Posted on 10/20/2008 3:49:39 PM PDT by pissant
I have decided to write this open letter and to refer you to our telephone conversation the day your husband was having a debate with his opponent in New York. This has to be an open letter because the story is already out there and many Americans are crying for the truth about what we discussed.
I know our discussion was not meant to harm your husband’s candidacy nor was it meant to derail the US Presidential elections in any way. We both know that our talk was - a sister to brother talk - black to black person talk - in the African perspective. The problem came later when we listened to the taped recording of our talk. API thought it wise to publish some of the contents that are not inflammatory. API did the best to select that which could not cause any chaos and we in API did not expect that waht we chose to publish would have the impact it now has had in the last five days.
Many Americans have surprised us in the way they take the interview very seriously. We want to respect them - as we have promised from day one - to let them know the truth in what transpired between yourself and us. We have realised that the American people want to know you well before you probably become their first Lady.
The intention of writing to you this open letter is to appeal to you to confirm that we had a talk because it is the only right thing to do now, so that we avoid any embarrassment should the whole tape be aired unedited. You are well aware of our discussions touching on thorny issues like Iran’s good trade relationship with Kenya and the fact Kenya may play a role in mending the relationship between Iran and the US so that healthy trade relationship may be achieved if your husband gets the presidency. Remember the length and the depth of our talk on other issues of importance in this hotly contested election where as you have stated - is an opportunity for the black people to start being proud of America and to be patriotic.
API was disappointed that one of your husband’s spokespersons rushed to the press to deny that you had called API. It is best that they check with you first before jumping to conclusions as if they control your private calls everyday.
API is interested in handling this matter in a good and reasonable way so that we may not be forced to release the tapes in its entirety. We do not want to be party to causing unnecessary chaos before the elections. If you just come forward and confirm that there was a call you placed to API, that will enable API to be out of it and nobody will continue to demand that we air unedited tape, but that we can release the one with information that is already known to the public.
We will appreciate solving this matter this way in order to avoid unnecessary law suits that may come about.
It is my apology to you that we did not let you know that the conversation was being taped, and yet I expect you to know that being a public figure, such may happen.
We have decided to write to you after our discussion today with a US CIA official in Oslo.
Regards
Sounds like Michelle is being given an out to have the unedited tape released and we will just hear what we already know.
Berg is quoted somewhere saying he believes they have the tapes. FWIW.
http://www.americasright.com/2008/10/african-press-international-insists.html
Yep- Berg’s involvement is pretty well documented here- but he has not heard the tapes. IF he had- and said he had- I’d be more inclined to pay attention.
Be sure to read the comments section too :)
“We have decided to write to you after our discussion today with a US CIA official in Oslo.”
I doubt very much a CIA official would have a conversation with them. This sounds phony.
This is more damning than any "whitey" remarks that may have been made. Given past interference in Int'l affairs by Obama, this is more believable, I might add.
I see our buddy Koyaan (Polarik’s main internet slimer) is over there trying to toss cold water on this story. I thought he was an uninterested libertarian just looking out for ‘the truth’ regarding the COLB
Frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised if a CIA “Valerie Plame” type intimidated the shaky folks at API.
I wonder if someone from Google manually drops their pagerank?
It must have been date April 1st. Translated NO TAPES!!!
Or, if the conversation has been pretty threatening to our security, who knows from this "lady" speaking about the whiteys???
No way in hell did someone from the “CIA in Oslo” identify himself to, let alone speak to, this transparent kook.
I hear ya. Then again, who thought Ayers helped Obama write his first book?
Learn how to scroll write on by the topics that do not interest you. It really does work.
This is a topic that interests me greatly. I’m just tired of reading something that amounts to nothing. A sham, a charade, a hoax to keep us hanging on a hope that something will come of this. Everyday we are told this is the day the API will release the tapes. Still nothing. I regard Free Republic on a much higher level than the National Enquirer.
This is such a farce.
Not sure about you, but I don’t think anyone else is hanging his hat on this. Obama has tons of malfeasance, both known and being discovered. We are all interested in all of it. So ping us to those great threads you post so we can participate. Thanks.
I don't know about you, but at just 15 days before the election, I'm hanging my hat on just about anything I can. I'm likely to go crazy before the this election. I CANNOT fathom the idea of a President Obama. I'm glued to Free Republic, and practically have my laptop velcrowed to my hip to keep checking breaking stories. On the majority of these major issues, Obama has been able to slide right through, virtually untouched by the MSM. Sure, Obama has tons of malfeasance, but that's only known by few. It's not ever talked about on the MSM. Majority of Americans only get their news from the MSM and unless it's discussed on that medium, Americans will never know the other side of Obama. Your darn right that I'm hanging my hat on this API story and it steams me that we are being duped on this.
Speak for yourself. I’m not duped. I’m highly entertained.
Agreed.
It’s Put Up or STFU time.
Why would they need to speak with a CIA official in Oslo, when all they have to do is walk into the U.S. Embassy in their own country?
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