Obama mispronounces relative´s name

By Horace C. Gull, UN Appreciated Press Writer
3 AM EDT, May 29, 2008

Upper Sandusky, Ohio – The Barack Obama campaign said Tuesday the candidate mispronounced the name of a man 5 or 10 rows back in the crowd of 35000 at a rally in Ohio yesterday.
Mr. Tazaalin Ysameogo, who attended the rally with a group protesting the Senator´s opposition to oil subsidies, said, “While I understand people making mistakes, I can´t help wondering if it was because I am a Republican?”
The Democratic presidential candidate admitted that, while he did not know Mr. Tazaalin Ysameogo, he did have his name written on a cue card.
“Senator Obama is proud to have Republicans attend his rallies and often goes out of his way to welcome them and take their questions – he feels anyone who has the interest in hearing other points of view should be encouraged,” Campaign spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "Yesterday he simply made a slip of the tongue in calling on “Mr. I-say-mojo.” He noted that no one really noticed until the Fox news headline and interview two days later.
Obama's mispronunciation on Monday quickly generated outrage on Fox Talk Shows with Bill O'Reilly irate at the fact that the Senator "would denigrate a man who served for months in the kitchens at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and whose 2nd cousin is serving our nation overseas."
Mr. Ysameogo´s cousin, who is currently stationed in Hawaii, could not be reached for comment.
“It is this sort of blatant disregard for the families of our soldiers that gives comfort to our enemies and saps the morale of the troops serving this nation so bravely. I wonder if Osama even realizes he made a mistake.”
Going further, the Republican Party demanded an explanation for failure to correct the mistaken in a timely manner.
“It was days before his spokesman even addressed the issue. It gives the impression that the Senator, in his desire to surrender Iraq, has become lackadaisical in his concern for the families and their sons and cousins serving in harm´s way.”