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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Interviewer Reminds Obama He's A Christian-Not A Muslim

In a recent interview with George Stephanopoulos, Obama discussed how McCain has not made an issue out of his "Muslim faith" during the presidential campaign. Stephanopoulos then reminded Obama that he is "supposed" to be a Christian.

Transcript excerpt from the interview provided by Rush Limbaugh:

"OBAMA: No, uh, well, uh, well, look, the -- the, uhhhh. Listen, uhhh, you and I both know that the minute that Governor Palin was, uh -- was, uh, forced to talk about her daughter, I immediately said, "That's off-limits. And -- and -- and -- and --

STEPHANOPOULOS: John McCain did the same thing about questioning your faith.

OBAMA: And what -- what was the first thing the McCain campaign went out and did? They -- they said, uhhh, look, uhhh, his liberal blogs that support Obama (nervous laugh) are out there attacking Governor Palin. I mea- ih, uh, uh, eh, L-l-let's not play games. W-w-what I was suggesting, you are absolutely right that John McCain has not, uh, talked about my Muslim faith, and you're absolutely right that that has not come --

STEPHANOPOULOS: Christian faith.

OBAMA: Uh, M-my Christian faith."