We can’t make this stuff up. During a speech at the “How to Take America Back” conference in St. Louis, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) said the the President is “an enemy to humanity.”

Hear it for yourself.

Today Franks explains that he was referring to Obama’s stance on abortion when he made his remarks.

From USA Today:

Bethany Haley, spokeswoman for Franks, said the congressman was referring to “unborn humanity” and should have clarified his statement. She also said that Franks meant to say that Obama’s abortion-related policies have no place in government, rather than that Obama has no place in government.

Haley said she spoke to Franks early Tuesday before he boarded a plane from Arizona to Washington.

“He was just referring to the way President Obama has set himself up as the most pro-abortion president in America’s history,” Haley said. She ticked off a list of the president’s policies and appointments she said were favorable to abortion rights.

Oh well, at least the Congressman didn’t use his Facebook page to do it.

Jackson-Obama flap heats up as Jesse issues a denial

. Barack Obama’s campaign gave a swift response Wednesday to comments that the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson was said to have made to The New York Post over Obama’s foreign policy plans. The Post reported that Jackson said that an Obama White House would no longer be friendly to Israel. John McCain’s campaign seized on the remarks to suggest that his Democratic opponent would not be a strong supporter of Israel if elected president, while Jackson issued a statement saying he had been misquoted and his comments distorted.  The Obama campaign has furiously denied the charge and said it will continue to support Israel. Read his statement here.