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OSAMA DISMISSED

Reuters - the creative geniuses who earlier brought us the people of the bleaching - can’t tell their Obamas from their Osamas:

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama bashed rival Hillary Clinton over the ailing U.S. economy on Wednesday ...

“We believe it’s next to impossible for Senator Clinton to close that pledged delegate count,” said David Poufs, Osama’s campaign manager.

The New York senator dismissed Osama’s criticism over the economy, saying his plans fell short on extending health care to all Americans ...

(Via Dylan Kissane, who forwards a screen grab lest Reuters bleach their error)

Posted by Tim B. on 02/15/2008 at 07:03 AM
  1. I reckon David’s a bit of a Pouf.

    Posted by Pogria on 2008 02 15 at 07:08 AM • permalink

  2. So, they can’t tell their people apart.

    I can’t differentiate between them either.

    Posted by Toiling Mass on 2008 02 15 at 07:08 AM • permalink

  3. Well if Osama gets elected i hope he keeps up the hunt for Obama in the Tora Bora mountains.

    Posted by sparrow on 2008 02 15 at 07:19 AM • permalink

  4. Well, we’ve all seen what Osama’s plans for American health care amount to. Burning thousands of yanks in a fiery conflagration by the actions of suicidal nutjobs.

    That’s a sound policy decision, and I feel he could gain real traction in the wider community if he runs this line for the remainder of the campaign. It’d help if he ran this campaign from South Georgia Island in the Falklands too.

    Posted by CB on 2008 02 15 at 07:24 AM • permalink

  5. It’s going to be a year of typo and spell-check fun!

    Posted by Evil Pundit on 2008 02 15 at 07:39 AM • permalink

  6. OT. It has suddenly dawned on me. The real SORRY began with the Sydney Olympics when the leftie bureaucrats insisted that Ms Freeman light the fire. The TRIPLE gold medallist from the previous Australian Olympics in ‘56, Betty Cuthbert should have done it. I was embarrassed at the time and I’m ashamed (sorry) now.

    And this is no reflection on Freeeman herself.

    Posted by mehaul on 2008 02 15 at 07:42 AM • permalink

  7. You say “Osama”
    I say “Obama”
    Lets call the whole thing off!

    Posted by daddy dave on 2008 02 15 at 07:45 AM • permalink

  8. Hmmm, well, I’ve never seen Obama and Osama in the same room at the same time, have you? I’m not making any judgments by saying this; I’m only reporting the facts.

    Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2008 02 15 at 07:46 AM • permalink

  9. How on earth can they gracefully recover from a mistake like that?  They can hardly just fix it and pretend it never happened, can they?

    #5 Evil Pundit is right - it’s going to be a fun lead-up to the election!

    Posted by spot_the_dog on 2008 02 15 at 07:53 AM • permalink

  10. When I was in the States last year, I heard a ditty on Rush Limbaugh’s talk show, it was (I think) supposed to be Teddy Kennedy and he was mixing up Obama and Osama as well…?  Any of the Yanks here know the one I’m thinking about?

    Posted by spot_the_dog on 2008 02 15 at 07:58 AM • permalink

  11. They well are truly reuted that story.

    Posted by mr creosote on 2008 02 15 at 08:01 AM • permalink

  12. Kae’s Rooters again.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 15 at 08:02 AM • permalink

  13. This Reuter’s reporter is racist. He/she thinks all Muslims look and sound the same.

    Maybe Obama is Osama undercover.

    Posted by The Best Infidel on 2008 02 15 at 08:13 AM • permalink

  14. Obama = Osama

    Therefore, b = s.

    It’s all just bs.

    Posted by The Best Infidel on 2008 02 15 at 08:15 AM • permalink

  15. Bloody hell - why didn’t I notice this before?  Obama and Osama have the same last name!!!

    Think about it people!

    Posted by bondo on 2008 02 15 at 08:19 AM • permalink

  16. “Bleach” - much cheaper than whiteout!!

