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I am not trying to steal thunder from HillBuzz. That blogger is breaking important news. I’m posting the article in full because, having seen what happened to our site, a link to his will kill his server with the flood of traffic. Until Sunday, I was operating on one server. We’re up to four and barely keeping pace. HillBuzz writes at Hillbuzz Blogspot What’s on the Michelle Obama Rant Tape? Here’s what’s known so far: The Michelle Obama Rant Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United...

Welcome to the party John McCain PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW By Salena Zito Spokesperson Jeff Sadosky said tonight that Sen. John McCain is not your typical Republican, which explains the non-traditional geographic pick of New Orleans for the launch of his general election campaign for president. "We believe Senator McCain's vision for reforming government is particularly meaningful for the people of Louisiana who know all too well the tragic cost of government's failure to act," said Sadosky. It's the same city where Democrat John Edwards launched and docked his candidacy for president. Sadosky said McCain's speech tonight on the occasion of the...

HotAir: Democratic strategist Bob Beckel appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and dropped a bombshell. Beckel says he believes a “shoe will drop” as early as tomorrow, and that it involves Michelle Obama. This will, he says, be “significantly” bigger than the earlier college-thesis issue, which implies that the supposed “whitey” video exists. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/03/bob-beckel-and-the-mighty-big-shoe/ As yet unconfirmed verbiage from Michelle Obama’s tape: “Once again, the white man keeps us down, what’s up with Whitey, Why’d he attack Iraq, Why’d he let Katrina happen, Why’d he leave millions of children behind. This is the legacy the white man gives us”

The buzz about a tape surfacing of Michelle Obama ranting about "Whitey" together with Louis Farrakhan and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is interesting, if not a deal breaker. When it comes out, Barack will be permanently branded with the Nation of Islam - not a good tag when running for President of the United States. There is no coincidence that Barrack Obama "quit" his controversial church yesterday, just as news of this tape hit. But his ties with the Nation of Islam do not get cut just because he "quits" the church. "Barack hired two members of the Nation of...

I'll let you click and read the commentary on Ace's page about the Michell tape. (language warning...Ace is colorful!). But included in that commentary is a video clip of Bob Beckel on F&F this morning. VERY interesting what Bob has to say at 1:20 into the video: (http://www.redlasso.com/ClipPlayer.aspx?id=4129e9d3-586a-45dd-aeb9-294b819b7afa) Ace's commentary is based on Larry Johnson's site and story, www.noquarterusa.net, (http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/03/a-devastating-bombshell-on-obama-will-be-dropped-tomorrow/#comment-310109). Site is slow to load probably because of traffic...but it will load.

If Barack Obama thinks that resigning from Trinity United Church of Christ will stop his opponents from trying to stereotype him as a race-man, he has another think coming. Next, they'll be going after his wife, Michelle, twisting every comment she's ever made about race. It's already started with distortions of her 20-year-old college thesis, and a remix of her "first time I'm proud to be an American" gaffe. Obviously, the rant by the Rev. Michael Pfleger that ended up on YouTube left Obama little choice but to look for a new church home. Instead of doing the "denounce" and...

If any of you had the opportunity to watch Fox & FRiends this morning, you probably saw Bob Beckel being interviewed about todays political events. Towards the end of the interview he announced to the Fox & FRiends hosts that he has been told by numerous people,(enough and in a way that convinced him) that a bombshell will be dropping tomorrow about Michele Obama.The Friends turned white and asked what it might be...was it worse than a college thesis? Bob said—Oh yes, in a BIG way. He said that the Repubs were behind it and it was dumb because it...

John Fund of the Wall Street Journal was on Laura Ingraham’s show this morning, talking about the bombshell, according to our own No Quarter author Bud White. Bob Beckel, Democratic analyst for Fox News, reported on TV already that a “bombshell” is coming out tomorrow VIDEO BELOW. Here are written reports to date (and I will ADD MORE as they come in) — and I am adding the DEVASTATING electoral college projections up at HillBuzz that further underscore Obama’s unelectability. Obama is toast. John Fund, Wall Street Journal: “Indeed, rumors are swirling on the campaign trail that a new video...

