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On Monday I blogged about the rumors of a video that shows Michelle Obama making hateful comments about "whitey." I'm now convinced that Larry Johnson, the blogger who's done the most to make the rumors public, is spreading misinformation.Johnson is/was a pro-Hillary blogger, and if this was a hoax rumor, the purpose appears to have been to prevent an overwhelming shift of Democratic superdelegates to Obama before the June 1 RNC rules committee meeting. The rumor failed to accomplish that purpose, and is thus moot as a campaign story, except to wonder: Where did the rumor come from? Who started the rumor? Was Johnson himself responsible, or was he used by someone (Sid Blumenthal?) inside the Clinton campaign?
If such a video ever materializes, it will be big news. Unless and until it does materialize, we must assume it doesn't exist.
Despite my breathlessness, I also doubt the "tape" exists. However, it is interesting to note the resignatory acceptance that Michelle Obama could have said these things even among Obama supporters. They KNOW the Obama campaign is corrupt at the core. They just don't CARE. They have their Christ figure to validate their long ago invalidated social constructs. They can not be swayed by the facts.
ReplyDeleteAbout the video, one question nags at me: If the video does not exist, why have such disparate figures as Roger Stone and Bob Beckel claimed it does?