MyDD :: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommorrow?

Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommorrow?

by mtg44234, Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:02:29 AM EST

I know this is a poor source, but Fox News and on Fox and Friends is reporting that a letter or a tape of Michelle Obama will be released with something so astonishing that it will change the election. Bob Beckel said the Republicans are prepared to release "something" tommorrow after Hillary suspends her campaign?

Does anybody, anybody know anything about this? I do not want the Democrats to be embarassed!!

If you know anything, please post.

Tags: Obama, Clinton, Fox News (all tags)

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"Why'd he....?" (2.00 / 1)

See Boomantribune from Sunday night.

by magster on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:05:15 AM EST

I FOUND THE VIDEO! (none / 0)

This is for all the College Republican rejects:

This country is no longer hostage to your neocon terrorists.
The constitution will be restored, and your neocon revolution will be held in the same vile contepmy as the treasonous Confederacy which you hold so dear.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:44:30 AM EST
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Your Concern is Noted (2.00 / 4)

Collect your McCpoints and move on.

by parahammer on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:05:38 AM EST

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. (1.57 / 7)

Go ask that racist Larry Johnson.

by 0td on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:06:05 AM EST

Internet courage (2.00 / 1)

I doubt you would tell him that to his face.

by katmandu1 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:15:07 AM EST
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Re: Internet courage (1.50 / 6)

Larry Johnson is a white supremacist.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:16:15 AM EST
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Proof? (2.00 / 1)

Not wanting to vote for Obama does not prove this.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:58:20 AM EST
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Re: Proof? (1.00 / 2)

Catfish, why are you defending him you know what he did and what he represents.

I would cite the reasons, but I know you know them so I wont play that game.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:01:20 PM EST
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Oh, you don't have proof. (1.00 / 0)

Stop trolling. Lying is trolling please go away.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:06:18 PM EST
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Re: Oh, you don't have proof. (none / 0)

I said nothing about supporting Clinton.

Larry Johnson's racism has nothing to do with Clinton.

Stop trolling.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:15:41 PM EST
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Re: Proof? (2.00 / 1)

Because catfish is a NoQuarter regular - he's feeling guilt-by-association.

by interestedbystander on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:12:51 PM EST
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Re: Proof? (none / 0)

Can someone please post the links, I get sick just going to that macabre site.

We all know the game Catfish is playing, the one were you have plausible deniability so you can sleep at night.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:14:42 PM EST
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Re: Proof? (2.00 / 1)

Sorry - not me, went twice and that was enough. The posters there are scary. Was amazed how many MyDD regulars are there though.

by interestedbystander on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:22:32 PM EST
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Re: Internet courage (2.00 / 6)

Actually I would pay good money to have the opportunity to say it to his face.

by interestedbystander on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:20:55 AM EST
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Re: Internet courage (1.66 / 6)

I wonder if he'd attack me though. Does he beat women too?

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:25:11 AM EST
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Re: Internet courage (1.33 / 3)

Id say it to his face and then hold him down and shave his head so he can embrace his Aryan roots.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:39:49 AM EST
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Disruption troll - don't engage people (1.00 / 0)

Just move along.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:07:09 PM EST
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Re: Disruption troll - don't engage people (none / 0)

Remember folks:

A fish rots from the head first!

by venician on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 01:55:50 PM EST
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Re: Internet courage (1.50 / 4)

Probably - I'm a woman, but I would take my two very protective dogs with me just in case:)

by interestedbystander on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:11:07 PM EST
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Re: Internet courage (2.00 / 1)

Give me the chance to prove you wrong. :)

Serious question- Is This Snark?

by ragekage on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:45:37 AM EST
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I would love to (1.50 / 4)

by JJE on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:48:03 AM EST
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get in line (1.50 / 4)

behind me and several thousand others.

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by annatopia on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:04:44 PM EST
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Re: Internet courage (none / 0)

You would be wrong.

by Same As It Ever Was on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 01:09:23 PM EST
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we'll see if the tape is true (none / 0)

and if it is, and it is THAT damaging, as in something that will be the Willie Horton of this year, thats why we have superdelegates

"there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right in America"-William Jefferson Clinton, forty-second President of the United States

by DiamondJay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:08:03 AM EST

Re: we'll see if the tape is true (2.00 / 1)

So Superdelegates are there to reinforce racial stereotypes?

How much did you lvoe the willie horton ad?