Were you watching at 6:25 when Democratic strategist Bob Beckel dropped a bomb on us? He said he’d heard through his political pipeline that a big shoe was about to drop on the Obama campaign. It has something to do with Michelle Obama. Beckel wouldn’t say anything more other than this explosive story may happen tomorrow.

BARACK OBAMAKeeping Track of Rumors of the Infamous Michelle Obama TapeSupposedly, 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...

If anyone wants a perfect example of the depths to which some will descend, and the hatred and vitriol some will display in order to attempt to destroy a candidate they despise, look no further than the current hoax going around the blogosphere about the alleged tape of Michelle Obama screaming about "Whitey" while seated next to Louis Farrakhan. This was all started by Larry Johnson on his site, No Quarter. I’m purposely not posting a link so as not to give him any more traffic.( but here's the link anyways) If you want to Google it go ahead, but...

Apparently, if the tape ever comes to light, her words will sound something like: Whitey cut folks off Medicaid? Whitey let New Orleans drown? Whitey do nothing nothing about Jena? Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason? ... when the intended message is, Why'd he cut folks off Medicaid? Why'd he let New Orleans drown? Why'd he do nothing about Jena? Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason? Or so we will be told...

Plausible deniability - keep that in mind for the coming days and weeks. Clinton needs to derail the Obama Express somehow without the entire planet figuring out that her campaign and/or surrogates were behind the dirty deed. Right now Clinton has a great case to make for stepping into the breach to replace a damaged Obama campaign. She has the popular vote lead right now in many reasonable scenarios, and the party is clearly split 50-50. Yet all indications are she may suspend her campaign tomorrow in New York. So what gives with this whisper campaign about a video showing...

Another bizarre outburst by our beloved Michelle Obama... http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/06/02/news/local/16-obama.t... The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a few hundred supporters gathered at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center they had to remain active in their communities and do their own research on issues in order the change the country's political path. "The way this campaign has been run is the way we need to be forever," Obama said. "Don't trust bloggers or someone else's opinion, because people lie." Which blogger? What lie? ... Could it be 'No quarter'? Could it be 'Whitey Tape'? Is that the reason Obama...

This is pure rumor: Reported verbiage from Michelle Obama’s tape Michelle Obama, “Once again, the white man keeps us down, what’s up with Whitey, Why’d he attack Iraq, Why’d he let Katrina happen, Why’d he leave millions of children behind. This is the legacy the white man gives us.” Again the above is an alleged quote from a rumored video featuring Michelle Obama.

The rumors that a tape exists in which Michelle Obama utters racist remarks have been floating around now for several weeks. But the last two days have brought signs that it may be far more than a rumor. Yesterday on the Fox News Channel a Republican operative, Roger Stone, said he believes the tape exists and that a major network is in possession of the tape. Today, Larry Johnson at No Quarter - a pro-Hillary Democratic Blog - is giving shocking details of what he says five sources have confirmed about the tape: I learned over the weekend why the...

From what I understand, it is a tape of Michelle Obama criticizing the Bush administration. How you'd write it: Why did Bush cut folks off medicaid? Why did Bush let New Orleans drown? Why did Bush do nothing about Jena? Why did Bush put us in Iraq for no reason? How you'd say it: Why'd he cut folks off medicaid? Why'd he let New Orleans drown? Why'd he do nothing about Jena? Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason? How Larry Johnson wants you to hear it: Whitie cut folks off medicaid? Whitie let New Orleans drown? Whitie...

The Countdown Begins "If Obama can throw his pastor under the bus, what will he do to LGBTQ* voters on his way to the White House?" -- Rev. Irene Monroe in a Windy City Times column about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's race speech and Rev. Jeremiah Wright.* - Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgendered-TransSexual-Queer The Driver on the Obama Bus says, "GET DOWN, MICHELLE!" There's NO CHANCE that it will get any more crowded under the Barack Obama "Ch-Ch-Change" Bus. Is there? Larry Johnson, of the No Quarter blog, opened a cold, coy can of conversational whoop-ass this morning. Johnson, who served as a Deputy...

