Posted on 06/13/2008 1:33:34 PM PDT by pissant
The netroots are furious that the National Press Club is hosting a Minnesota man named Larry Sinclair who has been making wild allegations that Obama had sex and used cocaine with him in 1999.
* Open Left's Matt Stoller:
"The Obama is a Muslim smear and the stupid whitey video rumors aren't the last nasty dishonest rant to test our press corps's willingness to publish anything. A few months ago I noticed claims being circulated by a fellow named Larry Sinclair making allegations that Obama had sex and used drugs with him in 1999. Whitehouse.com offered $100,000 if Sinclair could pass a polygraph test; Sinclair took the test, and failed. Now Sinclair has gotten himself booked at the National Press Club, which is a venue that books press events, as well as weddings and bar mitzvahs, so as to have a sheen of legitimacy. His stuff has been circulated on youtube and on various websites, but with clear debunkings of his claims and his credibility. Hopefully journalists will continue to ignore this person (though there has been a little coverage), and whoever is fronting him will stop and eventually he can get the medical help he needs."
* TPM's Josh Marshall:
"Heckuva Job, Pressy. National Press Club goes where the National Enquirer won't."
* Balloon Juice's John Cole:
"Ohforchrissakesyouhavetobeshittingme. [...] I really don't know what to say. If the media is now going to talk to every crackpot out there, there used to be a lady who walks up and down High Street here in Morgantown with a bottle of bleach talking to herself. Maybe she can speak next month."
* Benen:
"Sinclair can make whatever wild accusations he wants, but it's worth remembering that his story doesn't stand up well to scrutiny (during an alleged rendezvous with Obama in Illinois, Sinclair was actually booked in Colorado), and as witnesses go, Sinclair is less than unimpeachable (he apparently has a lengthy criminal record). It's curious, though, that Sinclair will get the National Press Club as a platform -- one needs a Press Club sponsor to host an event, raising questions about who, exactly, helped get Sinclair a room. For that matter, Sinclair now has a lawyer -- Montgomery Sibley, who recently defended the 'DC Madam' Deborah Jean Palfrey -- and it's curious how Sinclair can afford such a pricey attorney. In other words, the steady stream of smears have been non-stop, but they're not about to go away anytime soon."
That sleazy Larry Sinclair is compared to the honorable Swift Boat Vets is very sad. Still.....Go Larry Go, stick it to the commie!
Frankly, it is a high compliment to call it Swiftboating in my book. Larry won’t deserve that unless he flatline’s Obama’s campaign.
Seems Rezko and Ayers have been naughty boys too...but that is difficult for the MSM to bring to light...
The Liberal Left-Wing media are using the Mary Magdaline excuse...why spoil the Savior’s reputation?
Larry Sinclair is not worth a plug nickel unless and until he can provide some real, unimpeachable evidence. Until then, he’s just a lying scumbag trying to make a buck and a name for himself. Though why anyone would want this kind of reputation is beyond me.
Take Larry’s score on the scumbag-o-meter, multiply by 276, and you will approach Obama’s score.
(In the sound of a Jerry Springer ‘Je-ree, Je-ree’ chant)
Lar-ree!
Lar-ree!
Lar-ree!
BTW, comparing that piece of filth of the Swift Boat Vets is insulting at the very least.
Who in America HAS NOT HEARD Jeremiah Wrights rant about the stupid white devils?.. All with the entire congregation AMEN'ing... GO Pastor'ing.. hooting an hollering.. like a racist KKK meeting..
The truth is not that some black churchs are racist BUT how many of them are..
Wonder how many black churchs are MARXIST like Obama and Michele are..
Maybe he has a blue dress tucked away.
If it wasn’t for the Blue Dress, Bill Clinton would have still been allowed to deny all charges.
Well, what do you expect. The leftwingers at National Journal see Swiftboating as a high insult.
This is bad for us...Sinclair is not at all credible...he is easily dismissed.
The focus should be on what we do know exists...rev. wright, that Obama gave his church $20,000+ in 2007...Ayers, etc.
Larry in the media PING
Us? Are you donating to Larry? I’m just putting the news out there
Not complaining about your post.
I see the national press club situation as classic rope a dope. Larry will look like an idiot, thus the point will be made that all attacks on Obama’s character are as valid as Sinclair’s.
Believe me, there is nothing about this publicity that the Obama camp wants.
Your probably right.
Myself — I think Ayers, “Bitter Rednecks” comment, and Wright do more damage to Obama, so I guess I am waiting for more of those...
Never ceases to infuriate me when the left uses the word “swift boating” to indicate making stuff up about a political opponent, using unsubstantiated rumors to smear an opponent... Swift boating is a term of honor - it stands for exposing the truth about someone in the face of a national cover-up...
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