Obama's full name, which doesn't scan at all similarly to "Osama bin Laden".

This could have been a purposeful attack (which isn't all that far-fetched for the party of Rush Limbaugh, who has been pulling this cheap stunt since before Obama became a Senator). However, it's more likely just evidence that all the products Romney uses on his hair have seeped into his brain.

Time will tell - any repeat episodes of this nonsense from any of the GOP field, and we'll know how much of a "slip" it was.

If someone who is trying to become the leader of the free world is so addlepated (look it up http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=addlepated ) as to make such a mistake more than once do we really want them with their finger on the button?

When the memory starts to go then you have no idea what they will end up doing.

B looks nothing like S. B sounds nothing like S. An elementary knowledge of the English language may help you with the difference there, Jim.

Hahaha who cares it was just a slip up, but I can't help but say… Where are those magical mormon underwear now Romney?

What a dingbat mistake.

Ridiculous. I get emails from my redneck (and unfortunately ignorant) friends who liken Obama to Osama… absolutely ignorant stupidism.

MY choice for president..LOU DOBBS..vice..JACK CAFFERTY..whatever..GLENN BECK..that's a dream team!!!!

PEOPLE - RELAX!!!

I'm really worried about some of y'alls sanity when you pile on for a slip-up like this.

Many of your reaction's to this is much, much uglier than the slip-up itself.

The comment was stupid, yes. But, no one is perfect and this is such a non-issue it's not even funny. Can't believe that it's getting this much publicity.

I also think that Obama's campaign is making too much of this as well. They had the opportunity to rise above this and get additional voters for Obama by simply saying "no harm no foul". But, instead they turned ugly.

Same messy politics. Just goes to show there are no good candidates out there, in my opinion.

It's a sad state of affairs when the focus on candidates and politicians switch from policy decisions to gaffs.

These people are on camera 24/7, they have to keep up with a grueling schedule, and are subject to intense scrutiny about every decision ever made. Of course there are going to be misspoken and misinterpreted things said by these people.

We decry the modern politician as unfeeling, slogan spouting automatons. And yet, at the same time we lunge at every little mistake a candidate makes.

It tells us something about ourselves when we judge a candidate by how he spells potato, excitedly screams at a political gathering, or how clean shaven he looks.

Focus on the issues, voting records, key points in the speeches, and important background issues (does he do drugs like a certain mayor).

And to the media, please stop trying to make scandals out of non-issues. I know it's your jobs to boost readership and scandals do that, but at what cost?

OK folks… "This is outrageous: comparing a nasty, despicable terrorist to a presidential candidate. I don't know how Republicans get away with making all these offensive comments, whether they are racist, sexist or like Romney's comment. I hope Romney loses voters because of this."
Clearly, this English gentleman only read the headline without reading the actual article. Its an easy mistake to make, and instead of understanding that this man had to go and attack Republicans for making statements they've never made. And plus, he's from England- since when do the British know more about our politics than we do?

Jim Bremer

It figures that you call people names when you can't discuss the issues. When you can't find anything wrong about a person's view on the issues, attack their name or invent some claim that he is muslim (he isn't). If I recall, you are a Hillary supporter, Good luck with that Jim.

BARACK OBAMA
OSAMA BIN LADEN
These two names sound NOTHING alike… at least, to anyone with a brain. Personally, I've NEVER confused the two names — but then, I'm not desperate to be the GOP presidential nominee.
I hope this is Romney's "macaca" moment.

Bill Burton got it absolutely right. Romney has difficulty keeping track of his everchanging views on policy so it's no surprise he can't keep names straight either.

I get the word Tucker and a word that rhymes with Tucker that starts with "F" mixed up all the time.

Osama confused with Obama? I never noticed. Personally I've had a hard time keeping straight the difference between B. Hussein Obama and S. Hussein.

Just another over rich kid who's daddy sent him to Harvard Business School. This seems to be a trend in the republican party - a pattern of spoiled, draft dodgers who didnt earn all the privelidges they enjo and latter exploit.

Get it right Mitt because I wouldn't want Osama bin Laden to introduce himself to as Barack Obama, that would be a disaster. Some things you don't get a second or third chance at, like running for president. Get it right.

Kathy Smith from Atlanta, Georgia writes,
"It is my opinion that Mitt Romney is an idiot and we do not need him in the White House. I do not believe this so called "mix up" between Osama and Barack Obama was accidental. I think it is political crap and don't on purpose."
Did you mean done on purpose? I have a question for you. How does an idiot graduate cum laude from Harvard Law School and as a Baker Scholar from the Harvard Buisness School, SIMULTANEOUSLY? I think everyone agrees Governor Romney is anything but an idiot.

