Obama Maybe Mispoke About Mistaken Aid’s Misrepresentation
Did he or didn’t he fill out the questionnaire is the question from Politico.com:
During his first run for elected office, Barack Obama played a greater role than his aides now acknowledge in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion — positions that appear at odds with the more moderate image he has projected during his presidential campaign.
The evidence comes from an amended version of an Illinois voter group’s detailed questionnaire, filed under his name during his 1996 bid for a state Senate seat.
Late last year, in response to a Politico story about Obama’s answers to the original questionnaire , his aides said he “never saw or approved” the questionnaire.
They asserted the responses were filled out by a campaign aide who “unintentionally mischaracterize[d] his position.”
I’m starting to see a dangerous trend from the good Senator. Fox News needs to ditch the “Obama Watch” counter they’ve been running and add an “aid blame” counter. How many times has he blamed a lack of knowledge of what’s going on in his campaign for a misstep or mistake? If he can’t keep up with what’s happening in his campaign, can he be expected to keep up with the world once he holds the most powerful job on the planet? Would Hillary get away with replying to a hard question with, “Gee, I don’t know. One of my aids must have done that.”
I think we all know the answer to that.
