Hmmm. This, from Chris Matthews, might be the most comically awful Obama/Osama scrambling we've seen this cycle...
Said Matthews: "We had a recording come out of the Obama headquarters -- not Obama, I'm sorry...Bin Laden, Bin Laden -- it came out of Bin Laden's headquarters over there in Pakistan..."
Hoo boy. Here's the thing about this. The man made a mistake. And I have mixed feelings about jumping on this. Matthews and many other reporters and commentators -- us at TPM included, obviously -- write or say the words Obama and Osama multiple times a day. And we all dread being the one to make this mistake.
But, look, one of the realities of this campaign is that there is a tacit, and not so tacit, effort underway to sow doubts about Obama with false suggestions that he's got a secret Muslim past or even terrorist sympathies. So the bottom line is that you're going to take a hit if you botch this. It's just an occupational hazard -- a minor thing to have to deal with in exchange for the privilege of covering an absolutely thrilling and historic presidential race.
And, man, that was a real stinker, Chris.
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