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Friday, May 16, 2008
Rumor on the Internets: Michelle Obama Railed Against "Whitey"
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 2:14 PM
Rumor has it that there is video of Michelle Obama "railing against 'whitey' at Jeremiah Wright's church."

If this is true, it could be lethal.  It's one thing to distance yourself from your pastor, but quite another thing to distance yourself from your spouse.

Might Rev. Wright be the one leaking the video?

Be warned:  Again -- this might be just be a rumor.  Or it might be big -- if it's true.  Stay tuned ...

Update:  I talked to Larry Johnson, the blogger who has this story.  I don't personally know Johnson, but his bio seems pretty credible.  He was once considered a "darling of the Left," but has become somewhat of a "bad guy" since turning against Obama.

He speculates the goal is to hold onto the video till August. 

At a minimum this rumor is out there.

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Steven Den Beste writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 2:39 PM
Hang onto it!
If they do have such a video, they definitely should hang onto it until after the Democratic convention. Releasing it now would seriously increase the chance of Hillary getting nominated, and if they've really got such a video, then Obama is the candidate they want to run against.
londongrl writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:00 PM
Larry Johnson's website
They are already blogging about this subject on his site.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/15/will-barack-throw-m ama-from-the-train/
SAM writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:02 PM
Christmas in July?
Now let's get some media digging into what Obama did all those years in Chicago when he was community activating or activizing or whatever. Did he have any effect in all that time?

We still know so little about him except that we seem to know more about his pastor than he did.

We know he doesn't know anything about tax policy--see the ABC News debate.

We know he he's week on defense.

We know he's hard left.

Favoring a woman's right to choose is one thing, but he favors partial-birth abortion and he doesn't want his daughters "punished with a baby."

Who is this guy?
Rogue writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:06 PM
Projecting again Kim?
Completely distorting McAmnesty's 100 years comment?

Saying Bush elected = black churches burning?

Saying Bush elected = more black men dragged behind trucks?

Democraps have made race-baiting an art.
soothsayer writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:19 PM
Rumor and innuendo
Nice to see you're already this desperate.
Keep it classy, GOPers!
RASHUM writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:22 PM
Rogue
I am with you! It is always funny when the Democrats cry racism. The Dems love to create racism when it does not exist then press the issue. They think everyone is a racist when they are the biggest racists themselves.
artist writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:22 PM
Pay attention
"Keep it classy, GOPers!"





Uhhh, it's from a HILLARY supporter, clown.
Topper writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:30 PM
I wouldn't follow Larry off a cliff
so take anything he says with a block of salt.
artist writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:31 PM
He updated his blog again
Now claims a FOURTH source!
Fat Man writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:39 PM
Why are we dealing with RUMORS?

This is ridiculous!

I'm frimly agaist Obama in the race for the White House. But dealing in rumors is dispicable. Any respectable person should shun this completely. Report on this if and when it actually becomes fact.

We are better than this, folks!
Georgehs42 writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 3:58 PM
Rumers
Larry Johnson is now on the http://www.schnittshow.com
My Pet Goat writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 4:01 PM
So what?
Even if it's true, so what?

I'm old enough to have heard hours upon hours of Richad Nixon swearing at Jews, blacks, gays, etc. And the GOP still defends him.

Mrs. Obama will make a terific First Lady!
paddy o'furniture writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 4:09 PM
That goat cracks me up....
You can't fix stupid.....!
artist writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 4:10 PM
Let me guess...
So what?
Even if it's true, so what?


Goat-Boy





....you're not an ice cream truck driver or a political analyst.

Right?
MaineConservative writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 4:26 PM
artist
Ice Cream truck driver...or political analyst. I don't care who you are, that right there is funny!
ire-land writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 4:30 PM
Be careful Matt
Larry Johnson has a track record of "inside information" that is just bogus as all get out! You might check with Tom Maguire about some of his past hot information (i.e., 21 indictments of various Bush officials during the Libby case).
Jan writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 5:03 PM
Laura Bush instead
Goat, if this rumor was attributed to Laura Bush you would say so what? We could expect consistency from you despite Laura’s political and spousal affiliation? You wouldn’t call Laura Bush a blatant racist?
ScarletPimpernel writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 6:31 PM
so what if Michelle did?
Obama can say he hasn't been listening to his wife for 20 years either. I believe married men everywhere will understand...
Spoon writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 6:41 PM
@ScarletPimpernel
Cute response, but actually Obama cannot use such an excuse since he has mention on several occasions that his wife keeps *him* in-check and he learns a lot from Michelle. If such a video does exist, Obama is sunk – no doubt about it. That will be a day to remember. Perhaps, a holiday.
ScarletPimpernel writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 6:48 PM
if so
this will be the most surreal election ever. We have lost our minds...
Fred writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 8:44 PM
The Obama Truth File
PLEASE READ, WATCH AND EMAIL THESE LINKS OUT NOW TO YOUR FAMILY, CO-WORKERS AND FRIENDS AHEAD OF THE PRIMARIES!!

