Posted on 05/20/2008 8:05:55 AM PDT by wsjreader
But the real reason for Obamas extraordinary freakout is that he fears the release of the videotape, reported here, of Michelle Obama in the pulpit of Rev. Jeremiah Wrights church railing against whitey. And we dont mean Whitey Ford. Four Republican sources have told me that the tape exists. Ive 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, Im told, will be disclosed as the GOP October Surprise. Its a ticking time bomb.
And Ive learned that a right-wing Republican billionaire has put a $1 million bounty on the video. He doesnt want John McCain to win, like a number of conservatives, and thinks Obama is a pathetically weak candidate. The billionaire wants that video released now.
Obama, speaking on ABCs Good Morning America showed fear through his name-calling: If they think that theyre gonna try to make Michelle an issue in this campaign, they should be careful. Because, that I find unacceptable. The notion that you start attacking my wife or my family you know, Michelle is the most honest, the best person I know. She is one of the most caring people I know. She loves this country. And for them to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her I think is just low class.
Does Obama have a copy of the whitey video? We know that he knows that his wife knows. The video really does exist. If we have to wait until October to see it, Obama might explode before then from the tension.
I guess I’ll give the nod to the “BS no such video exists” crowd. Keeping bits and bytes hidden is a pretty tall order these days. If one person had it, it’s a short path before millions would have it. But millions don’t have it.
You and me both ;-)
Sorry, I was just going by what I’ve heard the Wright defenders say - “he’s speaking the truth” and “he isn’t saying anything that any black person hasn’t ever heard in church”.
Do you think a majority of democrat voting blacks disagree with Wright?
As some have pointed out, the bulk of these rumors are not coming from a reliable source.
Nevertheless.....
Don’t you think it’s kind of interesting in view of Obama’s recent “lay off my wife!” warnings?
I sense he is trying to intimidate the press into under-reporting and spinning the story if such a video actually exists, and if it actually comes to light.
- John
Did she say M-A-C-A-C-A???
No...I think he really wants her to win. ;^(
Touche! He's already put a clinton in the WH for 8 years.
Arrogance abounds. . .
All we have are rumors and innuendo. No proof that she has said anything at all.........so far........
And that is the root of the problem. Far too many pay no federal taxes but get unconstitutional goodies in exchange for their votes. And no one on the national seen even proposes restoring government to its constitutional limits.
OK, you win. We will play the whole clip with no distortions. Is that OK???
While I've forgotten who said it, one commentator said something along the lines of: The only thing worse than the remarks being quoted 'out of context' was hearing them 'in context'.
Gee, I’d pay a hundred bucks to be a fly on the wall during one of Barry’s and Michelle’s conversations discussing her stupidity. I bet you’d hear every word a KKK member ‘thinks’ every time they see a picture of her bug eyed self.
Otherwise, said they, you would have the public largess pilfered by those who had not earned it and who gave not a whit as to the impact of said pilfering, and who would od it because of the most vile and low components of human nature.
...and now we have gone and allowed exactly what they warned against.
Today, I believe that anyone on public assistance should not be able to vote until they are off of it.
If they are going to live on other people's hard work, then they should not have any say as to haw much of it is taken, or in what manner.
The traditional American values of comassion and charity will ensure that, principally through private methods, but also through public ones, that those who really stand in need get the help they require. The rest will be incented to get off the dole and get out and work themselves and use their freedoms and liberty for what they were intended.
if it exists and she has it, she might end up releasing it right before the super-delegates all declare.
Dems didn’t have a problem with dragging Laura Bush’s past through the mud, esp. with her accident.
Perhaps, though I think today or yesterday would be better... Fauxbama losing Oregon pretty much seals the fact that even the most ardent support has to admit he can’t win the general.
Of course the way I see things right now HillBilly is sticking around for 2 reasons.. one the off chance that the superdelegates give the nomination to her, but probably more for the 2012 election.
She’ll be back, if she’s not the nominee this time, in 12, and she’ll have a party united behind her, as the Fauxbama backers (anti-hillbilly) wing come home, after realizing they cost themselves the white house 4 years before.
If the latter is what is going on, HillBilly will release the tape as Oct suprise to aid McCain, because she’ll want to make damned sure she’s running against a sitting R, than a sitting D in 12.
Time will tell..
Unfortunately, I see no end in sight. A majority of voters have no vested interest in ending it, in fact just the opposite.
Regards, Jeff.
Regards my friend.
If it does exist and this gives it to Hillary, I would be interested in seeing if Obama’s 90% black shows up for Hillary or if they are race based voters.
By stating that a video exists, the Obama team is scared and has gone into “prevent defense” by declaring Michelle “off-limits”. The tape ***could*** exist, so they have to be prepared in case it is released.
I also suspect that a member of Wright's congregation told someone of Michelle's rants to get back at Obama for trashing Wright.
A vicious rumor is almost as good as a fact.
IMHO.
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