political micro-dyslexia

the unintentional mixing of a single letter of a name that results in a similiar sounding but different name of a political figure or terrorist; a condition suffered by U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy in the 2000's when discussing then U.S. Senator Barack Obama and al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Rush Limbaugh occasionally suffers from political micro-dyslexia on his radio program when he frustrates himself by saying Osama meaning Obama, and vice-versa. For instance, "Osama killed Obama.'