If this was indeed a "slip", then it wouldn't have included two references to "Barack".

Mr. Romney, you should be ashamed of yourself. Let's see if you have the class to apologize. Lord knows that if the tables were turned and someone said Mitt Romney was calling on jihadists to unite in Iraq, Mr. Romney would appreciate an apology. Whatever happened to the Golden Rule??

Romney has no chance in hell of winning the office of Preisdent, he is rude and a flip flopper who calls people names.

I could believe it was a mistake if he had simply said Obama instead of Osama… but he also said his first name, Barack… now how can someone of Romney's intelligence and sophistication POSSIBLY accidently use the full name Barack Obama instead of Osama Bin Laden? The only possible mistake is if the AP reported the story incorrectly.

Here is the URL to Ted Kennedy doing the same thing recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APx2YJ-_jos

I guess it is OK for a liberal to make the same mistake right?

For all of you excusing this, how do you explain his use of "Barack" twice in this statement??

That is no slip folks.

Its easy to see the confusion in light of the impending doom to our economy if either had more power..

Romney went on and on, knowing full-well he was mixing them up on purpose. What a dispicable tactic!

I don't see the big deal. Republicans forgot who Osama is anyway.

They won't forget when it's time to scare the electorate near the 2008 election. Then it will be all Al Qaeda all the time.

Maybe I'd give Mitt more of the benefit of the doubt if it hadn't been for his use of the full name, as well as the photo incident a few months ago with him and that woman holding the "No To Obama, Osama and Chelsea's Moma" sign. Coupled with the fact that probably 15-25% of Americans think that Obama is a Muslim due to Republican grassroots campaign lies, it's hard to fathom that his was unintentional. It may have been a "slip," but we all know that some "slips" are deliberately placed by campaigns. They're able to get their hateful message across, then play dumb later.

And yes, I know "Momma" is misspelled, I was just quoting the dumb woman's sign.

Trust CNN to call this a "slip." It is more of a slide, and a deliberately calibrated one at that.

Romney the Desperate is pandering to the extreme right. This may earn him outrage, but it will also deliver him a few converts.

Successful Machiavellian strategy for the short term, Mr. Romney. An absolute loser any day beyond that, though. You have just lost whatever chance you had at the White House. And, much to your chagrin, Obama, an infinitely superior candidate, may yet emerge stronger.

And plus, he's from England- since when do the British know more about our politics than we do?

Posted By Matt, Fremont, CA : October 23, 2007 7:13 pm

…Clearly, you haven't been to a US public school lately. The US is the most politically ignorant major nation in the world. We care more about Paris Hilton's non-existant hoo-has than the leader of the 'free world'.

FUND EDUCATION.

Big deal. Anyone who talks slips every now and then. At least Romney can form a coherent sentence, unlike George W and the hopeful Fred Thompson.

Ummm, yeah…

This was no "slip-up." A slip-up would have been something along the lines of, "Obam.. uh, I mean Osama."

But switching Osama and Barack Obama's full name? That is a little more calculated than a slip-up. Nice try, Mitty. Brief mix-up, my arse.

In other presidential news, Rasmussen has just released general election news from Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois — with mixed results for Clinton. Check out the polls.

I love the Obama camp's response. Ouch. Milf Romney is rather shifty when it comes to his views.

Jim Bremer

You are as racist as they come. You smell of bile.

CNN staff -

Why is this news? The man made a simple mis-speak and the media jumped it like it was the revelation of the century. Please spend more time on NEWS rather than NONSENSE.

Oh no, another George Bush!

This was no mistake. It's just more of the same old Republican attacks. Rush Limbaugh has been calling Obama "Osama" for months. These people need America to be divided and full of fear and hate so they can still have jobs. The people will come together and change that….no doubt about it.

OBAMA '08

Obama's spokesman didn't have to make such a childish reply. It would have been classier to say nothing in reply to an innocent slip-of-the-tongue.

Ex-Governor McCarthy - I mean, Ex-Governor Romney is - a total flip-flopping ne0-fascist. Has he no sense of decency?

It's a disgrace for CNN to buy the argument that this a slip of the tongue.

Romney starts to say correctly, Osama. then he switches and calls Barack Obama. If this is genuinely a slip of the tongue, then Romney is an intellectual misfit.

But I don't buy it. Mitt Romney has shown several occasion that he's not a man of character. The last time this happened, he refused to apologize. There's nothing conseervative, presidential or even American about his character. The least he can do is apologize right now. Whether he msisspoke or not. Otherwise, this story will hurt him.

Did Romney also slip up when he was a liberal and pandering to gays in Mass for their votes and money and now he is for government discrimination against gays while pandering to the fundamentalists?

