Obama is a native Somalian? Stephanie Tubbs-Jones seems to think so.

[NYCGirl]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/180147.php

Clip from MSNBC

[K Gardner]

1. I'm SO glad this is being "reported". Tubbs-Jones has been horrid in her support of Clinton.

[Tatiana]

2. I'm sorry. She is a farce and ridiculously uninformed. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

3. Obama's father was from Kenya, not Somalia.

Stephanie also said today that she would cast her superdelegate vote for Hillary, no matter how Ohio voted in the primary.

[rodeodance]

4. oh for heaven's sake-at best she misspoke. Why didn't the achor pick this up.

[Occam Bandage]

7. She "misspoke" the same way three different times in one clip?

And you're asking why Pat Buchanan didn't pick it up? Could be a number of reasons, but I'm betting on "they're all the same to him."

[K Gardner]

18. Kind of reminiscent of Mark Penn accidentally mentioning "cocaine" over and over..?

[rodeodance]

26. even Pat Bl can recognize that T-G was referring to his ancestrial roots.

[Occam Bandage]

5. Obama was born in Somalia now, apparently.

[maddiejoan]

6. Where does she say that?

You do know that's Kenyan garb right? He wore it on a trip to KENYA in 2006.


I didn't hear Tubb-Jones say Somalia.

Neither did you.

[Occam Bandage]

9. It's ethnic Somali garb, from a Somali community in northern Kenya. It is not "his native wear."

[maddiejoan]

10. She didn't say it was his 'native wear'

edit to correct "okay --she said "Native clothing"

I didn't hear her say Somalia.

[Occam Bandage]

12. I'm sorry, "his native clothing." My mistake. That's totally different.

[TexasObserver]

8. Clintonistas are pushing the bogus Somalian claim because Somalia = Al Qaeda/Muslim/Black Hawk Down

It's a well planned smear campaign of the worst kind, and sadly typical of the campaign Her Royal Clinton has run.

[IndianaGreen]

11. They are banking on Americans' notorious ignorance about world geography

As in Black Hawk Down, all "skinnies" look alike!

[TexasObserver]

15. Indeed. They are operating on the BIG LIE. Say anything and let the LIE get repeated.

It's the classic Lyndon Johnson theme: accuse your opponent of having sex with a pig, and make him deny it.

[madrchsod]

13. no shame?--so america is`t his "native land"

he`s an american born citizen...well at least that`s what i have read.

"dig a little deeper in the well,well,well"

[Adams Wulff]

14. Ill informed - Or by design?

Is STJ going on national TV to portray her ignorance?

Or, is this another attempt to smear Obama?

Somalia= Black Hawk Down, Al Queda stronghold, Osama bin Laden headquarterd there years ago. Terrorist training camps.

What do you think of when you hear the word "Somalia".


On Edit:
Credit Texas Observer for typing faster than me.

I'd delete and mark as dupe, but I think it's important to both our posts that this remain.

[NYCGirl]

16. If she said it more than once, it's by design, IMO. NT

[K Gardner]

21. Remember, this is a very common Penn Tactic. Repeat accidentally.. the same false info.

[LizW]

23. She never said Somalia

As pointed out by others upthread. That's in the title at TPM, but she didn't say it.

Essentially, she says, there's nothing wrong with wearing native clothing.

[Occam Bandage]

25. Somali clothing is not Barack Obama's "native clothing."

[TexasObserver]

17. Does this make Stephanie Tubbs-Jones' native land LIEberia?

They know they're lying, which makes it all the more disgusting.

[City Lights]

19. How embarrassing that an elected member of Congress is so unfamiliar

with the Constitution.

[Fire_brand]

20. How do people like that get elected?

[Coexist]

22. after the way she laughed at the State Senator from Texas...

Karma...

[npincus]

24. Most Americans couldn't find their ass on a map.

Kenya... Somalia... it's all on that Africa-thing, right?