UPDATE As many thought, Larry Johnson did not have the tape nor has he seen it. He just heard what was on the tape from five people who have ALSO not seen the tape but spoke to people who have (cough…hearsay….cough):

A really interesting theory about the alleged Michelle Obama tape, which could explain a lot, from the liberal blog Booman Tribune. Michelle, offering a speech critical of President Bush, offers a refrain of "why'd he" — the words "why did he" mushed together — that sounds like "whitey" on the tape. Apparently, if the tape ever comes to light, her words will sound something like: Whitey cut folks off Medicaid? Whitey let New Orleans drown? Whitey do nothing about Jena? Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason? ...when the intended message is, Why'd he cut folks off Medicaid? Why'd...

I learned over the weekend why the Republicans who have seen the tape of Michelle Obama ranting about “whitey” describe it as “STUNNING.” 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. Whoops!! When that image comes out it will enter the politcal ads hall of fame. It will be right up there with the little girl plucking daisy petals in the...

The other day I mentioned a possible pending Michelle Obama bombshell, and it looks like it's getting closer. Republican strategist Roger Stone was interviewed today on Fox News and had this to say: FNC 06/01/2008 14:43:30: …>>> Welcome back to our special coverage live coverage from Puerto Rico. just before the break, Roger Stone the Republican strategist made the comment that Michele Obama used the phrase whitey when describing white people and Michael Brown says bs that is republican dirty tricks as usual. Roger take it away. Michael, you are in the wings. >> This has little to do with...

ON RIGHT NOW! "Including references to "Whitey". There has been a race for Clinton operatives to aquire this tape, but I believe this tape is already in the hands of a major network." This JUST aired minutes ago on "Geraldo"... Geraldo prefaced by saying that Roger Stone was the same person who first exposed Spitzer's relationship with hookers.

We are down to the wire in the democrat presidential nomination process and the Clinton’s desperately need to derail the Obama-Express. In what looks like another Foleygate smear job Larry Johnson, big Clinton fanatic and your basic political hitman, has re-affirmed the existence of a video where Michelle Obama rails against “whitey”: "I am not sorry that folks are disquieted by my report that Republicans have a videotape of Michelle doing a rant on white people. This is not a work of creative fiction on my part. I have it solid from four separate sources–one of whom is a prominent...

But the real reason for Obama’s extraordinary freakout is that he fears the release of the videotape, reported here, of Michelle Obama in the pulpit of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s church railing against “whitey.” And we don’t mean Whitey Ford. Four Republican sources have told me that the tape exists. I’ve also been informed that Karl Rove and his allies have a copy of it and are using it to raise funds for independent expenditure groups. The tape, I’m told, will be disclosed as the GOP October Surprise. It’s a ticking time bomb. And I’ve learned that a right-wing Republican billionaire...

Two thoughts on the Obama-Iran-appeasement controversy: 1. It seems to me that it’s a victory for Obama. The Iran debate is being defined as one of diplomatic engagement versus diplomatic isolation, with Obama presenting himself as the bearer of a new strategy while McCain is portrayed as obdurately insisting on the approach of the Bush administration. This, of course, creates an unsavory political problem for McCain, in which he is said to represent a third Bush term. But it also allows the debate on Iran to become completely fictionalized.

just saw this on another web site -WOT Research: http://www.rantburg.com:81/warticle.php?D=2008-05-16&ID=239214&HC=3 #12 I’ve been hearing this one from political people I had contact with when I was trying to help with the THompson campaign out west. Been hearing it for a month. Goes like this: 1) Hillary has it. 2) Hillary knows that no matter what, the idiots who have bought into Messiah Obama will blame her and abandond her if she “steals” the nomination from ObamaChrist. 3) Hillary also knows that the next 4 years are going to be rough - we cannot relaly disengate form Iraq, and oil supplies...

Here’s the news short and sweet–if you have a copy of the Michelle Obama video, in which she is lambasting white people (four different sources say she uses “whitey” as an epithet) at Jeremiah Wright’s church, then there is an ultra conservative Republican billionaire who wants to pay your $1 million dollars for the tape. Why? He hates John McCain. Conservative Republicans refer to John McCain as a Marxist and a sell out (and those are the nice comments). The billionaire in question believes Barack is a very weak candidate and, if he gets the Democratic nod, then McCain will...

Rumor has it that there is video of Michelle Obama "railing against 'whitey' at Jeremiah Wright's church." If this is true, it could be lethal. It's one thing to distance yourself from your pastor, but quite another thing to distance yourself from your spouse. Might Rev. Wright be the one leaking the video? Be warned: Again -- this might be just be a rumor. Or it might be big -- if it's true. Stay tuned ... Update: I talked to Larry Johnson, the blogger who has this story. I don't personally know Johnson, but his bio seems pretty credible. He...

