Posted on 02/20/2008 7:15:31 AM PST by Pinetop
Barack Obama now faces a new challenge - one that is sure to be much more scandalous than anything he's seen so far. If the allegations are to be believed, it's also a scandal that his campaign has tried to cover up. A Minnesota man has come forth, claiming that he took cocaine in 1999 with Obama, the then-Illinois legislator, and participated in homosexual acts with him.
Larry Sinclair, the man making the claims, said his story was ignored by the news media. Still not willing to let this one slip quietly under the rug, Sinclair made a YouTube video in which he made his case. It's had over half a million views already, but the story has still been largely ignored by the news media.
Sinclair's next step was to file a suit in Minnesota District Court, in which he alleges threats and intimidation by the Democratic presidential candidate's staff.
Still out to prove that he is telling the truth, Sinclair said he is willing to submit to a polygraph test. A website (WhiteHouse.com) has come forth offering him $10,000 for the right to record the polygraph test, and another $100,000 if he passes it.
Sinclair lives in Duluth, Minnesota, and in his filing, charges that his civil rights have been violated by Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. Obama, David Axelrod of AKP Message & Media in Chicago, and the Democratic National Committee have been named as defendants in the case.
Sinclair, who describes himself as gay, claims they met in an upscale Chicago lounge. They left in Sinclair's limo, where the drug use and sex allegedly took place for the first time. Sinclair says that Obama smoked crack cocaine, and that he snorted powder cocaine provided by Obama.
Sinclair, 46, says that he no longer uses drugs. He claims to be physically disabled, but says that he was not physically impaired in 1999 when they met.
Regarding the claims, Sinclair said:
"My motivation for making this public is my desire for a presidential candidate to be honest. I didn't want the sex thing to come out. But I think it is important for the candidate to be honest about his drug use as late as 1999."
The current wife is a whack job?
She’s creepy looking in an ice-queen sort of way. I also know she’s rich.
What’s the deal?
Well they say the death knell for a male politician is to be caught with a live boy or a dead girl.
Now he’s locked up the homo vote.
“Is the Cleveland Leader a print newspaper or just a blog? I looked it up in a google and it looks like the Cleveland Leader merged (and went away) in 1917.”
I’m from Cleveland. I’ve never heard of the Cleveland Leader. It’s probably an internet site only.
lol, first gay pres? Clintoon has the title of first black pres.
Not just a blog, but an obscure blog.
Will the Clinton’s be footing the bill for the limo to the Polygraph test?
The audacity of dope.
....just the clintons being the clintons
“...Or his nutjob wife’s horrific past coming back up....”
I hadn’t heard anything about his wife’s past. Details, please.....
It could backfire.
We will beat Barack because he is flaming liberal and anti-military. This country will not elect an anti-military liberal in a time of war.
That said, this story will not do it.
It’s a long way to November. Obama may end up wishing it was May!
IMO,polygraphs mean nothing. Honest people can fail them and liars can clear.
How many more times can this dead horse be beaten on FR?
Unless there is some sort of proof, or others come forward, this is a waste of time.
He would win the presidency unamimously.
But, while McCain may be attracting Dem voters, Obama seems to be attracting some Republicans. So far, there are two life-long Republicans in my family who are voting Obama. I'm in shock. These two people are the last people you'd think would vote for him. That they would even consider voting for him indicates the world is now officially upside down. I can't figure out what they're thinking. Maybe they drank the Kool Aid. Or maybe they just dislike McCain that much.
Why would they take HIV tests?
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