I just love it when all you Klan Racists show up to defend the Karl Rove attack politics. What makes it real funny is that the mittster and his bushie buddies are sending all your jobs overseas and making money off your sorry existence! Slip of the tongue, my butt! I'm no liberal but, I can see you rightwing fools just don't get it!

Come on now. B is way far from S on the keyboard. And B is pronounced way differently from S. Romney has proven that he was chosen to be nothing more than a distraction in the presidential race.

Mike Huckabee is a true conservative and a good Chritian man who will never launch such personal attacks at people, not to talk of a UNITED STATES SENATOR.

The rest of the world will be laughing right now at America. The only country in the free world where people running for President disrespect elected officials. This is racism at its core.

Mit Romney is racist and despicable and American cannot elect a President like that. Mike Hickabee is the best choice for Republicans. His campaign is not about hatred and fear, like Romney's.

Those of you who say this was a slip of the tongue. Do you agree that Romney should apologize for his slip of the tongue?

Truth be told I call him Barack "Al Qaeda" Obama. Silly libs…Muslim sounding names ARE for terrorists. While not believing that Mr. Obama is a terrorist, he certainly is a terrorist sympathizer despite his rhetoric. Romney's slip of the tongue is just a manifestation of what many in America know to be true. We will never elect a guy with a name that sounds so, well, Muslim. OK, let out your shocked sigh and get back to reality. Also, the Constitution forbids a person from serving more than two terms as president, so there goes Billary. I despise the Democratic party and all it stands for, but the truth is that if Demos want a Democrat in the White House in 2009 then they better start looking at their third and fourth tier candidates. I, as a Republican, would vote for John Edwards way before I would even consider the Democratic Superman and Wonder Woman. And listen up you liberal whackos…if you want to win the presidency then you better have a candidate who can carry the South, and your two primary clowns cannot do it.

Mike Huckabee is a true conservative and a good Chritian man who will never launch such personal attacks at people, not to talk of a UNITED STATES SENATOR.

The rest of the world will be laughing right now at America. The only country in the free world where people running for President disrespect elected officials. This is racism at its core.

Mit Romney is racist and despicable and American cannot elect a President like that. Mike Hickabee is the best choice for Republicans. His campaign is not about hatred and fear, like Romney's.

Those of you who say this was a slip of the tongue. Do you agree that Romney should apologize for his slip of the tongue.

No way this was even close to accidental. Yes, "Obama" does sound like "Osama", unfortunately for Sen. Obama. However, as has been mentioned, "Barack Obama" doesn't sound a bit like "Osama", and that's what Romney said! Not only that, he repeated "Barack Obama" twice! And initially, started to say "Osama" and corrected himself!

I'm sure that if Obama ends up winning the nomination, there will be quite a few "Obama/Osama" slips during the campaign season, some truely accidental, others not. (However, I wouldn't be surprised if a disproporionate perscentage of the "accidental slip-ups" happen to come from Fox News for some strange reason!)

You can't compare this comment to the time that Ted Kennedy made a similiar one. Totally different circumstances.

Teddy was drunk at the time.

Republicans are so full of HATE they think Democrats and terrorists are the same.

Just another reason why Jesus would never be a republican.

I'm not a Romney fan, but let's cut the guy some slack on this one.

Let's face it…Osama and Obama are rather unusual names for most Americans' ears, but both are heard in the media repeatedly, so a simple slip-up like this hardly has Freudian import. It's little different from someone mixing up a Mr Cheng and a Mr Chang.

Know what's really funny about this? The CNN writer himself is guilty of a slip-up, writing in the opening paragraph that a "presidential candidate is confused FOR the mastermind" when he really means "ABOUT the mastermind." He should point fingers?!

i have to admit i have made the same mistake few times talking about politics. i am not a democrat or a republican, heck i cant even vote as i am a foreigner, but with all due respect when you have a name like barack hussein obama!with hussein, a muslim name as a part of your name you have to expect these slip ups whether it is intended or not.
but i hope the republicans will not use this to their advantage in the future and keep making the same "slip up" excuse. it would not be right and it would not be funny.

Sorry Mr Romney,

I feel this was calculated:(planned)

“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."

Glen Beck's a Mormon too, didn't you know that?

not even news, how stupid of CNN to make something over nothing.

We All Make Mistakes:

Let's not be too hard on Racist Mormon Romney, oops I mean Republican Mitt Romney. That was an innocent gaffe. Sorry about that.

I keep getting my R words and my M words confused and I will probably keep getting those words confused so long as he keeps getting Osama Bin Laden and Barack Obama confused. I can't help it. I get easily confused with all those words whenever I hear Romney talk about Osama , er , Obama. I also keep getting Romney's words confused with that of Joseph Smith so, I might not know who I'm quoting in the future either.

