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Line 7: − Conservatives have cited Obama's use of the expression "my Muslim faith" as a confession, or a revealing slip of the tongue.+ − Some interpreters regard the exchange with the interviewer as his denial of having a Muslim faith.+
improved comments at end; thanks, Ed, for the transcription!
*Obama: ... and I think that his campaign upper echelons have not either. What I think <u>is</u> fair to say is that coming out of the Republican camp there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith, something that I find deeply offensive and that has been going on for a pretty long ... [end of clip]
*Obama: ... and I think that his campaign upper echelons have not either. What I think <u>is</u> fair to say is that coming out of the Republican camp there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith, something that I find deeply offensive and that has been going on for a pretty long ... [end of clip]
A Christian is not likely to reference to "my Muslim faith," and Obama's comfortable use of the phrase "my Muslim faith" suggests he is a Muslim rather than a Christian.
Supporters of Obama have suggested that Obama was talking about a false allegation of Obama's "Muslim faith," but that still does not explain his comfortable use of the phrase.