Barack Obama 2008 presidential primary campaign: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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The Clinton and Obama campaigns quickly denounced the story.<ref>{{cite news | first=Jake | last=Tapper | title=Nothing Extreme About Indonesian School Attended by Obama | date=[[January 25]] [[2007]] | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=2822061 | work =ABC News | accessdate=2007-12-05}}</ref> Investigations [[CNN]], [[ABC]] and others showed that Obama had attended [[State Elementary School Menteng 01‎|State Elementary School Menteng Besuki‎]], an [[Education in Indonesia|Indonesian public school]] for children of all faiths in the [[Indonesia#Demographics|majority Muslim]] nation, not an Islamic seminary as ''Insight'' had written.<ref>{{Cite news | title = CNN debunks false report about Obama | date = [[2007-01-23]] | accessdate=2008-02-15 | publisher = [[CNN]] | url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html}}</ref> <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2823943</ref>.

Obama's connections to Islam and theThe false rumors have received wide media coverage. A few of the very many examples include ''[[CBS News]]'',<ref>{{cite video |people = Evan Derkacz |date2 = 2007-04-16 |title = Sinking Couric retreads Obama fraud |url = http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/archive/?y=2007&m=4&d=16 |publisher = Alternet |accessdate = 2008-02-10}}</ref>, the [[Washington Post]]<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/28/AR2007112802757.html Foes Use Obama's Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him] [[Washington Post]] 11-29-2007</ref>, and the nationally-syndicated [[Talk radio|talk show]] ''[[The Savage Nation]]''.

Former U.S. Senator [[Bob Kerrey]] made some comments about Obama's alleged Muslim experiences as a child as he endorsed Clinton for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nomination. Kerrey later wrote a letter of apology for his remarks to Obama, saying: "I answered a question about your qualifications to be president in a way that has been interpreted as a backhanded insult of you. I assure you I meant to do just the opposite." Obama has said that he accepted Kerrey's apology. <ref>{{cite web|last=Pickler|first=Nedra|publisher=Associated Press|url=http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071220/D8TL2V601.html|accessdate=2008-01-06|date=[[2007-12-20]]|title=Kerrey Apologizes to Obama Over Remark}}</ref>