Hume Twists Quote From Obama’s Half-Brother, Claims He ‘Is Not So Sure’ Obama Is A Christian»

[BobbyVan]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/17/hume-obama-muslim/

Last week, Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) presidential campaign launched a new website — dubbed “Fight The Smears” — dedicated to debunking false rumors about the candidate, his wife, and his family. A spokesman said, “The Obama campaign isn’t going to let dishonest smears spread across the Internet unanswered.”

But it seems the Obama campaign is going to have to expand this particular operation beyond the Internet and include Fox News. Last night on Special Report, Brit Hume noted the fact that Obama “is a practicing Christian,” but citing a recent article in the Jerusalem Post, Hume then claimed that Obama’s half-brother “is not so sure”:

HUME: Barack Obama is a practicing Christian, married in a Christian church whose children were also baptized in that church. His campaign has emphasized his faith in part to dispel what the campaign calls an on-line smear campaign which contends among other things that Obama was raised a Muslim. There is even a statement on his official campaign Web site reading, “Obama has never been a Muslim and is a committed Christian.”

But Obama’s half brother is not so sure. Malik Obama tells The Jerusalem Post that, “if elected his brother will be a good president for the Jewish people, despite his Muslim background.”

Watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIYqI4VUDlM

In fact, Obama does indeed have a “Muslim background,” but that in no way makes him a Muslim — a point he emphasized last year on the campaign trail when he was asked “to explain his Muslim heritage”:

“My father was from Kenya,” he said, “and a lot of people in his village were Muslim. He didn’t practice Islam. Truth is he wasn’t very religious. He met my mother. My mother was a Christian from Kansas, and they married and then divorced. I was raised by my mother. So, I’ve always been a Christian. The only connection I’ve had to Islam is that my grandfather on my father’s side came from that country. But I’ve never practiced Islam.”

It is currently unclear to what Malik Obama’s “Muslim background” quote is referring (for example, Obama’s family history or perhaps his time living in Indonesia). The Post article Hume referenced is no longer available online and it does not appear on the LexisNexis database.

Regardless, Hume’s interpretation of Malik Obama’s quote is false or misleading at best.

[loyalkydem]

1. Sighs

Say it with me, Obama is a Christian, not a Muslin. Dang can't you people get your facts straight.

[madaboutharry]

2. Hume is a creep, always has been.

n/t

[islandmkl]

3. Brit (I look like a sad hound-dog because saying all these lies for money is wearing me down) Hume??

...there is no 'accidental' mis-leading, and definitely no 'best'...

faux is not going to miss a beat at spreading misinformation...they work at it 24/7

[DevonRex]

4. I think he looks like Frankenstein, myself. nt

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. What did Frankenstein ever do to you?

:evilgrin:

[Imagevision]

5. Breaking News: FOXnews has just reported that Obama isn't really black after all more at 11:00

[Symarip]

6. A serious question:

How have Fox's ratings been lately?

[Imagevision]

9. Olberman has been beating O'reily in numbers...

[BobbyVan]

10. Ratings of O'Reilly vs. Olbermann

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/06/13/oreilly-vs-olbermann-through-wednesday-june-11/4125

[Barack_America]

8. What about being raised in a white, culturally Christian family denotes a "muslim background"?

Do they think religion is genetic?

Wait, don't answer that, the answer will probably just depress me.

[bigdarryl]

11. Obama has no half brother TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!!!!

[loyalkydem]

12. and guess what

I'm Obama lost brother. Geesh what some folks will do to lie about a candidate.

[Phoonzang]

13. Hume- like a car trying to start during a cold winter

Anyone who listens to Stephanie Miller will get that...