This is my church, the one I never quit.
Posted on 06/03/2008 11:52:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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 Michelle Obama ranting about “Whitey”? Isn’t it getting down to the wire for anything to save Clinton right now? The stage is set for Clinton to take over, all that is needed now is for Obama to fall somehow. I am beginning to wonder more about that tape since some liberal bloggers apparently have been exposed to a transcript or audio or something. How else could two very close variations on the tape’s content come out of the liberal blogosphere?
"The supposed “whitey” quote allegedly said by Michelle Obama:
Reported 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”
Booman Tribune explains it away thusly:
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 do nothing about Jena? Whitie put us in Iraq for no reason?
These two versions are too close to be independent guesses. These two bloggers either talked to the same person, or persons who had seen the same tape. Booman’s excuse always seemed to me like grasping out of desperation. So maybe there is a tape.
Whatever the case, if Hillary suspends her campaign and then the tape was made public and Obama started to tank in the polls (he is not far from there already for a Democrat), then it would be ‘Hillary to the rescue’ and not ‘Hillary the traitor’ as the story line. Complete and utter speculation on my part, but if I was to commit political character assassination, and needed to cover my tracks, this option would look good - if I was desperate enough to do the dirty deed to win office in the first place. Food for thought.
BTW, I made a category for the Michelle Obama “Whitey” Video posts in the off chance this story takes off and demands a lot more attention. The fact I did this ahead of time usually means the story dies off quite quickly!
Update: It seems Obama supporters are admitting a video does exist, and these folks talked to the blogger above who claimed to have a version of the transcript:
"but I’ve had several Obama supporters admit to its existence and say what was on it. I also have an email I was sent last night that had some potential verbiage. And I was also sent a link by one of my visitors which pointed me to this site which is the supposed context of the tape."
These two bloggers seem to be getting the same information from common sources. Anyway, will this tape now disappear from history?
Ron Brown?
Was he at a gas station?
I honestly don’t think it matters what comes out against Obama after tonight in regards to the democrat nomination. The democrats would be too afraid of the ramifications of “stealing” the nomination from him after he declares himself the nominee tonight. They probably have reason to be afraid, as it might very well result in riots such as we haven’t seen since the 1960’s.
Drop that video. This will not be credible. Anyone who releases the video will be made a fool of.
this looks more and more like a hoax. The bloggers are merely copying from each other. None of them have seen any tape. No one who actually claims to have seen it have ever surfaced, claimed to have seen it, or been named publically by anyone who has heard directly from them. that’s pretty much the definition of “hearsay”.
I totally agree with you that it is a legitimate news item. But, the MSM has chosen sides so it will be hard even for Hillary to get it out there as a news story. Remember when the MSM sat on the Lewinski story? I think it will be the same here, if there is anything to this. A pretty sad state of affairs.
tho I could care less for obama, his wife and his preacher are not running for president. the only ones that care about this crap is the r’s I guess, guess what they wont vote for obama. Obama supporters arent going to all of the sudden say...oh snap she is talking about whitey, I wont vote for him. Just like none of the mccain supposed scandals will affect you kool aid drinkers. this is as bad as the leftist calling Laura Bush a murderer because of a wreck she had as a teenager.
...that's the beer talking
I prefer to think of it as "honky-gate"...
Sure, but we are in an echo chamber.
I think you mean OKEY DOKE !!!!
If there is a tape and it comes out before the nomination, it was Hillary. If it comes out afterwards, it was the GOP.
It is hard to tell if I think it exists because I want it to or if there really is something there.
No way would Obama give her the VP unless she had his nuts in a vice. We will never see the tape if Hillary gets the VP spot. You can take it to the bank.
Tape released or VP offer, you decide Obama, Check mate:
June 03, 2008 3:22 PM
ABC News’ Rick Klein and Kate Snow Report: In a conference call with members of the New York congressional delegation this afternoon, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said she’d be willing to consider a spot on Sen. Barack Obama’s ticket, if it’s offered to her.
Behold the Evil Whitey!
Obama's Preacher/Wife Problems Mean Nothing to Hussein ObamaMessiaHamas's Fanatical Cult and to Hussein ObamaMessiaHamas. The core/base of their pseudo religion is hating America and Whitey!
“Behold the Evil Whitey!”
Mah favert pitcher all time....and I’m not even a yankee fan.
You can go to that website and generate whatever message you want.
Same here, and I was never even close to being a Yankee fan.
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