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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:00 AM

Barack Obama, jihadist?

Mitt Romney on the terrorists and the Democrats.

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:44 AM

    Slip of the Tongue

    What's weird is that Romney starts by saying Osama and then "corrects" himself to say Barack Obama. Twice. It appears that the slip of the tongue was him saying Osama not Obama. It sounds like he just got the citation wrong, that he really believed Barack Obama said those words.

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