Originally Posted by Cindy Claveau

Osama's been in the news almost every day for the past 6 years. Daily. Osama, Osama, Osama, Osama... tongues are trained to pronounce the word on sight.

Then suddenly one of the candidates has a name eerily similar. Anyone used to saying "Osama" could easily misspeak and pronounce Obama's name wrong.

Depending on who you are and who you work for, of course, radical leftwingers are going to make a big stink out of your mistake and claim you compared Obama to a known terrorist.

Business as usual in American politics.