Thread #2: Barack, Get Your Facts Right
By SusanUnPC on June 12, 2008 at 9:08 PM in Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Obama's Thugs, Obamedia, Whitey Tape
Welcome to viewers of CNN’s Larry King show who heard misstatements regarding Larry Johnson and the “whitey tape.” Read the following for the accurate, complete story. This is the second thread for Larry Johnson’s earlier story, “Barack, Get Your Facts Right” (the full text of the original post is below the fold, for your reference) as well as Larry’s early morning story today, “Let’s Help Barack Fight the ‘Smears’” (that full text is also pasted, second, below the fold).
See also these NoQuarter stories on June 12, 2008: “Obama Rumor Squad, aka Thugs-for-Obama“ by TexasDarlin, and “Barack Obama Condones Coordinated Internet Harassment by his Thugs“ by Uppity Woman.
“Barack, Get Your Facts Right” by Larry Johnson, June 12, 2008(the full text)
If Barack’s first foray into setting the record straight is a sign of how he would handle the weightier matters of the presidential office, boy are we screwed. Here’s what Obama considers a “lie”:
Lie:
Blogger Larry Johnson wrote on May 31st that he would add „New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I‚ll post the news Monday morning by 0900 hours. Now I know why people who have seen the videotape say it is stunning. Barack‚s headaches are only starting.‰Read the post
Truth:
Johnson posted no such update.
Barack? DUDE. Open your eyes brother. Here’s what I posted on Monday morning (17 minutes earlier than promised) on 2 June:
Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan Take On Whitey
By Larry Johnson on June 2, 2008 at 8:43 edt AM in Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Whitey Tape | Edit
I learned over the weekend why the Republicans who have seen the tape of Michelle Obama ranting about “whitey” describe it as “STUNNING.” I have not seen it but I have heard from five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape. It features Michelle Obama and Louis Farrakhan. They are sitting on a panel at Jeremiah Wright’s Church when Michelle makes her intemperate remarks. Whoops!! When that image comes out it will enter the politcal ads hall of fame. It will be right up there with the little girl plucking daisy petals in the famous 1964 ad LBJ used against Barry Goldwater.
That ain’t a “lie” Barky. It is a fact. Of course, most Barack supporters have trouble grasping this concept. Maybe that’s why they support Barack–does not require much intellectual effort. Simply close eyes and hold your nose.
“Let’s Help Barack Fight the ‘Smears’” by Larry Johnson, June 12, 2008 (full text)
This is precious. Barack is in a snit over so-called smears. (Deb, thanks for the tip.) Karen Tumulty writes in Time Magazine:
According to campaign officials, what finally launched Obama into a full rumor counteroffensive was a story that apparently first made a big splash on the Internet in late May in a post by pro-Hillary Clinton blogger Larry Johnson. Quoting “someone in touch with a senior Republican,” Johnson claimed that there was a video of Michelle Obama “blasting ‘whitey’ during a rant at Jeremiah Wright’s church.” (Later versions of the rumor had Michelle’s “rant” happening at a Rainbow/push Coalition conference.) No such videotape has surfaced.
Now, are you ready for the shocker? Look at the next paragraph of Karen’s piece:
When the Obama campaign got wind of the rumor in April, Michelle’s close friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett asked Michelle if there could be anything to it; the candidate’s wife dismissed it out of hand.
I did not hear about the tape until MAY. REPEAT. I DID NOT HEAR ABOUT THE TAPE UNTIL MAY. Yet, the Obama campaign knew about the tape in April. Got it? And I am the one responsible for the so called rumor?
Au contraire. What is really fascinating is that the Obama campaign continues to issue a non-denial denial. They are fighting so-called smears, but not challenging the very facts that underlie the charges.
There is a recording of Michelle Obama using a racial slur about white people. I have not seen the tape but I am certain that the people who have told my sources they have seen such a tape are telling the truth. What is really interesting is that the Obama folks knew about this long before I did.
And you know what else? One of my sources told me last week that the Obama camp knew about the tape. So the Obamas have confirmed what one of my sources about the existence of the tape has told me.
I am happy to take credit for being the one who has put the Obama campaign on edge. But it looks like they themselves knew there was a problem.
See also these NoQuarter stories on June 12, 2008: “Obama Rumor Squad, aka Thugs-for-Obama“ by TexasDarlin, and “Barack Obama Condones Coordinated Internet Harassment by his Thugs“ by Uppity Woman.
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