Im sure that 527 is dying for donations, you know those clammy handed douchebags over there have already claimed theyre trying their hardest to smear obama.
Im sure they are happy you are in their corner.

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by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:41:22 AM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

Yawn...........this soc called story is OLD

"I am standing with Barack Obama to say, `Yes, we can!'" Hillary Clinton 6/7/08

by feliks on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:08:55 AM EST

Bullsheet (none / 0)

Fox keeps running stories about how there is something about Michelle Obama that is about to explode. Who is this secret kabal of "republicans"? Do you think they have a suite of offices at Homeland Security so they have easy access to all transmission?

zzzzzz

Its not a story until it is. Until then, zzzzzzz

summer is for swimming

by susu1969 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:09:27 AM EST

Most speculation is that it's bunk (none / 0)

If they actually had it, they'd have played it by now.

Most people I've heard from think that they probably doctored a tape of her asking questions about Bush, "Why'd he take us to Iraq" to sound like it's saying "Whitey take us to Iraq?"

It'll be guaranteed spectacle for a day or two until it's completely debunked.

In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.

by Dracomicron on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:10:30 AM EST

Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

is that there is a tape of Michelle sitting at panel with Louis Farrakan ranting at "whities". This rumor has been out there for weeks. Lots of people have been saying the tape is a hoax and a fake.

My take is that the tape probably exist, not because of anything Larry Johnson says over at noquarterusa, but mainly because of the screaming silence from the Obamas. The rumor has been on the TV and the net and spreading and still no denial from either Obamas. So I figure there's probably something there. But, how bad...we'll see.

I do know that if this tape is actually true.... anything with Louis Farrakan, his brand of radicalism, is like pouring gasoline in fire. If Michelle is really on tape with Farrakan, they have a HUGE problem. Enormous even.

It's an election, not an auction.

by cosbo on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:12:06 AM EST

Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

Why would the Obamas say anything at all? It's like the old joke about the Senator who called a press conference to deny allegations that he's a moron.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:17:58 AM EST
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The rumor is damaging. (none / 0)

If it's not true, say so and move along. But I figure, there is something there. I can't see Fox saying that they're going to release something and don't. They're slimy for sure, and because of that if they're saying they have slime, well I'll take them at their word. They are very, very good at what they do.

It's an election, not an auction.

by cosbo on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:24:22 AM EST
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Re: The rumor is damaging. (2.00 / 1)

Consider the source. It's the guys behind CUNT, who Hillary "supporters" are now staking their credibility on.

There are certain things that are just beneath response.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:28:18 AM EST
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None of that doesn't mean... (none / 0)

there no tape. Nobody is banking on credibility of Fox slime crew. We all know how they work. But doesn't mean there no tape of Michelle spouting off crap. Speaking for me only, I have bad feeling that there really is a tape. To me only, I figure that Michelle & Barack would have denounced it long ago if there wasn't. To me, their silence is speaking louder than all Fox's sly slime monger.

It's an election, not an auction.

by cosbo on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:34:34 AM EST
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Re: None of that doesn't mean... (none / 0)

To me, their silence is speaking louder than all Fox's sly slime monger.

"Why won't you tell us when you stopped beating your wife??"

Maybe their "silence" is due to the fact that, like 99.5% of the country who don't watch FoxNews or read blogs, they've never heard this story?

by BlueinColorado on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:39:37 AM EST
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Re: None of that doesn't mean... (none / 0)

Why denounce something unless you know first which something it is? Heck there could be dozens of times when Michelle said something she wouldn't want on the nightly news.

But ultimately, Michelle isn't running for president, Barack is. I don't see how anything she said does more than rate one disgusting news cycle. I don't see how it's 'explosive' unless she was advocating placing explosives or killing someone.

Probably it's the bogus whities tape. In which case these days, she was discussing underwear, because who the heck uses the word whitie any more? Even an old lady like me wouldn't use the word.

"There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up" --Rex Stout

by LIsoundview on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:20:39 PM EST
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Re: The rumor is damaging. (none / 0)

You don't dignify a rumor with a response. If you did, the rumors would simply multiply like a virus, and you'd have to spend all your time responding to each and every one.

When there's something tangible to discuss, then you craft your response.

I mean, that's obvious, isn't it?