I now have it from two sources close to senior Republicans that they have video dynamite–Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at Jeremiah Wright’s church. Republicans may have a lousy record when it comes to the economy and the management of the war in Iraq, but they are hell on wheels when it comes to opposition research. Someone took the chance and started reviewing the recordings from services at Jeremiah Wright’s United Church of Christ. Holy smoke!! I am told there is a clip that is being held for the fall to drop at the appropriate time. The last thing Barack...

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright taunted a gathering of journalists Monday in Washington, D.C., calling their coverage of his speeches an attack on the black church, while defending his claim that the U.S. was responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Wright, the controversial former pastor of Barack Obama’s church, took dead aim at the U.S. government Monday — saying American soldiers in Iraq have died “over a lie” and calling the war “unjust” — as he called for reconciliation and understanding between blacks and whites. Wright was speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as he continues a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the question of race in America, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate has deepened the dilemma created by his campaign's success against the party establishment's anointed choice, Hillary Clinton. In rejecting the racist views of his longtime spiritual mentor but not disowning him, Obama has unwittingly enhanced his image as the African-American candidate -- not just a remarkable candidate who happens to be black. That poses a racial dilemma for...

Watching the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright gesticulate like a horny peacock and spew out ignorance, hatred, and bitterness towards America truly inspired my religious faith. Once Wright pointed out that he was “still in Bible country,” I began to “love the hell out of” rich, white people just as much as Wright does. How could so many people not understand that white people have caused all the world’s problems? As Wright pointed out to his congregation, the Bible says it’s so. I’m not sure what verse actually says that, but I’m now betting that rich, white people are responsible for my...

Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has...

For most white folks, indignation just doesn't wear well. Once affected or conjured up, it reminds one of a pudgy man, wearing a tie that may well have fit him when he was fifty pounds lighter, but which now cuts off somewhere above his navel and makes him look like an idiot. Indignation doesn't work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country--the theft of native land and genocide of indigenous persons, and the enslavement of Africans being only two of the best examples--we are...

Let's see if I understand the rules. Blacks, African Americans, or whatever the politically correct nom du jour is, are free to rail against whites. But if a white dares to mention race, the consequences are dire. Geraldine Ferraro is the latest casualty in the ongoing race war, which, oddly enough, has only white casualties. Geraldine was forced to step down from Hillary's campaign because she dared exercise her first amendment right, suggesting Obama wouldn't be succeeding in the Democratic nomination battle if he weren't black. Whether or not her comment is valid will never be debated. For daring to...

If the top Democratic hopefuls are under the impression that the way to stop Third Worlders from hating America is to build schools in their countries, they need to think again. On Tuesday, Senator Clinton floated the idea that we should spend 10 billion dollars over a five year period on schools and teachers in poor nations. The justification for this being that such schools could give children an alternative to the anti-Americanism they are so often steeped in these days. Senators Obama and Edwards are of similar mind as well. --snip-- It would seem that more promising strategies would...

A racial storm in America Don Imus, the line-crossing talk-radio host who broadcast daily across America from his New York studio, has been fired for referring to a team of black women basketball players as “nappy-headed ho’s”. Imus, a former Marine with a gruff demeanour, had an unsentimental show or, as they might say in America, it featured “guy talk” (any Briton, by the way, who uses “guy” or “guys” deserves a glossectomy). There was some banter and unsubtle opinions were aired. It was not out of control but it also wasn’t a sanitised PC affair. He’s quite amusing and...

HC yesterday: "So the politicians who asked you for your vote for the past 6 months now want to deny you the right to vote on gay marriage"

Ethnic studies — a relatively new field — could be harmed by the plagiarized passages and made-up facts discovered in University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill's work, a panel found. But scholars of ethnic studies, and those who have been closely watching the investigation, have varying opinions on whether there will be a "Churchill effect" on the field. The stinging report that became public last week rejected Churchill's assertion that there are different research standards for ethnic studies scholars. Panel members also found that the tenured professor strayed from the "bedrock principles" of scholarship. The five-member investigative panel arrived at...

