People slip up when they're speaking.
They make mistakes.
Example, (h/t Mark Levin):
Oops! Obama referred to "my Muslim faith."
He meant to say "Christian," but he didn't.
No big deal. It was clear Obama screwed up.
I'm sure at the time some conspiracy nuts jumped on Obama's slip as proof that he's not a Christian, but most took it for what it was - a mistake.
Now, Alice Stewart, an aide for Rick Santorum, made a mistake.
Loons, on both sides of the political aisle, are using that mistake to paint Santorum as extreme.
From Politico:
Rick Santorum’s spokeswoman Alice Stewart said in a TV interview on Monday that Santorum was referring to President Barack Obama’s “radical Islamic policies” when he said the president’s agenda was driven by “phony theology” — but then quickly called up MSNBC after the segment aired to say she misspoke.
“There is a type of theological secularism when it comes to the global warmists in this country. That’s what he was referring to. He was referring to the president’s policies in terms of the radical Islamic policies the president has,” Stewart said on “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”
Mitchell later said on the air that Stewart phoned the show after the interview to say she had slipped up and said “radical Islamic policies” instead of Obama’s “radical environmental policies.”
Mitchell noted she had missed Stewart’s phrasing of “radical Islamic policies” during the live interview.
“She had repeatedly said during that same interview ‘radical environmental policies’ and she said she slipped when she apparently said [it],” Mitchell said. “I did not hear it, or I would have caught her on it and tried to get a correction at the moment. I really, frankly, did not hear her use the word Islamic, but the tape tells the tale.”
Anyone using Stewart's obvious mistake to disparage Santorum is sleazy, such as the MSNBC talking heads.
These stupid little gaffes should not receive "breaking news" attention. They muddy the debate.
These trumped up distractions take time away from issues that really matter, like Obama trampling on First Amendment rights or Obama failing to get the economy rolling again.
Here's video:
It seems like Andrea Mitchell is dying to stir things up, but she can't bring herself to accuse Stewart of something sinister.
What professionalism!
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