Know Your Rights!

by BobzCat on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:41:23 AM EST
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Re: The rumor is damaging. (none / 0)

True. They are the GOP megaphone. If they say the GOP will release something they probably had a reliable source.

by Tolstoy on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:20:35 PM EST
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Re: The rumor is damaging. (none / 0)

Let me know how their search for WMD goes.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:23:28 PM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

If Michelle Obama had appeared on a dais with Farrakhan, I imagine someone who attended the event would remember.

by Adam B on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:24:21 AM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

For anyone who knows Hyde Park politics, it's patently absurd.

Michelle is not a figure here...she doesn't sit on panels...and certainly not with Farrakhan.

It's so silly.

by Deadalus on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:32:52 AM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

Indeed. This isn't Toni Preckwinkle we're discussing.

(P.S. Death to the Co-Op!)

by Adam B on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 01:13:25 PM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

The thing that confirms it most is that the day after the story broke, Obama was on air saying his wife was off limits. He tried to frame it in relation to one of those "for the first time in my life, I am proud of my country" ads from Tennessee, but the ad was really old and stale by then.

Lifelong Democrat, civil rights advocate, former volunteer for Dem candidates. Now Independent.

by BPK80 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:34:57 AM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

Yeah, it's not like the Tennessee GOP ads weren't getting heavy press or anything.

By the way, you've officially lost all right to ever complain about any rumor about Bill or Hillary Clinton again.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:51:09 AM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

"By the way, you've officially lost all right to ever complain about any rumor about Bill or Hillary Clinton again."

I didn't know you were in charge of meting out my right to express my opinion. Can I have it back? Pretty please?

Lifelong Democrat, civil rights advocate, former volunteer for Dem candidates. Now Independent.

by BPK80 on Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:02:00 PM EST
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Re: Well the rumour is... (none / 0)

If they have something, they will release it now, not November. Disqualifying the Democratic nominee before the actual convention will humiliate all Democrats in all races. Being forced to nominate someone else at the convention after the people have already spoken will make for a somber, joyless meeting in Denver that will portray us as a mortally wounded party scrambling to save our lives. This would effect all races at all levels.

Brilliant fucking move by the VRWC in an election year they were supposed to suffer catastrophic losses...

No politician ever lost an election because he underestimated the intelligence of the American public. - PT Barnum, paraphrased...

by jarhead5536 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:25:17 PM EST
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Yeah. You're probably right. (none / 0)

It will be embarrassing for the democratic party.

It's an election, not an auction.

by cosbo on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:55:09 PM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (2.00 / 4)

McCain's wife is not exactly squeaky clean, I don't know if they really want to make this about the candidate's spouses as Cindy McCain is, um pretty vulnerable to attack.

by notedgeways on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:12:44 AM EST

Find someone, (2.00 / 1)

anyone, willing to go on the record as saying that THEY'VE seen the tape and I'll worry about it. It's all friends of a friend who have seen it. Right now this is just an urban legend.

If you think you can keep something like this quiet in the 21st century, you haven't been paying much attention. It would have been on youtube months ago.

Beat McCain!

by thezzyzx on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:14:31 AM EST

Re: Find someone, (2.00 / 2)

This is a classic whisper campaign. Nasty stuff, like what the Bushies did against McCain in 2000.

We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.

by politicsmatters on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:20:07 AM EST
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Re: Find someone, (none / 0)

The only person who benefits from it is Hillary Clinton. How silly is this - just days before Obama's about to win the nomination, suddenly there's a whisper campaign about a tape that nobody has seen.

If this freezes a single superdelegate I'm going to be so pissed off.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:54:15 AM EST
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Re: Find someone, (none / 0)

If Hillary was behind this, it would have happened long ago. She isn't pushing this anymore than she was pushing Wright, which was not at all...

No politician ever lost an election because he underestimated the intelligence of the American public. - PT Barnum, paraphrased...

by jarhead5536 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:26:42 PM EST
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Re: Find someone, (none / 0)

Agreed, it's patent bullshit, almost child-like in the tone with which its been spread. Larry Johnson's breathless promises that he'll have an "update" in the morning, and the "update" is just a rehash of the previous post, should give people some pause as to the veracity of these claims.

The fact that its being spread here without remorse is saddening. I've been posting here since 2004, but my last account was banned for calling these people what they are, virulent racists. Its one more step in the gutter for what was once a very proud progressive blog.

by authority song on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:00:20 PM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (2.00 / 2)

Go away please.

by wasder on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:15:48 AM EST

Isn't Fox "News"... (2.00 / 6)

...still searching for weapons of mass destruction, too?