Obama’s Preacher Celebrates 9/11 (explicit)
Only 5 Days After 3,000 Americans Killed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhl-endvco

Jeremiah Wright Says America Deserved 9/11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9HUdF9OZa8

Obama’s Racially-Divisive Pastor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbUBTlmAiA

Obama Disrespecting United States Flag and Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8QCkgg5Kjo

The Audacity of Barack Hussein Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwjnT4eJJvs

The Audacity of Barack Hussein Obama 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeC8BE-2T_k

Is Obama Wright? - Pastor Wright & Senator Obama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72B3tUAqpo4

Obama’s Mentor - 9/11 Fault of Israel Association

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnI431s1r6s

Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o

Name Obama’s Accomplishments if you can #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzFOOcEQtP0

Barack Obama: There Will Be Bamboozling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU

The Two Things Senator Obama Accomplished

http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/02/27/obamas-empty-change- message/

The Jeremiah Wright Lifetime Achievement Award

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhnc2fxAzg

Gaza Strip Palestinians Campaigning for Obama

http://youtube.com/watch?v=21YF7ggCG6g

Barack Obama Doesn’t Want His Daughters ‘Punished’ With a Baby

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eNzmly28Bmg

Obama: Bitter Americans Cling to Guns and Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJAl8a3d9Q

Obama — We Are Building A Religion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xtNr5-up0U
kiki writes: Friday, May, 16, 2008 11:35 PM
Obama andHezbollah’s Iranian Agent
Barack Obama claims he’s against HAMAS and Hezbollah. So why is he meeting with one of Hezbollah’s most important imams and agents in America, Imam Hassan Qazwini? And why is this open anti-Semite and supporter of Israel’s annihilation getting to discuss “the Arab-Israeli conflict” in a private one-on-one meeting with Obama?

Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Center of America, said in an email that he met with Obama at Macomb Community College. A mosque spokesman, Eide Alawan, confirmed that the meeting took place. During the meeting, the two discussed the Presidential election, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Iraq war, according to Qazwini.

Read more here

http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/05/16/the-company-h e-keeps-obama-hangs-with-hezbollahs-iranian-agent-imam/
BlackMagic writes: Saturday, May, 17, 2008 12:25 AM
Larry Johnson Prove it!!!
Schnitt has found a new low from a so-called neutral talk show host. This is a lame attempt for Schnitt to come up with his own Operation Chao. This guy was drooling all over himself after this guy Larry said that he is sure of the video. To protect his credibility Schnitt had his staff mark this as a rumor so that he has a way out if he finds out this is untrue. This guy could wait for the day before the election to release his damning video if he really has it. ONE thing that is true is that the GOP has BIG problems for 2008.END
Craig writes: Saturday, May, 17, 2008 2:16 AM
Just let it out
I have heard all kinds of rumors about Obama and Michelle ans that church and I would not be surprised if any or all of them or true. This election is just that strange, and listening to Michelle Obama for 5 minutes and I think a Michelle doing a SNL 70's routine would not not surprise me.

But you know what. Just let whatever is out there get out. I think these surprises are just plain silly. If the Wright story got out before Super Tuesday Hillary would be the nominee, so look where being cute got her.

catherwood writes: Saturday, May, 17, 2008 11:19 AM
no surprise at all
the possibility of this video does not surprise me at all. I found it evident from the very beginning that Michelle hated white people; I've been around a long time and have dealt with the white and black public for many years under many diffent circumstances. I know her look and her tone of voice. I've seen and heard it hudreds of times in both adults and children. That she would rail against 'whitey' in church makes perfect sense. She would do it because that's the way she satisfies her own ego; she puts whitey in his place so that her peers will think of her as a cutting edge intellectual defender of all that is black. Without that kind of affirmation, she feels like she is not one of them. Her education and position make her more like whitey, you see, and she must denegrate whitey in order to elevate herself in the eyes of the black folk. Her insecurity about her stature when she is compared to her husband, whom she secretly envies and is jealous of, also causes her to say radical things about whites. She knows that he won't do that; so to distinguish herself from him, she strikes out against whites. Odd thing is that she doesn't really hate whites as her whitey remarks might indicate, but she does envy white people because, deep down, she is angry about not being born white. And, if she does make it to the White House (yep), she will seek to subjugate whites for a type of revenge that will make her feel like she wins in the end.

malzone
Joe writes: Friday, May, 30, 2008 10:19 PM
Could they really hold it till August?
I mean if you say you have it, you almost have to show it right away. And if they intend to release it in August, why leak it now? Anything is possible but this seems questionable.
DSmith writes: Tuesday, June, 03, 2008 8:17 PM
No Surprise
I found this video to be very interesting

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147
Mope De Vope writes: Saturday, June, 07, 2008 11:24 PM
My bell's heart felt racial rage
I agree with catherwoods comments, I can always tell when someones a racist as well, but the thing is the press as always given black folks a pass on their brand of racism, while acusing white folks of being racist exspecially those of us in the G.O.P.plus I just heard that Hillary conceded to Obama,say it's not so I was hoping to get a couple more months of misery for Obama out of her. but I guess it could be up to his wife to make his life miserable now, even if this whitey stuff doesn't quite pan out with her big mouth I'm sure she said other racial slurs in her past, possibly in the future as well, who knows what the tide will bring?
THEBIGDODDY writes: Sunday, June, 08, 2008 12:09 AM
Interesting..
Why would anyone suffer angst about not being born White?

How would one classify the world view of one who writes such a sentiment as the respondent catherwood?
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