    Posted by Tex Lovera on 2008 02 15 at 08:25 AM • permalink

  17. Maybe Obama wears Osama’s pyjamas.

    Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 02 15 at 08:35 AM • permalink

  18. obamas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs
    osamas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs
    obamas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears cos on thursdays they all try to splode them unawares

    Posted by KK on 2008 02 15 at 08:55 AM • permalink

  19. OT, but I suspect Andrew Bolt reads this site.

    Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2008 02 15 at 09:11 AM • permalink

  20. I don’t know what you are all on about, things are more similar than you may think:

    Been a Muslim at some stage (tick)
    People are not quite sure of what you really intend to do (tick)
    Make a lot of bold plans though there is doubt you can carry things through (tick)
    Use the Media as a tool (tick)
    Loved by the Left (tick)
    Likely to Fuck America at some stage (tick)

    Posted by Nic on 2008 02 15 at 09:20 AM • permalink

  21. #10:

    When I was in the States last year, I heard a ditty on Rush Limbaugh’s talk show, it was (I think) supposed to be Teddy Kennedy and he was mixing up Obama and Osama as well…?  Any of the Yanks here know the one I’m thinking about?

    Yeah, it was Teddy - “Why don’t we just ask Osama bin…Osama Obama…Obama what…uh, since he won by such a big amount. Seriously, Senator Obama is really unique and special.”

    Posted by Dave S. on 2008 02 15 at 09:30 AM • permalink

  22. Obamas from their Osamas

    Osbama’s full name lead to this Freudian Slip of the fingers.

    You see his full name is…Senator Barack Hussein Obama, (D) Indonesia.

    Posted by El Cid on 2008 02 15 at 09:30 AM • permalink

  23. Ah, goody, there is a YouTube of ol’ drunk Ted…

    Womenslaughterer slaughters name.

    Posted by Dave S. on 2008 02 15 at 09:32 AM • permalink

  24. Dave S.

    Heard it through the grapevine, (RIP, Marvin) that Teddy offered Hussein a ride after the meeting of hugs and kisses.

    Hussein was overheard saying..“great, I’ll ride (with) shotgun”.

    Posted by El Cid on 2008 02 15 at 09:40 AM • permalink

  25. Oh come on.  This is Reuters. Reuters!  That paragon of journalistic ethics.  They’re reliable. 

    They were informed from a very reputable source in Beirut that Obama goes by Osama too.  It’s an African custom.  It means “white man brought up in Hawaii by a white family but can be black if it gets him elected”.

    Posted by wronwright on 2008 02 15 at 09:57 AM • permalink

  26. O/T but with the ongoing deluge in NSW and Qld, it’s helpful to recall Tim Flannery’s doleful warnings of ongoing droughts and Sydney running out of water.

    Posted by Ubique on 2008 02 15 at 10:18 AM • permalink

  27. Is there a reason, that the world wide Leftist Fish Wraps (bird cage liners, too) do NOT use Osbama’s full name?

    I mean Barack Hussein Obama, does have that ‘just’ certain ring, to it.

    Posted by El Cid on 2008 02 15 at 10:22 AM • permalink

  28. BTW David ``Poufs’’ is actually David Plouffe.

    Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2008 02 15 at 11:39 AM • permalink

  29. Nuthin’ to see here, folks.

    It just establishes that Reuters uses Microsoft Word with “autocomplete” turned on. Type a capital “O”, and it automagically completes it “Osama (MHNBP)”. In a fairly long piece that sort of thing can be worse than typos, impossible to find them all.

    We’ll just have to live with it. They can’t turn it off; they’d never finish their stories at all if they didn’t have “Zionist oppressors”, “trusted source within Hamas”, “American atrocities”, and similar noncontroversial boilerplate set up with one- or two-key macros.

    Regards,
    Ric

    Posted by Ric Locke on 2008 02 15 at 11:59 AM • permalink

  30. Not surprisingly, really.  These are the people who can’t look at a photograph of perfectly symmetrical columns of smoke and tell that it’s been photoshopped.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2008 02 15 at 12:01 PM • permalink

  31. #10:Spot the Dog

    Just following on Dave S. at #21

    You can download that parody for a buck at PaulShanklin.com as an MP3. It is in his American Spastic album.  Shanklin does all of Rush’s parodies.

    You might also like to sample;
    Lt. Kerry’s Purple Hearts Club Band
    The Justice Brothers

    Posted by yojimbo on 2008 02 15 at 12:42 PM • permalink

  32. The death throes of the Hillary for President are not pretty to watch. Witness what may be the final nail in the coffin.

    Posted by Latino on 2008 02 15 at 01:11 PM • permalink

  33. That’s Hillary for President campaign. Jeez. And I previewed and everything.

    Posted by Latino on 2008 02 15 at 01:13 PM • permalink

  34. Yea - I reckon this lady is confused as well

    Posted by Pig Head Sucker on 2008 02 15 at 11:01 PM • permalink

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