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Obama Boosts U.S. Image Throughout World, Except In Israel

Posted 08.23.2009 | World


A major new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that there have been moderate signs of improvement in the attitudes of predominantly Muslim countr...

Bin Laden's Message in the Era of Obama

Tim Roemer | Posted 02.15.2009 | World


Tim Roemer

The release of yet another tape from Osama Bin Laden Wednesday serves as a reminder of the many leftover issues Barack Obama will inherit from the Bush administration.

Osama Bin Laden Challenges Obama In Tape

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 02.14.2009 | World


CAIRO, Egypt — Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel, seeking to harness anger over the Gaza offensive with a new messa...

VA GOP Chair: Tying Obama To Osama Was Stupid But True

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics


RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's Republican chairman said Tuesday that his remark tying Democrat Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden during the presidenti...

McCain Campaigning With GOPer Who Compared Obama To Osama

Think Progress | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


Earlier this week, Time magazine's Karen Tumulty reported on how Jeffrey Frederick, the chairman of the Virginia Republican party, gave GOP volunteers...

Obama/Osama Sign Outside McCain Rally

Washington Independent | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home


As Sen. John McCain's motorcade arrived for a rally at Cape Fear Community College, this sign, featuring a photo of Osama bin Laden in between photos ...

Seth Colter Walls

"Obama Bin Lyin'" Sign At McCain Rally

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


One day after John McCain passed up an attempt to criticize a comparison between Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden, he has been presented with another ...

Virginia GOP Head Tells Volunteers: Compare Obama To Osama

Time | Posted 11.12.2008 | Politics


If John McCain is as serious as he says about running a "respectful" campaign against an opponent he considers "a decent person," word hasn't yet tric...

Osama Printed Instead of Obama on Absentee Ballots, an Accident? VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics


George Spyros

AP reports that hundreds of absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County, NY, identified the Democratic presidential candidate as 'Barack Os...

Obama Listed As "Barack Osama" On Some New York Ballots

Albany Times-Union | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's last name is spelled "Osama" on hundreds of absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensse...

How Should Obama Respond? A Third Way to End the Sliming

Joel Weinberger | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics


Joel Weinberger

Obama is refuting charges against him in an effort not to repeat the mistake of the Kerry campaign -- but this just substitutes a new mistake for the old one.

Sam Stein

Bush, Iraq, Energy, Osama: McCain/Obama Speech War

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics


In presidential campaigns, words matter. With Barack Obama belittled as an empty-suit orator and John McCain stifled by rhetorical blunders, the influ...

Jon Stewart Explains The Difference Between Osama And Obama To Media: "Obama Has Only One Radical Muslim Wife" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.01.2008 | Media


Jumping off a series of clips of pundits and TV hosts mixing up the names Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden, Jon Stewart laid out the differences betwe...

Nico Pitney

State Senator Kevin Bryant Posts Osama-Obama Photo

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


South Carolina State Senator Kevin Bryant has removed a classy photo from his website showing Osama Bin Laden next to Barack Obama with text claiming...

Chris Matthews Confuses Barack Obama And Osama Bin Laden Once Again

Huffington Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media


Talking about the flap over The New Yorker's controversial cover featuring Barack and Michelle Obama, Chris Matthews slipped up -- once again -- and s...

Woops: GOP Congressman Talks About Shooting...Obama

Progress Illinois | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Interviewed on the Don Wade & Roma in the Morning show Wednesday, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said that he supports a policy "where if we see Obama there'...

Is Hotmail Contributing To Obama-Muslim Smear Campaign?

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


There is great concern -- both within and outside of Barack Obama's campaign -- that the smear attacks suggesting that the Senator is, in fact, a Musl...

Chris Matthews Apologizes Again – This Time For Obama/Osama Error

Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Last night on Hardball, Chris Matthews promoted the show's lineup, which would include discussion of Barack Obama's plagiarism of Deval Patrick's spee...

Glenn Beck Calls Barack "Osama," Says Obama Is An "Unfortunate Name"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


On Monday's "Good Morning America," Glenn Beck "accidentally" referred to Barack Obama as "Osama," calling Barack's last name "unfortunate." While th...

The Year In Media Errors And Corrections

Regret The Error | Craig Silverman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Barack Obama appears to be a magnet for press errors. He was mistaken for "Osama" in two (1,2) news reports by CNN, and in one by the New York Post. ...