Wednesday, June 4, 2008

What's Up With the Michelle Obama Whitey Tape?

There's more controversy surrounding the much-hyped Michelle Obama "whitey" tape that's rumored to be a radical bombshell of ammunition against the Barack Obama campaign.

Michelle Obama/PUSH

Photo Caption: For about 30 minutes, Michelle Obama launched into a rant about the evils of America, and how America is to blame for the problems of Africa. Michelle personally blamed President Clinton for the deaths of millions of Africans and said America is responsible for the genocide of the Tutsis and other ethnic groups. She then launched into an attack on "whitey", and talked about solutions to black on black crime in the realm of diverting those actions onto white America. Her rant was fueled by the crowd: they reacted strongly to what she said, so she got more passionate and enraged, and that's when she completely loses it and says things that have made the mouths drop of everyone who's seen this.

Wake Up America has a nice background summary to the much-anticipated video goldmine:

Weeks ago a blogger by the name of Larry Johnson started touting news of a "video" of Michelle Obama ranting against "whitey", meaning whites in America, but no one has produced such a video. Speculation has run rampant about the existence of the tape....

Little bits of information have been put out there, at a time, but nothing concrete enough to be anything but rumor.

Rumor perhaps, but enough of one that
strategists on news media shows have also been speculating about it, which in this day and age, makes it news.

John Fund from Wall Street Journal's
Political Diary:

Indeed, rumors are swirling on the campaign trail that a new video will soon surface featuring Mrs. Obama appearing on a panel with radical speakers during which she makes more controversial statements.
With so many news media outlets and bloggers alike as well as political operatives trying to establish whether the tape exists and if it does, what exactly is on the tape that has been called "stunning" and whether it would actually damage Barack Obama beyond repair.

Barack obama has had to quit his church of over 16 years because of controversial racial statements made by not one, but two, of the people he has called his spiritual guides and/or advisers and has publicly stated he considered his "moral compasses".

He has been linked to questionable characters and this alleged tape is being reported as another link, this time to Louis Farrakhan.

Farrakhan has been the center of much controversy, and critics contend that some of his views and comments have been racist, homophobic, and antisemitic and he is also known well for
his ties to The Nation of Islam.

You can see Farrakhan ranting against Jews here at
YouTube.
Wake up America provides more on the media speculation and implications, but let's got to Gateway Pundit's entry:
Sister Rosetta at Hillary Clinton Forum reported this from HillBuzz yesterday on the mysterious Michelle Obama "whitey" tape yesterday:

The Michelle Obama Rant Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women’s Event.

Michelle Obama appeared as a panelist alongside Mrs. Khadijah Farrakhan and Mrs. James Meeks.

Bill Clinton spoke during the Conference, as did Bill Cosby and other speakers, but not at the panel Michelle attended.

Michelle Obama spoke at the Women’s Event, but referenced Bill Clinton in her rant — his presence at the conference was the impetus for her raving, it seems.

For about 30 minutes, Michelle Obama launched into a rant about the evils of America, and how America is to blame for the problems of Africa. Michelle personally blamed President Clinton for the deaths of millions of Africans and said America is responsible for the genocide of the Tutsis and other ethnic groups. She then launched into an attack on “whitey”, and talked about solutions to black on black crime in the realm of diverting those actions onto white America.
Well, that's about it!

I'll have more if and when this story really breaks open.

Photo Credit: AJ Strata

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