It's Obama! Or Is It?
Everything we hear suggests that Barack Obama is verifiably the Democratic nominee for President. I am grateful that he beat the increasingly noxious Hillary Clinton, so I at least have the option of voting for an unelectable Democrat that I respect and admire, but am still not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he will be our nominee. Why not? "The videotape".
Starting last week, ominous rumors were floating around the right-wing blogosphere that a videotape existed that would be the equivalent of a neutron bomb to the Obama campaign. Specifically, the tape was/is rumored to show Michelle Obama making fiery racist comments to a black crowd at a Chicago event in close company with Louis Farrakhan. At first, I didn't put much stock in this chatter, until Fox News' token Democrat Bob Beckel made an eerie prognostication on Tuesday morning of his concern that "a major shoe could drop" in the days ahead involving Michelle Obama. He wouldn't elaborate, but it sent a chill down my spine because Beckel, a long-time Obama supporter, would have no motive in advancing this storyline unless he knew something most people didn't, most likely that Fox News is sitting on the tape and plan to have Sean Hannity release it as "an October surprise". Could it be that Beckel was just trying to get ahead of this story by leaking it in advance?
For what it's worth, I think the tape exists. Michelle Obama is a total loose cannon. The very first exposure I had to her was last year on "60 Minutes", and my first impression was, "That's one angry woman!" I sure hope it doesn't exist, but if it does, I hope it leaks before the August convention. A candidate switcheroo would most likely be necessary if this tape was unveiled as the latest in the drip-drip of scandals haunting the Obama campaign. If the tape exists and we don't see it until October, McCain will win 45 states.
Starting last week, ominous rumors were floating around the right-wing blogosphere that a videotape existed that would be the equivalent of a neutron bomb to the Obama campaign. Specifically, the tape was/is rumored to show Michelle Obama making fiery racist comments to a black crowd at a Chicago event in close company with Louis Farrakhan. At first, I didn't put much stock in this chatter, until Fox News' token Democrat Bob Beckel made an eerie prognostication on Tuesday morning of his concern that "a major shoe could drop" in the days ahead involving Michelle Obama. He wouldn't elaborate, but it sent a chill down my spine because Beckel, a long-time Obama supporter, would have no motive in advancing this storyline unless he knew something most people didn't, most likely that Fox News is sitting on the tape and plan to have Sean Hannity release it as "an October surprise". Could it be that Beckel was just trying to get ahead of this story by leaking it in advance?
For what it's worth, I think the tape exists. Michelle Obama is a total loose cannon. The very first exposure I had to her was last year on "60 Minutes", and my first impression was, "That's one angry woman!" I sure hope it doesn't exist, but if it does, I hope it leaks before the August convention. A candidate switcheroo would most likely be necessary if this tape was unveiled as the latest in the drip-drip of scandals haunting the Obama campaign. If the tape exists and we don't see it until October, McCain will win 45 states.
posted by Mark at 5:02 PM
5 Comments:
I seriously doubt this tape exists. There is one I have heard of that may or may not exist where Michele is scolding George W. Bush saying "why'd he cut Medicare and food stamps? why'd he do nothing about Jena or Katrina? Why'd he send us into Iraq for no reason?"
If that is the tape that everyone is talking about, this is pretty weak stuff.
There are an abundance of rumors flying around about the context of the video, but what you cite (the "why'd he cut Medicare and food stamps?" being misinterpreted as the racial pejorative "whitey") is a defense that has emerged from pro-Obama forces somewhere. If in fact the "why'd he, not whitey" defense is coming down from someone in the campaign and not some random blogger, that tells me there probably is a tape.
Having seen how quickly Michelle Obama plays the race card and having heard whispers going back to last December about a "smoking gun" that would effectively end Obama's candidacy immediately, I'm still believing that Whitey-gate in some form will emerge in this campaign. Perhaps this is as much of a hoax as the internet smear campaign spreading lies about Obama's family and background, but this particular discussion is simply having too much of a shelf life with too many credible players (like Bob Beckel) invoking it to simply dismiss outright.
And that scares me to death. The last thing I want is to see McBush elected. I will support Obama the whole way through.
Considering that Obama stole the nomination to begin with, I hope he loses all 50 states.
James, how did Obama steal the nomination? He had a huge lead in delegates and won more states.
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