So, I am just letting everyone know that in the future, if you see me refer to Republican Mitt Romney as Racist Mormon Romney, I just want you to know I am in no way trying to compare Mormons to Racists and thus Mitt because he is one……a Mormon that is. But, I'm just simply misstating on accident. Not on purpose or deliberately. Only by a slip and a gaffe. It happens. We all make mistakes and I will be making them in the future so don't get offended. I'm just a pure , well intentioned, innocent, special , loving, caring and wonderful little Christian who might share the same belief about Mormons as the majority of others in my Faith. That's all. I will mean no disrespect.

Ignorance or planned? I wouldn't place money on that one.

Meanwhile, Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama, said, "Apparently, Mitt Romney can switch names just as casually as he switches positions, but what's wrongheaded 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 Gov. Romney's campaign," he added.

Hey Bill,

I have an idea…why don't you get your candidate to come up with a plan to deal with radical Islamists that doesn't rely on a naive sense of the world? Obama is clueless when it comes to our safety. His weakness across the board can't be overcome by Oprah.

Thank god the Dems are stupid. Nominating Hillary, with a 50% negative perception, will only hand the White House to the Republicans for another eight years.

Get used to it Hippies.

Don't sweat it Romney! I make that slip all the time. Actually, 4-6 times a day depending upon my humour.

That polygamist did it on purpose.

I give Romney the benefit of the doubt. However, the intention does not alter the result. Regardless of whether or not this was a slip of the tongue, it still does contribute to the belief that all people with Muslim sounding names are to blame for 9/11. If this happens again, one would have to consider the Saddam / binLaden transposition.
Why do many Americans believe Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11? How did that happen? Slips of the tongue? No, not by "slips" and we all know it.
A survey conducted by CBS and The New York Times has revealed that nearly one out of every three Americans still believes that Saddam Hussein was personally responsible for the crimes of September 11, 2001.

Why is Obama sinking in the polls faster than anyone else? This guy has gone from being neck and neck with Hillary to now trailing her by 30%. He is starting to make Edwards look good.

The fact is that as more and more people actually listen to Obama's fluff and puff statements, voters are not impressed. Obama's open collar rap only goes so far.

He only won the senate because his Republican opponent, who was beating him in the polls, dropped out of the race. Alan Keyes jumped in at the last minute. Obama would be a non-entity if it wasn't for that.

Obama has milked his bumpersticker soundbites for as long as he could, nut even for liberal loons, substance must rise up at some point.

Obama will finish third or worse in Iowa and become a fizzie as the race goes on.

Ok, maybe it would have just been a slip if he just said Obama or Osama, but to say Barak Obama twice, I don't think so. And another thing why does Obama and Osama show up as misspelled on here?

i just love when people use a 9th grade word like addlepated, and then tell other people to look it up!

Romney is the MAN. It is only a matter of time till he is PRESIDENT OF THE USA. He has my full support. GO MITT 2008!

to h.t. from Ga.
i am not a looney lib but if this neo-
con war keeps going on. youd better hope that your grandchildren will be able to afford to eat that popcorn.
T. Dallas, Tx

OK, you all need to calm down, it was just a slip up, if you have never mixed up 2 words in your life then fire away, otherwise take a pill laugh it off and move on. It happens. If you're all so ignorant as to say this makes someone a racist youre digging way too deep. We dont need a peanut gallery over every comment that is made. If he does loose voters over this, then obviously they need to make tighter restrictions on who votes in this country. Take a deep breath and RELAX!!!

Yeah right, let's vote for a guy who can't even speak.

IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS WAS A PURPOSEFUL MISTAKE YOU ARE ALL WRONG. I AM NOT A BARACK OBAMA FAN IN FACT THERE IS NO ONE RUNNING THAT I WOULD WANT IN OFFICE. WE ALWAYS FIND OUT LATER THEY ARE LIARS. "YES" LOU DOBBS AND JACK CAFFERTY. BUT GLEN BECK? WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING. "ARE MORMONS CHRISTIAN OR ARE SOMEWHAT SCIENTOLOGIST" JUST ANOTHER CULT IN MY BOOK.

I hope Romney loses voters because of this.

Posted By Robert Wooller Bradford England

And why would he lose voters because of this? Because he is a human being not God or a programmed robot? Human beings are allowed to make mistakes as long as appropriate steps are taken to fix it. I think you've received more than a sufficient explanation from Romney campaign spokesman that "He [Romney] was referring to the recently released audiotape of Osama bin Laden and misspoke when referencing his name." What is so complicated to understand? Don't tell me you are perfect!

