Keeping Track of Rumors of the Infamous Michelle Obama Tape

NRO ^ | June 2, 2008 | Jim Geraghty

[Red Steel]

BARACK OBAMA

Keeping Track of Rumors of the Infamous Michelle Obama Tape

Supposedly, in twenty-five minutes, Larry Johnson is going to have some news to break on the often-rumored, but never-yet-confirmed tape of Michelle Obama denouncing "whitey." Roger Stone said on Fox News this weekend that he believes the tape exists, and "a network" has it, for whatever that's worth. (Perhaps more interestingly, Stone says seven news organizations have contacted him asking if he has it.)

I've heard from a reader which cable news program allegedly has it, but I'm waiting for confirmation.

Again - could the rumor be wrong? Would Michelle Obama really speak from the pulpit of Trinity United? Did she make the remarks in a different venue?

And if a network had it... why would they sit on it? If a right-of-center source had it, are they afraid the superdelegates could shift en masse to Hillary? If so, wouldn't this be held under wraps at least until the Democratic convention?

UPDATE: Larry Johnson is either crazy, a pathological liar, or he's giving us our first glimpse of a tape that will be devastating to Obama: "I have not seen it but I have heard from five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape. It features Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan. They are sitting on a panel at Jeremiah Wright’s Church when Michelle makes her intemperate remarks."

ANOTHER UPDATE: I now doubt this tape exists, for reasons explained here. 

06/02 08:37 AM 06/02 08:37 AM

[Maceman]

I now doubt this tape exists,

So do I. I think we'll see OBL's head on a platter before we see this tape.

[fishergirl]

I heard Bob Beckel refer to the tape this morning on Fox. Something like he was sworn to secrecy.

[Ann Archy]

STOP!!!! Michelle is saying “WHY’D HE......NOT “WHITEY”!! We are going to look soooo damn STUPID if we put this tape out!!! She is saying WHY’D HE!! Good freaking grief!!

[Red Badger]

I wonder what DU and Kos are saying?................

[Miss Didi]

Bob Beckel says Bombshell is heading Michele Obama's way. (Vanity)

[Ann Archy]

She is saying “WHY’D HE”.... NOT... “WHITEY”!!!

[steve-b]

This sounds like some idiot rumor, possibly started as a “boy who cried wolf” scheme to undermine the credibility of anybody dumb enough to fall for it without seeing the evidence.

[Always Right]

STOP!!!! Michelle is saying “WHY’D HE......NOT “WHITEY”!! We are going to look soooo damn STUPID if we put this tape out!!! She is saying WHY’D HE!! Good freaking grief!!

And you have heard it of course, so you know.

[Cincinatus]

Larry Johnson is either crazy, a pathological liar,

Bingo!

[sam_paine]

"The timing of this rumor's surfacing is conveniently perfect to scare superdelegates, and the idea that it's in the hands of sinister Republicans explains why fans of Hillary are eager to talk about it but unable to produce it."

Hillary fingerprints EVERYWHERE.

[steve-b]

Larry Johnson, a vehemently pro-Hillary and anti-Obama blogger, who in the past was running around telling people Karl Rove was about to be indicted.

The tape will surface in 24 Business Hours.

[rhombus]

This all reminds me of the impeachment days where rumors would be floated that such and such a report was going to be devastating to the Clintons. Then when the report came out it never seemed to live up to the hype. Over-hype is a classic tactic to make something go away.

[tobyhill]

It exist but the theory of who has it is all wrong. The Obama camp has a copy and the one who gave him the copy is wanting a high ranking position in his administration if he gets elected.

[sam_paine]

We are going to look soooo damn STUPID if we put this tape out!!!

Too late for you, silly!

[Scarchin]

Won’t matter.

Messiahs get a pass.

[Red Badger]

If the Republicans supposedly have it, why now? Wait til the convention. If Hillary had it, now would be just about right. She probably gave it to them.............

[Trust but Verify]

This is what I think: I think she DID say those things, but no tape exists. The Obama’s would know if she said those things, but would they know for sure that no tape exists? This has been the strategy of Clinton’s team: Make Obama THINK you have a tape to prove what she said when you actually do not. If no tape exists, it’s a dead issue. 100 people could come forward to confrim the story, but without an actual tape, the Obama’s deny it.

[Travis McGee]

Who cares about a possible "whitey" tape? I'm much more worried about the Obamas' "red" policies!

"Our individual salvation depends on collective salvation.

Our collective service can shape the destiny of this generation." ~~Barack Obama

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." ~~Karl Marx

"Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed." ~~Michelle Obama, 2008

She sounds just like Mao's wife Jiang Qing, leader of the "Gang of Four."

[Ann Archy]

Larry Johnson, VILE, EVIL LArry Johnson who drinks the Clintons bathwater is pushing this for REPUBLICANS to put out to look stupid!! DON"T DO IT!!

She said "WHY'D HE"....not WHITEY!!!!