Michelle Obama: Baiting the “birthers” and leveling charges of homophobia

Annuit Coeptis - news-political.com ^ | April, 6 2010 | NEPAConservative

[An American!]

So today we have a recording released on YouTube where Michelle Obama is making reference to Barack’s HOMELAND of Kenya. Where did this video come from and why was it released? This was recorded in front of LGBT Delegate Luncheon in August of 2008. So why now? Be careful, birthers, don’t let common sense and facts get in your way when addressing Obama’s qualifications, they’re just looking for a reason sit back an mock you. You can’t touch this.

What’s even more interesting in the video is how she insinuates that everyone that has AIDS is gay.

[An American!]

Warning about how unusual this is to have been released now. This administration is very sneaky. Lots of images of Michelle with kids, garden, Easter...all feel good stuff and then let this out. Strategy maybe is so it can be discussed and dismissed before the election cycle gets in full swing. Speech is on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLDHDfPNBME

[An American!]

Youtube link of Michelle speech to LGBT Delegate Luncheon
(LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual/pansexual, and transgender)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLDHDfPNBME

[avacado]

I have a sneaking suspicion that there is an ever increasing number of Democrats who wouldn’t mind having a peek at Obama’s long form birth certificate.

[Smokin' Joe]

It isn't a phobia. It is profound disgust, more like homonausea.

[nolongerademocrat]

I can’t stand her. I don’t care what she says.

[Rational Thought]

I heard Glenn Beck offer a similar take yesterday.

I don’t think this administration is that clever. Rather, I think it shows their arrogance towards critics that they can’t be touched.

[An American!]

Also Glenn Beck talked about this same viewpoint:
MICHELLE OBAMA: Surrounding HIV testing which is still plaguing so many of our communities, which you all know a lot of that is due to homophobia. Barack has led by example. When we took our trip to Africa and visited his home country in Kenya, we took a public HIV test.

GLENN: Stop. Stop.

PAT: So obvious.

GLENN: When we ‑‑ and we visited his home country in Kenya. Okay. Really? Really? Are we this stupid? Really? "Oh, my goodness, she just verified!" Did she now? May I ask this question: What is it that they're trying to do right now? What is it they are trying to do? Every bit of their action is poke, poke, poke, make them extremists, poke them some more. Every bit of it! Uh‑huh. Mmm‑hmmm.

Full dialog can be found at http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/38784/

[bgill]

A lot is being “leaked” right now. But are all he leaks the truth. The game plan could be to put out truthful dirt like the MO video before the elections but pile on even more outlandish tales in hopes that will diminish the fallout.

[OR Patriot]

FINEMAN: Obama from land of long-distance runners... You probably saw this one where Fineman says Obama came from a land of long-distance runners. Fortunately for Fineman, Olbermann was there to tell him what to say. http://www.breitbart.tv/newsweeks-fineman-obama-comes-from-a-country-of-long-distance-runners/

[Electric Graffiti]

According to Glenn Beck, you’re a lunatic if you believe any of this birther stuff. Even though the supreme law of the land requires the President to be a Natural Born Citizen to be eligible for the job.

He was on a rant yesterday on his radio program demonizing anyone who questions Ogabe’s legitimacy.

I’m done with this fraud.......Beck and Ogabe.

[Republic]

I kinda think that Michelle is very sensitive about homosexual issues...remembering the picture of her overseeing uhbama when he had a bunch of homosexual men at the WH for some homosex-celebration of who guys do sex together or whatever. She was really watching him...intently. And it sent a strong message out.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Being born on American soil DOES NOT make one an American at heart.

[FrdmLvr]

So, the White House putting out a video of Shelly stating they went to 0bambi's HOME COUNTRY in an attempt to bait "birthers" is going to work for them how?

[LearsFool]

As if AIDS is just a gay (sic) disease... AIDS is caused by a virus, not by a genetic defect or by a lifestyle.

Sure. And drunkenness is caused by the way the body processes alcohol, not by drinking too much. /sarc

Sheesh, who is this idiot?

[MrB]

“homophobia”, literally, an irrational fear of sameness.

It isn’t a fear, it isn’t irrational, and we’re not bothered by sameness at all.

It’s a rational disgust at a perversion.

There’s a reason that every mention of homosexuality in the bible is in close proximity to references of beastiality.

[twigs]

I heard this same argument on a radio show this morning and I frankly don't understand it. It sounds to me as though IF the WH released it (and I don't have any thoughts yet on who released it), then they also released the talking points on how conservatives are to treat it. Be afraid of it, suspect why it's coming out now, don't blow it out of proportion so that you will look nuts. Why should we look on the fringe about this? It's Michelle and her husband who ARE way over the line on support and love of their country (the USA). His home country? Kenya? Happy that they were required to take an AIDS test? Maybe they knew it was going to come out anyway and released it along with talking points to tell us to be careful with it to dilute it because we're the ones with a more powerful alternate media.

Like anything, yes, we should handle it with care and discretion. But we should point out what it tells us about the current residents of the WH.

[MrB]

Aids is overwhelmingly a GAY MALE disease.
This cannot be denied.

[thethirddegree]

I have read Larry Sinclair’s book. Very descriptive and very interesting.

[jrg]

I kinda think that Michelle is very sensitive about homosexual issue

That's because she knows her husband is in denial, and hasn't come out of the closet yet.

[nolongerademocrat]

Really? I missed that.