Clinton supporter calls Obama "Osama" on CNN
Fri May 02, 2008 at 06:35:51 AM PDT
Was watching television with my sister this morning (I'm visiting) and she's a fan of CNN's American Morning. The program featured a segment with seniors who are supporting Democratic candidates. The first woman was Jean Weiss, who is the 82 year old woman from NC who was viewed widely when Obama asked her affectionately to be his running mate. The Clinton supporter was a woman from New Jersey - sorry didn't catch her name, but she had a poster with her adorned with the names of historical Presidential couples who she compared Clinton to: George and Martha Washington, Ronald Reagan and Nancy...she even brought up Winston Churchill and his wife.
The whole purpose of the segment was to examine Obama's supposed "lack of support" from women who are seniors, using poll results from PA. They did not mention women who are non-white when showing the poll data.
After an impassioned segment from Jean Weiss, stating her reasons for backing Obama, including his wisdom in agreeing to sit down with people we don't agree with, the Clinton senior supporter launched into a response and said she wasn't interested in voting for "Osama".
***Another diarist here at DKos reported that the woman actually said "Obama bin Ladin" which is actually worse.
Waiting to view the tape.
The two hosts looked a bit startled, demurred and then Roberts corrected her, with a smirk on his face (she was in studio Weiss was not).
Couldn't find any video up yet - and hopefully the segment with that woman won't be aired, but sent an immediate email to the show suggesting they vet their guests better.
American Morning contact
To be fair, they ended the show with a piece on Hillary groping about at the coffee machine in the gas station in Indiana which has gone viral on the net, followed by the "testicular fortitude" remarks and attacks on latte-drinking liberals from Paul Gipson, ending the segment with Hillary's choice of designer coffee.
Will keep an eye out for the video of the interview - which I wonder if they will edit.
