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Obama: I've Been Called Worse
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ABC's Jake Whitman Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, is brushing off the comments made by the head of Fox News that lead Nevada Democrats to cancel a presidential debate hosted by the network.
Fox's Roger Ailes made a remark last week about the similarities between Obama's name and al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden.
On Thursday, Ailes said, "And it is true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don't know if it's true that President Bush called (Pakistani President Pervez) Musharraf and said, 'Why can't we catch this guy?"'
"I didn't take great offense at the joke," Obama said in an Associated Press interview while campaigning in Iowa Sunday. "I have been called worse."
The Nevada Democratic Party cited Ailes' comment when it announced Friday it had canceled an August debate, to be co-hosted by Fox News Channel.
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