How about Bush's brain? Have they located that yet?

Have any of you seen that commercial for the upcoming move, "The Happening," where people are hurting themselves and jumping off buildings? I keep on hoping it's a documentary about Fox News.

Fox News is the weirdest combination of the vacuous and insipid (any of their know-nothing anchors) and the old and feeble-minded. Seriously, Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes make Sen. McCain look spry.

by BenderRodriguez on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:16:14 AM EST

Re: Isn't Fox "News"... (none / 0)

Hey! Bite my shiny metal ass!

Serious question- Is This Snark?

by ragekage on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:47:57 AM EST
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Here is what I know (2.00 / 4)

This was supposedly supposed to be released by Larry Johnson on the No Quarter blog this morning, at 9 AM.

It's now 11 AM.

Booman has apparently seen the tape, and he says Michelle is making a series of slams against Bush that only someone with a real axe to grind (such as LJ or SusanHu) could possibly interpret as racial slurs.

My take? It's a version of the backmasking scam. More here.

Finding God in a Dog

by maxomai on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:19:50 AM EST

Re: Here is what I know (2.00 / 2)

Actually, he said he was going to release it at 9AM on Monday. Folks at hillaryis44 were wondering why he hadn't put it out yet, but of course they didn't think that undermined his claims that it existed.

We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.

by politicsmatters on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:21:22 AM EST
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Re: Here is what I know (2.00 / 1)

It was yesterday at 9am. That idiot has zero credibility - just ask Jason Leopold.

by interestedbystander on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:23:53 AM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

Must be why they left the church and his campaign sent around a supposed transcript of the event. Must be some fire there. For our sake I hope it comes out before August.

by Iceblinkjm on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:26:41 AM EST

Too perfect!! (2.00 / 2)

Must be some fire there.

The New York Times on Whitewater, 1994: "There's no evidence of wrongdoing, but where there's this much smoke, there must be a fire somewhere."

As a connoisseur of the absurd, I really do love how much Clinton supporters have morphed into the people who originally made up the VRWC.

by BlueinColorado on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:31:56 AM EST
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"Made up"? (none / 0)

You seriously think it doesn't exist? After everything that has happened over the last 20 years? Hillary has demonstrated that even if you're paranoid, it doesn't mean that they're not out there trying to get you...

No politician ever lost an election because he underestimated the intelligence of the American public. - PT Barnum, paraphrased...

by jarhead5536 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:29:18 PM EST
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Re: "Made up"? (none / 0)

"made up" as in "were a part of", not "invented"

by BlueinColorado on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 06:29:52 PM EST
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Re: Rumor (2.00 / 1)

Until I hear it with my own ears, see it with my own eyes, and until someone I highly respect vouches for its authenticity, it doesn't exist.

by Liame on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:34:57 AM EST

Nostalgia (2.00 / 2)

Seems like a year ago, but I guess it was just a couple of months ago, we had five diaries a day at the top of the wreck list by Larry Johnson's blogging partner (I gather that's where she's gone) assuring us that a BOMBSHELL that would END OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN was going to be revealed by the Reszko trial.

and ten years ago, Bob Novak and Bill Safire would trade-off publishing a column about "High-ranking, non-partisan, unimpeachable Justice Department sources have told this column that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be indicted, perhaps as soon as next week. 'It's not a matter of 'if', but 'when'', a career official who has served under Republican and Democratic administrations assured us."

by BlueinColorado on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:35:36 AM EST

mcpoints for you (none / 0)

go the fuck away. you are using fox noise as a source to push a RUMOR that there MIGHT be something out there that embarrasses michelle obama?

are you fucking kidding me? take this garbage over to freerepublic, douchebag.

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by annatopia on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:48:38 AM EST

Re: mcpoints for you (2.00 / 1)

Bob Beckel is a progressive pundit.

by soyousay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:53:56 AM EST
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no good progressive pundit (none / 0)

would source fox noise.

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by annatopia on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:04:20 PM EST
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hmmm... (2.00 / 1)

The only memo about to be released regarding Mrs. Obama is the acknowledgment that she will in fact be the next First Lady of the US of A.

Listening to right wing talking points could be clouding your judgment. That or the extra saliva gathering at the corners of your mouth...

"Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break." Sara Teasdale

by april34fff on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:52:23 AM EST

Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (2.00 / 2)

Michelle Obama "Whitey" Remarks

McCain = Iraq. John McCain = overturn Roe.

by PantsB on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:55:04 AM EST

Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

I always right click on links to see where they lead. I hate to increase traffic for no reason.

by soyousay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:01:48 PM EST
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a racist? (2.00 / 2)

why do people say Larry Johnson is a racist? I've been reading his website for months and never saw a post even closely resembling racism. It's extremely pro-Clinton and anti-Obama but how does that make him a racist?

by brooklyndem on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 11:55:12 AM EST

Re: a racist? (none / 0)

Do you think we would throw that out for no reason?

I think it started when he was citing white supremacist articles as sources.

There have been many racist diaries from his site, plus his cronies post some here.

I dont want to give the douchebag any more keystrokes, search the site, you will find it.

He has maybe one defender on this whole site.

http://www.truepat.org/

by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:00:10 PM EST
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Have seen no racist diaries (1.00 / 0)

at his site.

Please cite the white supremacist sources or stop slandering people on this site.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:02:52 PM EST
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Re: Have seen no racist diaries (none / 0)

Comment by Ellen Tenn | 2008-05-29 11:06:56

I can't wait for all of the rich white kids who voted for Obama to wake up and realize that they now "owe" black people something. That they should give up their I-Pods, cell phones and fancy clothes because their ancestors have inherited their place in life at the expense of slaves. These college students have no idea what they are doing. HOPE! CHANGE! They were swept up in all this hype and now the facts are coming out

Comment by James | 2008-05-29 12:35:22

I know what you mean when you say you "can't wait" but you shouldn't even joke. I don't want to see our children with chains on them being marched to Africa to be sold as slaves.

Comment by Chaos | 2008-05-29 12:21:18

And if you think the proud white race is going to be enslaved, think again.

Comment by Mr X | 2008-05-29 11:22:13

The change that Obama talks about is the liberation of blacks at the expense of white people. All those white people that voted for him are in for a rude awakening when they realise that "change" is all about the removal of white power into the hands of blacks. This is the new coalition you've been hearing about. They are not interested in equality.

You have to wonder how you can hate on white people and not be a racist. For 20 years, there's no way anyone could have stayed in that church unless they're ok with racism and are themself racist.

Frankly, it explains where all the hate comes from in the Obama campaign. I'm from a minority (not black) and we had to stop blaming the majority for all our problems. It made things MUCH worse. Once we started addressing issues without resorting to putting people in groups and saying those groups were to blame, things started improving. But from the looks of it, things are about to get MUCH MUCH worse for the US. Obama can't stop himself from classifying people.

Comment by terri | 2008-05-29 13:13:26

Bunch of very sick stuff. Unfortunately so many on the far left agree with these hateful pastors and think we should hand Obama the WH because he is black. I've said all along, these people do not want equality any more than the evangelical christians. They want DOMINANCE. They do not want a democracy-they want a black Tyranny.

Comment by AnninCa | 2008-05-29 13:17:46

It does explicate the destructive parts of his campaign.

Tear up the white girl.

Comment by typical irishman | 2008-05-29 14:41:37

Black Liberation is an ancient religion. It goes all the way back to ancient Babylon, it is the same "Mystery Religion" spoken of in the book of Revelation as "Mystery Babylon the great, the Mother of Harlots and the abomination of the earth".

Comment by DianeJ | 2008-05-29 15:13:03

I agree with you LJ - Black Theology Has No Place In the Oval Office.

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:29:02 PM EST
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Re: Have seen no racist diaries (none / 0)

By Pagen Power Article: I want a full blooded American as my President.

She was banned within a few hours and I do remember your rec'ing that one.

by venician on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:00:28 PM EST
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The new standards of racism (2.00 / 1)

if it's pro-Clinton and anti-Obama it's racist.

I updated a comment once that called Obama's pastor a "black bigot". OK, he was a bigot who happened to be black. Now they go around saying that's proof that I am a racist.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:01:47 PM EST
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Re: The new standards of racism (none / 0)

And how was reverend wright a bigot?

He was crazy and unkept like most people nuts enough to dedicate their life to religion.

Please proceed?

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by CrushTheGOP2008 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:13:17 PM EST
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How about this (1.00 / 0)

you find the sources that prove Larry Johnson used white supremacist sources and then I'll lift a finger for you.

