Obama Misrecollects Auschwitz Liberation
David Knowles
Contributor
Posted:
05/27/08
Giving a speech in New Mexico on Memorial Day, Barack Obama said the following:
Well, it turns out that the concentration camp in question wasn't Auschwitz, it was Buchenwald. And the man in question was a great uncle of Obama's, and not the sibling of one of his parents.
Opponents of Obama's have pounced on the gaffe, and his campaign later released the following statement:
To his detractors "Uncle-gate" (let's fact it, that has a better ring to it than "Auschwitz-Gate") will serve as indicator of all that is wrong with his candidacy. To his supporters, it's a good reminder that he isn't the messiah, and will make mistakes along the way.
Well, it turns out that the concentration camp in question wasn't Auschwitz, it was Buchenwald. And the man in question was a great uncle of Obama's, and not the sibling of one of his parents.
Opponents of Obama's have pounced on the gaffe, and his campaign later released the following statement:
"Senator Obama's family is proud of the service of his grandfather and uncles in World War II--especially the fact that his great uncle was a part of liberating one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald. Yesterday he mistakenly referred to Auschwitz instead of Buchenwald in telling of his personal experience of a soldier in his family who served heroically."
To his detractors "Uncle-gate" (let's fact it, that has a better ring to it than "Auschwitz-Gate") will serve as indicator of all that is wrong with his candidacy. To his supporters, it's a good reminder that he isn't the messiah, and will make mistakes along the way.