Having supporters like these, what does it say about Trump and his control over messages coming out of Convention?
Prime-Time RNC Speaker Claims Obama Is ‘Absolutely’ A Muslim
“We had a Muslim president for seven and a half years.”
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Updated 1 hour ago
Marina Fang Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post
Antonio Sabato Jr., featured as a prime-time speaker Monday night at the Republican National Convention, said President Barack Obama is “absolutely” a Muslim.
“I don’t believe the guy is a Christian,” Sabato said. “I don’t believe the guy follows the God that I love and the Jesus that I love. If you follow his story, if you understand about Obama, I mean, that’s not a Christian name, is it?”
When ABC’s Amna Nawaz noted that Obama attends church regularly, Sabato continued to assert that he is not a Christian.
“I have met a lot of Christians, know a lot of Christians. I am one, and I don’t believe he is,” Sabato continued. “I believe that he’s on the other side.”
Asked to elaborate, Sabato said that he meant “the Middle East, the bad side.”
“We had a Muslim president for seven and a half years,” he said.
“You believe President Obama is a Muslim?” Nawaz asked.
“Absolutely, absolutely,” Sabato responded.
GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump, a renowned conspiracy theorist, has repeatedly questioned
Obama’s birthplace and faith.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0fa896c3fca7e
Happens in every election cycle in which there is an Obama, at least Melania is not the candidate even if she did copy a Barack Obama's tried and tested tactic. To be fair, her US born husband can speak without teleprompter for hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfGTXaqoWQ
Bush speechwriter accuses Obama of plagiarism in State of the Union
updated 4:41 a.m. EST, Tue February 19, 2008
Obama, Clinton camps point to borrowed rhetoric
Story Highlights
- Phrase in Obama speech similar to that of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
- Clinton: "If your whole candidacy is about words, then they should be your own"
- Obama downplays significance, says: "Clinton has used words of mine as well"
(CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each accused the other of borrowing portions of their presidential campaign speeches Monday.
The Clinton campaign accused Obama of borrowing from a close supporter, and the Illinois senator responded by saying his own words have been used by Clinton.
On a conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said it was clear Obama had "lifted rhetoric" from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Late Monday, Clinton followed up with a swipe of her own.
"If your whole candidacy is about words, then they should be your own words," Clinton said in Madison, Wisconsin. "That's what I think."
Obama downplayed the significance of the accusation.
"I've written two books, wrote most of my speeches. So I think putting aside the question ... in terms of whether my words are my own, I think that would be carrying it too far," Obama said.
"Deval and I do trade ideas all the time, and you know he's occasionally used lines of mine," Obama said.
Obama said he also used some of Deval's words at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Wisconsin.
"I would add I've noticed on occasion Sen. Clinton has used words of mine as well," said Obama. "As I said before, I really don't think this is too big of a deal."
Obama campaign officials said Clinton had a pattern of borrowing from some of her rival's signature phrases, including "Yes, We Can" and "Fired Up, Ready to Go." They circulated a YouTube video and list of these alleged instances to reporters.
The Clinton campaign earlier pointed to similarities between the words of Obama and Patrick that have raised eyebrows and attracted traffic on YouTube.
A central passage in a speech Obama gave Saturday -
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/18/obama.patrick/index.html?eref=rss_us