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:15:13 PM EST
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Re: The new standards of racism (2.00 / 1)

If you don't support Obama you a racist. You have to be. There is absolutely no other reason you could possibly oppose his elevation from political novice to the highest office on the planet except blatant racism.

by Tolstoy on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:28:33 PM EST
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Re: The new standards of racism (none / 0)

Does beating that strawman ever wear you out?

I have that readiness.

by Jess81 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:29:48 PM EST
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Political novice? (none / 0)

How many elections has Obama won?

How many has Clinton won?

Finding God in a Dog

by maxomai on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:09:17 PM EST
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Blatant sexism (none / 0)

As is counting your 8 years of First Lady as "experience" or being voted to the Senate with no legislative experience based on your husband's name.

OUCH!!!!

by Regenman on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 04:33:54 PM EST
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Bob Beckel is pretty pro-Obama (1.00 / 0)

That's surprising. I expect the tape to be underwhelming.

Like Obama "scratching his face" with his middle finger talking about Hillary, there could be just enough wiggle room that some will hear her railing on "whitey" and others asking "why'd he?"

by catfish2 on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:05:25 PM EST

Re: Bob Beckel is pretty pro-Obama (none / 0)

Will we have to put the same amount of mayonnaise under the tinfoil to hear "whitey" as we did to see "flipping off" in the infamous scratcher video?

by BlueinColorado on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:45:58 PM EST
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If there was a tape... (none / 0)

...the HRC campaign (who are masters of oppo research)would have produced it a while back. Starting rumors on the eve Obama's cinching the nominiation sound like just a ruse to break the momentum he will get tonight.

nothing to see here, move along

"You might well think that. I couldn't possibly comment"

by xenontab on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:05:40 PM EST

Re: If there was a tape... (none / 0)

That makes no sense. If the Clinton campaign had a video, IMO it would have been released a couple of months ago, not now.

It actually makes more sense for Republicans to release a video now in order to make the Democratic party look inadequate.

by soyousay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:20:25 PM EST
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Re: If there was a tape... (none / 0)

Correct, if there was a Tape, the Clinton Campaign would have gotten there first (GOP is a step behind these days) and would have used it in the primary. If the GOP had it they would have used it a week or so ago to prolong the primary. Sounds too Rovian to be true

"You might well think that. I couldn't possibly comment"

by xenontab on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:20:27 PM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (2.00 / 1)

Tomorrow! No, the next day! Well, maybe the day after that. COME ON PEOPLE. Don't get played for suckers, there is no tape.

"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman

by Steve M on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:23:34 PM EST

Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

I heard the same thing prior to the release of the "elite audio."

by soyousay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:25:44 PM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

I somewhat doubt that's true, there was no advance hype for that story.

Look, if you want to believe in this, more power to you, but I wonder how long you're willing to be strung along. Maybe we should bet on whether the tape exists, you could make some easy money off me.

"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman

by Steve M on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:51:39 PM EST
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Re: Bombshell Heading toward Michelle Obama tommor (none / 0)

It's not at all difficult for me to believe this; in fact it's easy for me to believe. The rhetoric that comes out of Trinity seems to be pretty consistant so far.

by soyousay on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 01:09:57 PM EST
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Anyone can start a rumor. (none / 0)

So far, it's been all talk and no substance. I'll believe it when I see it. I imagine it'll be a hodge-podge of Michelle's appearances, kind of like a ransom note using magazine clippings.

This administration is not sinking. This administration is soaring! If anything, they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg!

by venavena on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:28:00 PM EST

Ridiculous (none / 0)

Who honestly believes that an Ivy League educated woman, with a White mother-in-law, half white husband, and quarter white children would say something so ignorant?
Unless, of course, it's someone with such a generally low opinion of Black people, that they assume any rumor that suggests all Black people are the same as in the inner city, MUST be true (i.e. a racist).

* Hums Mr. Rogers theme *

by Maori on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:28:49 PM EST

Re: It's stupid fear-mongering (none / 0)

It's just stupid fear-mongering. If there's anything to be found, the Clinton campaign would have found it. They're actually better than the Republican party

by igwealth5tm on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 12:34:09 PM EST

Re: It's stupid fear-mongering (none / 0)

You got that right. McCain had an opportunity to make hay while the primary season dragged on and he did NOTHING! Once the GE starts he will be slipping behind more and more.

"You might well think that. I couldn't possibly comment"

by xenontab on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:21:55 PM EST
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