Posted on 10/12/2008 12:36:40 PM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
The Obama Girlfriend Story: It's Real
I put that link up as mostly just a bit of baiting of Andrew Sullivan.
Having now spoken to someone tracking the story, I can say:
1) It's not just a silly little rumor.
2) It will break in some form shortly. The question is how prestigious an outlet breaks it. (PS, at best, it won't be that prestigious, at least at first, but there's a lot here so when someone finally touches, there is a good chance of an Edwards-like "Oh yeah, we were working on that too" pile-on.) Fire is being held as those who know the story try to get someone of import to break it; if they pass, it will be flooded out through secondary channels.
3) The story has a Fred Baron. Not The Fred Baron. But actually-- an even better Fred Baron. The woman is "working" in the Caribbean drawing a salary from.... uhhh... let's say from someone who is a big, shiny part of the dirty Chicago political machine. And it makes no sense that she's doing her supposed "job," for which she seems unqualified anyway, in the Caribbean, of all places. It's unclear how she could possibly do this job at all, never mind from the Caribbean.
4) This woman was a major, big-time fundraiser. She raised x millions of dollars for various Democratic interests (connected to Obama) and then opened her own shop in DC. Since she was (as any fundraiser does) getting a cut of the take, this was a lucrative job. But she, for reasons unfathomable, suddenly shut the shop down and decamped to a little Caribbean island. And somewhere along the line got a "job" from her own Fred Baron. Which conveniently put her far away from Obama, Michelle, and the media.
5) Within hours of the Daily Mail article breaking, she called the Illinois hq of the Obama campaign. They wouldn't talk to her.
Incidentally, didn't Obama vacation in the Caribbean after he won the primaries...? Oh that's right, he did. I raised this with my source who, alas, hadn't even made that connection.
All that said, while I find this interesting, I don't think anyone cares about this per se, but I the Fred Baron-esque angle seems like the sort of thing that takes it out of the realm of "personal business" into public corruption.
There's another big twist too, which I can't say anything about. I wouldn't even hint about it, really, even if permitted to, because it's so delicious it makes it nearly fantastical -- in the sense of "No one gets this lucky!" -- and actually would be used to denigrate the rest of it. But there is a chance it gets more interesting than even the Chicago Machine connection.
Obama's Vacation: Not sure if this makes it more suspicious or if I'm now just being silly.
For days, the Obama campaign refused to confirm where the senator and his family were heading on a short Easter vacation, even as rumors spread among the press corps that they were bound for the Virgin Islands.
So that presented a conundrum for news organizations: Should they send a correspondent on the — presumably enjoyable — assignment to the Caribbean, to investigate the white sand beaches and clear blue waters?
As it turns out, CNN was the lone cable network to play a game of “Where in the World is Barack Obama?” Chris Welch, an off-air producer covering the Obama campaign since the Iowa caucuses, headed out to the islands.
The One could have a love child. That would be rich! I can dream can’t I?
I think most of them are going to say that it's just another smear from the desperate McCain camp! IF people perceive it to be a smear, it could work against McCain.
If this is true and she’s white, I think Michelle will take care of it. I don’t think we’d have to worry about Obama winning.
.....talk on the phone at the same time? ....
Arafat died
This would explain why Michelle is the most angry woman in America.
Her and Larry Sinclair. Which story will break first?
ROTFLMAO - I was telling my husband about this story along with my 7 yr old son, who then pipes up in a sing song voice: “Obama’s got a girlfriend” LMAO
Someone slap Drudge awake will ya?
Arafat Died!
I don't think he would want to be "burdened" by that.
Is that true? About Sinclair?
How soon after the 0bamas got back from the islands did Michele disappear from the campaign trail?
Maybe that’s the real reason for her dropping out of the public eye.
Face facts man. Nothing is going to sink Big O. If having lifelong buddies like Wright, Pfleger, Ayers, and Farrakhan isn't sinking Obama, having a chippie on the side sure won't. All he has to do is sit tight and let the media run interference for him, which they're more than happy to do. They'll bury this too.
Sigh.
>>There’s another big twist too, which I can’t say anything about. I wouldn’t even hint about it, really, even if permitted to, because it’s so delicious it makes it nearly fantastical — in the sense of “No one gets this lucky!” — and actually would be used to denigrate the rest of it. But there is a chance it gets more interesting than even the Chicago Machine connection.<<
Some one pass the popcorn.
I wonder if she will take her own advise and leave him, like she said Hillary should have done during an appearance on "the View" when the babbling moonbats were swooning all over her, trying to make her look like she had class and manners..
I wonder if they will dare to run it?
Wake Drudge up?
I have had the impression since March that Drudge is for BO.
When the Rev Wright fiasco was all over Drudge was pretty much on the sidelines.
Not expecting any help from him.
Hillary, you magnificent Bitch!
You guys believe this? Oh yeah, it must be the same girl John Kerry was messing around with and folks here got so excited about.
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