You know, it's about time that Mitt Ramsey Youseff stops making this mistake…I mean Barack Osama does't sound anything like Obama Mitt Laden. Oh, wait….

Not only did Carl Rove get Gov. Romeny to make this slip up. He caused Marie Osmond to slip down.

Obama, Osama, can't tell the difference? Sounds like more Republican BS to me. Anyone remember the "name game" song? Bonana, fanna, fo….no name I can't rhyme? Not one of them started with O! Gotcha.

It could be a lot worse. Think if Romney was President and mixed up Iraq with Iran. Oh, wait. Maybe that explains the last four years.

To me, it appears it was an intentional "brief mix up." If Governor Romney was addressing Barack Obama, he would not have started with just "Obama." Barack would not address Hillary by "Clinton." I feel it was an intentional switch to get publicity and to try and compare Barack to Osama. This is just dispicable. I thank God Barack is running for President. He is the only candidate who is a uniter. Someone whom I can trust with my life.

In January, CNN made the same mistake, accidentally displaying a graphic that said "Where's Obama?" during a report on bin Laden. Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy also made the same slip in a 2005 speech. Kennedy did it a few times.

He wasn't the first and he won't be the last to do it.

Enough said, it was a mistake, next story. I would say the same thing if another candidate made the same mistake.

And for the last time to you bigoted few that love to say Obama is a muslin, if you can't add to the dialogue like a grownup, shut up, the big people are talking.

Well, what a moron, oops mormon to lead this country in the delicate foreign policy whose number one priority is to get Osama

People saying this is no big deal, and a simple mix up should re-read the article.

He began to say Osama, paused, and then continued with Barack Obama. It doesnt seem acccidental when someone gets it right first, and then corrects themselves incorrectly. And then he uses it AGAIN, fluidly, his full name again for christ's sake, and uses it in perfect Osama Bin Laden context. This is no accident people. A slip up could happen, it certainly has and will, but not like this– maybe if he was only using the last names i could understand a "mix-up". However, he said "Barack Obama calling on radicals , jihadists, etc, etc.." after he interjected Barack Obama when he was already mid 'Osama' SO i just dont really buy this was an accident, and people should think about this critically and connect the dots..

Not like it matters though, Thanks God, bc he isnt going anywhere ever again in politics. The guy has no class, no poll numbers, and if from anyplace other than New England would not be raising any money.

I guess Obama wont bring people together if they get his name wrong. It is a pretty common mistake and Obama's respone is way over the top. How's he going to bridge the gap with attacks like this?

I didn't know Mitty was funny?! Obama is a fool,Like Mitty.

LOL The Mitt "Twits" came out of the gate SWINGING on this one!!!! Good job guys You all have a lot of class…just like your candidate…ummm…yeah!

Jim Bremer…you are a disgrace to our great country! Un-American as can be!

dude, I can mess up with my words..or you. but not the someone that wants to become President of the most powerful country in the world.

I know he is only human, but who can argue we need someone to fix our problems that is ABOVE a normal.

Anyway, im sure he didnt mean it, but he isnt doing that well to be messing up words like that…..not like he has a chance anyway.

I like Obama and I like Romney. They are the most positive and well spoken of the two main camps. I believe that the slip up was just that–a slip up. Besides, if the Reps actually tried to make a habit of this (like some of the right wing spammers), it would backfire on them. Romney is smart enough to know that.

I know a lady at my work–staunch lib-who made the same slip up and didn't even seem to care. She wasn't an idiot…just human. And so is Romney.

Romney is a racist. The slip was intentional.

BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA = BORAT HUSSEIN OSAMA

Let's be honest, it was only a matter of time before someone did it.

Its not a slip of the toungue, it is a low political attack of the most pathetic childish nature, and it will work on the dumbest americans subtley. They vote apparently, look at what we have in all offices now. Romney did this for cheap press, its a stunt. Just like P-diddy pulling a gun in a club, a washed up singer pretending to pass out on a dance TV show or Guliani's obvious and poorly acted stunts with the cell phone, his poor acting skill and his hawkish lack of concern for human life are all he shares with Ronald Reagan. Thanks must go to CNN for making these dumb stunts into free publicity.

Who cares what Nit Wit Romney has to say anyways?

If anyone thinks the slip by Romney is ok than I guess instead of George Bush, well just call him George the Murderer!

ok ok ok ok ok, I support OBAMA not OSAMA, but in any regard, everyone has a slip of the tongue once in a while and frankly - WHOCARES!!!

Obama '08

Dudes! It is a simple mistake. I cant believe it doesnt happen more often. When I first heard Obama's name I was like "Dang, that sounds almost like Osama."
Most everybody who heard Obama's name the first time must have thought something similar. Give Romney a break. Personally I dont like Romney anyway but I wouldnt judge him on a simple slip.

