Today in the St. Louis American:
[Dave] Spence had been complaining that peripheral issues about him that made no difference were getting all the media play. He was told that was a fact he would have to live with and address now, because misinformation has weight and power in electoral campaigns. To make a point about misinformation, the publisher asked the candidate, “Is Barack Obama a Muslim?”
Unbelievably, Spence said, “I don’t know.”
The rest of the article is a must read. Click here for the whole, mortifying piece.
[Dave] Spence had been complaining that peripheral issues about him that made no difference were getting all the media play. He was told that was a fact he would have to live with and address now, because misinformation has weight and power in electoral campaigns. To make a point about misinformation, the publisher asked the candidate, “Is Barack Obama a Muslim?”