"Actually, just look at what Osam, uh, Barack Obama, said just yesterday. Barack Obama calling on radicals, jihadists of all different types, to come together in Iraq. That is the battlefield. That is the central place, he said. Come join us under one banner," - Mitt Romney.

This is actually bizarre. He got it right the first time and then switched so that he describes Obama as the head of al Qaeda, fomenting Jihadist opposition to US troops in Iraq. The campaign apologized. But I have a feeling this wasn't entirely accidental. And will happen again.

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