"Who knows better what a man desires to see in a woman, than a female impersonator?" Now, before I start getting an unwanted sort of fan mail, let me say that I am paraphrasing a comment I recall being attributed to the late Japanese playwright Yukio Mishima, a fascinating figure who spoke from experience on this topic. Mishima's point, of course, was that insight into one's fantasies is most likely to be found in someone who is a lot like you, and who thus may entertain similar fantasies (even if they play a decidedly different role in them). This observation...

Millions of people worked as hard as they possibly could to turn the country onto a different path and still the village idiot was elected. What to make of such an outcome? What do we know about the participation of women of color at the polls? Did women of color and White women move in the same political direction? And how do the results inform women's rights and racial justice activists about the critical tasks ahead? It's an exceptionally bitter pill, but we must swallow it whole. The November balloting, a referendum on an aggressively militaristic foreign policy, defiant of...

(CNSNews.com) - Officials with the popular stock car racing organization NASCAR have privately acknowledged that auto racing is seen as "a redneck cracker sport," to much of the public, according to the director of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Sports division. NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) representatives have made no such public acknowledgement and have recently refused to comment about their two-year financial relationship with Jackson. But Rainbow Sports director Charles Farrell Thursday said NASCAR officials acknowledged their image problem during private meetings. "Even in discussions with NASCAR, there is agreement that there is a perception that stock car...

BSNN file photo (crAP) HYMIETOWN, NY -- Jesse Jackson, director of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, called today for boycotts of Caucasian people, stating that "the lack of diversity in the white race is appalling and divisive." Jackson made the comments at the 33nd annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference in New York, saying, "Every time I look at a crowd of white people, all I see are white faces. No African-Americans! No Hispanics! No Asians!" Leading the crowd in a chant of "The Caucasian race needs a new face," Jackson deflected criticism that white people are, by definition, white. "It is time...

If you think there's plenty of blame to go around in the Glenbrook North High School beating incident, consider the double standards this story has exposed. From school shootings to domestic violence, when violence erupts in suburbia, the subtle suggestion is that we ought to be shocked. The Glenbrook North High School debacle, in which five junior girls were injured as a result of an assault by senior girls in off-campus hazing, is no exception. The videotaped beatings of the girls have been broadcast across the world. Even Oprah wants to talk about it. Yet the so-called powder puff football...

<p>Lott, 61 announced [during the speech] that he was in talks with Black Entertainment Television to deliever and hour long speech next week to talk about 'his hopes and dreams for people' regardless of their race.</p> <p>Lott, who was greeted with hearty cheers from supporters at the start of the news conference, vowed not to step down from his leadership post, rejecting the suggestion by some that he is bigoted against minorities.</p>

Citing his Fifth Amendment rights, UMass President William Bulger has refused to answer questions from a congressional committee investigating the FBI's use of mob informants. Committee chairman Dan Burton immediately adjourned the hearing, moments after it had began. As the hearing got under way this morning in the McCormack federal office building in Boston, Bulger's lawyer asked Burton to postpone his client's testimony. When that request was denied, Bulger himself asked that the proceedings be moved behind closed doors. The committee voted unanimously against that request as well. Burton then asked Bulger about any conversations he had with his brother,...

The Day Whitey Died By Lowell Ponte FrontPageMagazine.com | September 6, 2002 WHEN ABOLISHING THE WHITE RACE was first proposed by a Harvard University professor, the idea seemed absurd. But looking backward from our more enlightened, homogenized world in 2022, we owe this Fellow at Harvard's Black Studies department, the W.E.B. DuBois Institute, our gratitude for all he has done to erase all diversity in human skin color. What makes Marxist Noel Ignatiev's achievement all the greater is that he was born with white skin. He was an abolitionist who set out to abolish himself — and as we now...

For those of you who happen to be having trouble trying to learn to balance on a skateboard, this story may be a little bit of an encouragement to you. An 8-month-old puppy, "Whitey", has learned to skateboard around town on her little skateboard. The mutt is owned by a bicycle store owner by the name of Kuo-chen. He says he taught his dog to ride a skateboard so she would not get tired when she was following him. Now the faithful little Whitey, or Hsiao Pai as her own calls her, can skateboard down the sidewalk behind her proud...