I hear you, and I agree.
In fact, early on (two or three weeks ago?) when this story started to break I posited the theory that the whole thing could be a setup by the Obama campaign, the same way the Kerry campaign planted the bogus rumor about an affair between Kerry and an intern named Alexandra Polier (remember her?).
The idea is to leak an outrageous rumor about your candidate that you know you can utterly destroy as an untrue and malicious smear attempt whenever you want. If your opponents take the bait and proceed to go on a feeding frenzy, you embarrassingly smack them down at just the right moment and thereby immunize your candidate from any further llegations of scandal (including the true ones!).
It’s definitely a good thing that McCain and the GOP have not bitten, and it’s no surprise that the socialist “mainstream” Democrat newsrooms haven’t taken the bait, but we here at Free Republic can at least get ahead of the curve and HOPE! It’s harmless... Why not? If Larry is a fake and the story turns out to be a dud, oh well.... No biggie. It’ll all be forgotten in a week.
Meanwhile.... MAN, AM I HOPING LARRY IS FOR REAL!!
Regards,
LH
Obama Firestorm (The Globe tabloid picks up the Sinclair story)
The Globe is running with it.
A great post and a very real scenario to consider and be wary of. This is exactly my concern.
Regards