Make no mistake this name confusion was no mistake, this is a well planed, blur the distinctions, campaign to confuse the dimwitted American public.

cnn sucks you guys are so bias its pathectic report the real news

I don't think it was slip. He did it to associate the two names. How sad.

People ask, "what's the big deal?" when referring to the supposed mistaking "Osama" and "Obama". How's life and death for a difference? Maybe we could find out how many of you undercover racist bigots have family members with names that could possibly be played around with? Say what!? It ain't no fun when the rabbits got the gun, now is it? Mistake…mistake my #@%!

it was a mistake…chill out

I believe God put Obama in our midst to show the judgmental nature of the population we live in. I don't fault Romney for slipping. I think that would be easy to do. I do know though that many politicians, and people on here, do use his name for smear tactics. Obama is a good person that has to work extra hard due to the red neck mentality that resides in our country.

Very Christian of you, Mr. Romney.

It was a slip.
One that has been made by many.
I am an Obama supporter, but I don't think it was some "conspiratorial" remark.
I'm glad to see Mr Obama was mature and intellegent enough to see that it was simply a slip, and laugh it off.
read his book "The Audacity of Hope" sometime. He mentions the slip that occurs, and makes light of it.

This doesn't seem like a slip of the tongue. It seems as though he intentionally did it. He started to say the correct name and then stopped and said the wrong one as though he forgot that he was going to do it. Sniff, sniff, I think I smell Karl Rove in the background.

I am a straight Republic….sory guys and gals, but this is not a news story. It was a simple mistake and there is nothing to get up tight about. My God if everyone remarked on my slips of the tongue I would be introuble. We all do it so lets not go crazy!

This was not a slip and Romney is just letting the American public know that he is a habitual liar. If, however, this was a slip, then Romney is just letting the American public know that he is an idiot and we will have four more years of a crazy idiot leading the Country. We deserve better.

It's a non-issue to me, but it does seem to be more than just your average slip-of-the-tongue. Typically, a slip constitutes an isolated error, and even a correction. Like when Bush slipped in a debate four years ago, saying "Saddam Hussein" instead of "Osama Bin Laden".

In contrast, Romney says: "Actually, just look at what Osama — Barack Obama said just yesterday [. . .] Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield."

Like I said, this is an unimportant event to me. But it does seem to be more of an association attack on the candidate's name.

This was not just a case of Romney accidentally confusing "Osama" with "Obama"; he actually said "Osama,"
–then switched mid-sentence to not just "Obama," but "Barack Obama." And repeated it. Why? Who knows. But it sure didn't sound like an unintentional slip-up.

30 Rock did it first. And it was much funnier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3p1za4M5WE

File this whole thing under "Who Cares?"
I'm a Dem so I'm not voting for Mitt anyway.

Vote Colbert!

I think it is a disgrace that a presidential candidate would do such a thing. This is not a slip, it doesn't even go with the sentence. I think this is a way to play with peoples' minds to make them unconsciously associate Mr. Obama -a bright, intelligent candidate- with terrorists. People are scared of terrorists, so Mr. Romney is using psychology to win his battle.

We need a video of this

You'd think a guy with the name "Mitt", would focus a little harder when it comes to getting people's names right. Then again, it was probably intentional, maybe even a little symbolic wink to his conservative buddies. Geez, even if it was just an error, this guy's bad news.

is obama a muslim?

does oabma want to protect this country?

I can't believe Al Sharpton isn't calling for some kind of Boycott, rally, or march due to this mistake. He loves situations like this to get on TV and show his A**. Hey, we have all made mistakes and will continue to do at some time in our lives. I, myself am a Hillary Voter, but will stick up for anyone when a mistake is a mistake, even if it is a Republican. Bring on the RALLY AL ! Oh, don't forget to bring along Jessie.

I am certain that Romney made the slip on purpose. He didn't accidentally say "Obama" instead of "Osama". Rather, he said, "…look at what Osama, Barack Obama said yesterday; Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq." This was a cheap, intentional, fear-mongering attempt to bring Barack Obama down.

[...] http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/23/romney-makes-obamaosama-slip/ [...]

How many hours did you worked this year to financially support illegal aliens?

The democrats believe- NOT ENOUGH!

Ok, Obama and Osama sound similar…Osama Bin Laden and Barack Obama sound nothing alike. Is it understandable for the mistake to be made at the water cooler at work? Maybe. But when candidates are giving speeches, every word has been poured over diligently. If this was a slip of the tongue, Romney should be apologizing profusely, because it really is a terrible "mistake".
Again, it is one thing for an average American to make this unfunny joke, or "slip of the tongue", something completely different for a candidate to do so in a public venue.

