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Larry Johnson (Clinton Blogger) Promise Of Michelle Obama/Farrakhan Video Falls Flat

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Mon Jun 2, 2008 4:22 PM EDT
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(First comment to Johnson's 'revelation'

The Michelle Tape
by BooMan

"My old friend, Larry Johnson, knows about manipulating elections from his training with the Central Intelligence Agency. He doesn't want Obama to win the nomination for whatever reason, and he's in full propaganda mode to do everything he can to frighten the superdelegates. He claims to have a shocking tape of Michelle Obama ranting in some anti-white diatribe. He promises to produce this tape tomorrow at 9am.
From what I understand, it is a tape of Michelle Obama criticizing the Bush administration.

How you'd write it:

Why did Bush cut folks off medicaid?
Why did Bush let New Orleans drown?
Why did Bush do nothing about Jena?
Why did Bush put us in Iraq for no reason?
How you'd say it:

Why'd he cut folks off medicaid?
Why'd he let New Orleans drown?
Why'd he do nothing about Jena?
Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason?

How Larry Johnson wants you to hear it:

Whitie cut folks off medicaid?
Whitie let New Orleans drown?
Whitie do nothing about Jena?
Whitie put us in Iraq for no reason?

I'm going to be honest with you. Both SusanHu and Larry Johnson have been friends of mine. They have both done a lot for me and I am grateful and indebted to them. Any issues I've had with their activities in this election I have kept private. I haven't visited their site in four months because I found it too personally painful to read what they were writing and I did not want to be tempted to respond. I thought I owed them that. But loyalty can only go so far. If they publish this allegation tomorrow, I will no longer speak with them. And I say that with great sorrow.

This election has ruined a lot of friendships. I have tried hard not to let it ruin mine. But smears of this type are unforgivable. I have been forebearing. Perhaps, in retrospect, I have been too forebearing. That's all I say. This is too painful "

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JohnRussell

The Clinton blogger Larry Johnson has put his credibility (whatever that means) on the line by promising an explosive video of Michelle Obama saying something about 'whitey', and said he would give the details at 8 am this morning. Nothing much materialized, causing an avalanche of complaint at his blog 'No Quarter'.

An interesting sidelight to this hatefilled primary season.

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    Reply#1 - Mon Jun 2, 2008 4:25 PM EDT
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    JohnRussell

    I saw these developments on Larry Johnson's site, and from what I can see, Larry has lost, or is on the verge of losing all credibility.

    Even if the tape exists, this is what it purportedly contains -

    "From what I understand, it is a tape of Michelle Obama criticizing the Bush administration.

    How you’d write it: Why did Bush cut folks off medicaid?
    Why did Bush let New Orleans drown?
    Why did Bush do nothing about Jena?
    Why did Bush put us in Iraq for no reason?
    How you’d say it: Why’d he cut folks off medicaid?
    Why’d he let New Orleans drown?
    Why’d he do nothing about Jena?
    Why’d he put us in Iraq for no reason? How Larry Johnson wants you to hear it: Whitie cut folks off medicaid?
    Whitie let New Orleans drown?
    Whitie do nothing about Jena?
    Whitie put us in Iraq for no reason?"

    At best, the interpretation of what she said, according to THIS account, would be a laughable fraud.

    It is believable that "whyd he"

    could be twisted to "whitie" for the purposes of smearing Obama and inflaming people.

    Larry Johnson has a lot of 'splainin' to do.

    Supposedly this video has Michelle Obama, Wright and Farrakhan at the same table at a Nation Of Islam sponsored conference, which would be bad enough for Obama's image, but in the current political climate not a death blow to Barack's candidacy. But when the words are twisted to imply something they evidently do not, all this will do is create sympathy for Obama, as if he hasn't received too much of that already concerning TUCC.

    Bad move by Larry Johnson

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      #1.1 - Mon Jun 2, 2008 4:38 PM EDT
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      {"commentId":1878700,"authorDomain":"dbe928"}
      DBE928

      Let's wait and see. He wrote,

      In probing those matters we begin to understand that the Nation of Islam has been a critical component of Barack Obama's base of support. And, I am told, Louis Farrakhan has been careful to use Tony Rezko as the intermediary in his relationship with Barack. This is not guilt by association, this is guilt because of actual relationship. Farrakhan, Wright, and Pfleger are each on tape in various settings spewing the most vile racists garbage in the guise of preaching. Barack Obama, up to this point, has tried to pretend he had no idea that these men had these thoughts or said these things.

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        Reply#2 - Mon Jun 2, 2008 8:58 PM EDT
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        JohnRussell

        I just went back and looked at No Quarter for an update, and Johnson is sticking by his story. He now says the 'why'd he' and 'whitey' differences in the alleged transcript are a disinformation tactic by the Obama campaign. I think that if anybody has such a tape they should bring it forth now.

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          #2.1 - Mon Jun 2, 2008 9:02 PM EDT
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          bondibox

          I can't believe I'm voting for a seed to Larry Johnson's blog.

          I feel dirty. Here, go to the original post at BooMan Tribune.

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            Reply#3 - Tue Jun 3, 2008 7:30 AM EDT
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