UPDATE: The rumors below were started by Larry Johnson a.k.a. LC Johnson who has been banned from dKos. One of the many posts about Mr. Johnson goes into some detail here.
Rest of diary left intact to see the background. Yes, even though I've been around dKos for a long time I didn't know who Larry/LC Johnson was.
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Overheard at a family gathering today: Michelle Obama once spoke at Jeremiah Wright's church and railed against "whitey." And, of course, there's video. But the person with the video is holding it back until at least August so that it can be used for maximum effect to destroy Obama's candidacy.
It was so out there that I didn't know what to say. The guy circulating the rumor works in the TV biz but I think he got this from the internet. I did a little research below.
I believe this blogger is the original source for the rumor.
What I can tell pretty quickly:
- He's a Hillary supporter - that was obvious within two seconds of reading his blog.
- According to some other blogger who did some research on the original poster, the original author has posted here at dKos and claims to have briefed the Clinton campaign. He has a wikipedia entry and a bio listing a gob of media appearances.
If you're bored - google Michelle Obama Whitey and there are a ton of links about it. I just think this is the original source.
My take:
Given that the last three articles on the blog are:
A) Blasting Jeremiah Wright
B) An e-mail from a woman who was going to vote Obama if he got the nomination, but because he's associated with Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, some Iraq oil-for-food scandal guy, some communist, and William Ayers, she cannot. So if Clinton doesn't win, she can't vote for Obama.
C) How dangerous it is that Obama is going to be in Iowa to declare Victory on Tuesday and how to stop it.
I think this guy is just a pro-Hillary fanatic. However the lie (assuming it is one) that he is telling is incredibly believable and thus dangerous - people who distrust Obama would find it easy to believe that Michelle went off on a rant (after all, she wasn't proud of her country until recently). By saying the video is going to be embargoed until August it makes it impossible to prove it doesn't exist right now.
So how do you kill a rumor like this? Just brushing it off as being not worth the time to discuss doesn't help.