Look, it an easy mistake to make as both names are similar and they are both making regular headlines. And they both want us to lose the war in Iraq.

Um he mispoke. What's the big deal? He obviously didn't mean to compare the two. And I am one of the 'looney libs' as you call them (since I assume that refers to everyone that doesn't agree to your exact point of view).

Who really believes this is a slip?

It's one thing to slip up on "Osama" and "Obama." It's another to:

1) slip up on the entire name - substituting "Barack Obama" for "Osama." How does the word "Barack" - which bears no relation to any portion of Bin Laden's name - come out of your mouth and you don't catch that you're making a mistake?

2) start off saying "Osama" and then immediately (in the next breath) change over to "Barack Obama"?

3) make the mistake twice in a row.

4) say the sentence "Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq" - those words come out of your mouth, and even if it's a mistake, they register in your mind.

This is, pure and simple, a dirty and racist stunt.

I think the real issue here shouldn't be how Mr. Mitt slips and trips over his illiterate tongue, but the fact his faith believes their savior is from another planet.

Oh and he doesn't look like a Ken doll, he is more like a skuzzy used car salesman with one orange spray on tan.

Who cares? It is likely inadvertent, as both OSAMA and OBAMA are frequently topics of discussion in today's political world. I think anyone could make a boo-boo on that one, easy. Give the guy a break, or hang him out to dry on the myriad of (legitimate) other stupid stuff he has said that he actually means (or meant, depending on how long ago it was; i.e. abortion stance, etc).

Yeah, why would those "looney (sic) libs) focus on this slip of the tongue when they could focus on how unbelievably moronic and ignorant the GOP has demonstrated themselves to be? I mean, they could focus on how the Repubs can't differentiate a candidate with a terrorist, but it would be so much more effective to just point out how pathetically the GOP has failed at every attempt at foreign policy.

A slip of the tongue seems stupid, but there's nothing like pointing out actual stupidity to make your point.

Most people associate names with images - which is why people don't say "Romney" when they mean "Huckabee" for example. Just because Obama and Osama sound similar and look the same as words is no excuse.

Teddy Kennedy can be excused because he probably wasn't thinking straight (ie. drunk) when he made the error. But for Romney it is hard to escape the conclusion that he was trying to associate a highly negative image with a presidential candidate. Inexcusable, but typical of a loser trying to pull out every stop

Wow that's a pretty bad slip of the tongue. I mean full on "Barack Obama", not just Obama/Osama. Anyway, I'm an Obama supporter but I still think all of you who are trying to say this was intentional are a little bit off your rockers. What purpose would that serve? NO, he probably just got 2 hours of sleep the night before and was going on autopilot from giving the same speech 5 times a day for weeks and just mixed his words.

I also agree that we really need to start focusing on real issues here. I mean we all know about the slip-ups and the scandals but who among us "news junkies" could detail the differences between the candidates health care plans? Who among us even knows the specifics about what Romney or Obama, or Hillary would do with Iraq. I mean the specifics? What about the economy? To which economic philosophies do the candidates ascribe? I don't even know!

If CNN really wanted to advance the discussion they could post news stories about the issues. But they give us this instead and we eat it up.

It was NOT a mistake. Period. B and S are quite different. This is Romney's way of pandering to the far right by making a "slip up" about his name.

It was no accident. The comparison has been plainly discussed in the media before, so unless Romney is living in a cave somewhere, there's no way he couldn't know about it.

If the quote is accurate, he said "Osama," and then corrected himself to say "Barack Obama."

I've known for quite some time that somebody on the Republican side was going to make that slip. I'm surprised that it happened this soon in the campaign, but there it is.

Will it cause harm to either candidate? How will Romney hold up to attacks over this? How will Obama weather the same storm?

If nothing else, it will be interesting.

And for the record. Nobody deserves to be called 'Osama' in post 911 America.

This slip up was fundamental.

“Actually, just look at what Osama — Barack Obama said just yesterday," Romney said, according to the Associated Press.

Anybody who sticks up for Romney by claiming this as mistake is clearly mistaken themselves. He says Osama and then states Obama's full name. Not just an Osama/Obama slip up, which is probably excuseable.. he literally says BARACK before it. You can't be TOO mentally focused to make a mistake that blunt. However, that is forgiving. This isn't…

"Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield."

He states his FULL name again. Not just Obama/Osama. He then goes on to speak of jihadism and Iraq and honestly, this guy is a shmuck. Do I think he said this on purpose? I really hope not. However, I am entirely sure that any presidential candidate should be able to correct themselves immediately due to a massively noticable slip-up. On that same note, forget about the correction… don't we deserve more out of a presidential candidate than somebody who speaks with such a lack of consideration for what is coming out of their mouths? Apparantly not…

It seems to me that these "slip-ups" by politicians and even CNN are more like when kids make fun of a new kid's name in school or just find other wubtle to humiliate him and keep him from ever feeling comfortable in his surroundings. Even more, who wants to be a friend with someone everybody else is making fun of. Obama is that kid and those who fear his leadership(even within his own party) will play this game. Even though everybody knows this is bullying; nobody will speak up and say enough is enough. Therefore, intolerance will prevail for his "off-sounding" name.

So much for the alleged liberal media. For CNN to charactize this as a "slip" a is rediculous. He said Osama first, and then he said both Obama's first and last names. Barack sounds nothing like Osama bin Laden. It wasn't a slip, it was a delibertate, Rovian, typical repugnicant dirty trick. Mr. Mooney should be ashamed of the yellow journalism here.

I don't know what's weirder/scarier: this little "slip-up" (interesting how similar the word "Barack" is to Bin Laden's secret first name) or all the flaming comments going back and forth. But maybe that's not weird–every remotely political (or American Idol) message board is a flaming contest. We Americans love to hate each other! And we're proud to love our opinions more than our mother!

Why is this not 'no big deal'? If he'd just said Obama instead of Osama, okay, I'd be more willing to believe it was a slip-up. It seems slightly obvious that this was probably purposeful in that he said the senator's whole name, first and last, which sounds nothing like the terrorist's. Osama Bin Laden has been one of the most notorious names in our American consciousness since 9/11. A 1st grader wouldn't get the wrong name. This was no understandable Bush pronunciation slip-up or mix-up of two obscure names from the same country. Yet I find it hard to believe that Romney would purposefully choose to do something low-brow like that–if this really was a mistake, my best guess is that they've made fun of Obama's name in the campaign trailer so often that it got the better of him at the wrong time. (Gee, what a great lesson to teach your kids! "Don't jeer at people behind their backs or one day you'll say it in an official speech by accident!"

"Before you nuts Libs …You have to admit both of the Muslim names do sound a lot alike" Posted By Jim, Columbus, GA

FYI, my fellow Georgian, Obama ain't no Muslim name–no Arabic roots. It's a Luo name from Kenya. His grandfather was a convert Muslim by personal choice, not an ethnic one–the first in the family. His father was an atheist by choice. He is a Christian by choice. Sounds like a lot of Americans I know, and I'd like to think that's what makes our country great. (Oh yeah, and last time I checked, Barack בָּרָק‎, was also a Hebrew character in the Bible, too–an Israelite leader. Maybe not everything remotely foreign-sounding is Muslim alone.)

Mitt is hysterical.

I agree with the earlier comment. I could maybe understand a smaller slipup of saying osama vs. Obama, but I cannot understand how using his first AND last name, TWICE, could be. And he used "Osama" correctly, paused, and then "corrected" himself and said Barack Obama.

I highly doubt that this was an accidental slip. Romney is trying to get people to associate Senator Obama with the leader of a terrorist network because their names are remotely similar. It is a petty, mean spirited, juvenile, racist, ethnocentric strategy and unfortunately will probably be effective, particularly in South Carolina.

It gets better! His middle name is Hussein … I'm not kidding.

Biggest winner from this little incident: RUDY GIULIANI

Oh my gosh… has NO ONE ever heard of an honest to goodness slip of the tongue…..the names ARE similar….let it go!

I might cut Roney some slack here if it was ONE slip, but it was not. He obviously meant to use Barack's name…who in their right mind would say "Barack Obama" when they meant Osama? No one. It was not a slip of the tongue; it was an attack.

Maybe someone will mention the lisping, adulterer in a speech as "Rudolph Hess." Since I'm sure a lot of the rural yahoos don't even know who he is, they'll say "Huh"?

Maybe Obama may have to start going by his middle name in order to avoid being confused with our enemies.

People make slips. I can totally understand slipping when saying Obama, Osama but actually saying Barack means you don't even know what you are talking about if you are trying to speak about Osama Bin Laden the terrorist. We have had 8 years of someone this stupid. Lets not have it again please.

Osamney, I mean Romney, didn't misspeak. This is part of the Republican word play that's been going on since Obama announced his candidacy, and is another desperate attempt to discredit a virtually unassailable candidate. It started with a failed attempt to convince the public that Obama's childhood education in a madrassa somehow connects him to terrorists (give me a break). Obama poses a threat to Repub and Dem candidates alike because he's likeable, a plain talker, and actually seems to possess integrity, unlike the game show hosts that surround him.