[duckworth]

Just more twisted crap. I saw an explanation on FR yesterday, though I can’t find it now. Michele O was taped yelling about Bush (I think). And she kept saying stuff like “Why’d he go to war? Why’d he lie about WMD? Why’d he get us into this mess?” And the troublemakers are simply spreading it around that when she was saying “Why’d he,” she was saying “Whitey.” As in “Whitey lie to us!”

[CAluvdubya]

That was just a poster joking and speculationg how the Obama campaign would explain it all away.

[ClearCase_guy]

RUMORED transcript:

Michelle Obama, “Once again, the white man keeps us down, what’s up with Whitey, Why’d he attack Iraq, Why’d he let Katrina happen, Why’d he leave millions of children behind. This is the legacy the white man gives us.”

If the tape exists, and if that really is a transcript, then substituting "Why'd he" doesn't go very far. You've got "the white man keeps us down". This isn't about George W. Bush and it's not merely asking "Why'd he" do things.

This is about racial hate speech.

[Cboldt]

-- I saw an explanation on FR yesterday, though I can't find it now. Michele O was taped yelling about Bush (I think). And she kept saying stuff like "Why'd he ..." --

There is a nearly month old rumor about this "tape." Until yesterday, the rumor was basically that Michelle ranted from Trinity, against "whitey." About a week ago the pure speculation (as in the whole thing could be false) broadened to include a transcript, "Why'd he" is part of that, but the (perhaps imaginary) transcript includes railing against "the white man" (that's a direct quote), which can't be homonized between "whitey" and "why'd he."

Yesterday, the rumor added an association with Farrakhan - a casual association, as in Michelle was either in the same panel with him, or sitting at the same table, or he was in the audience.

As rumors go, this is one of the more lively ones.

Google "larry johnson" "michelle obama" and you'll find plenty of history and action on the rumor.

[driftless2]

"twisted"

I tend to agree. I doubt even someone as vacuous and self-obsessed as Michelle Obama would make a speech saying "whitey did this or that." She's not quite that dense.

[Ann Archy]

And she kept saying stuff like “Why’d he go to war? Why’d he lie about WMD? Why’d he get us into this mess?” And the troublemakers are simply spreading it around that when she was saying “Why’d he,” she was saying “Whitey.” As in “Whitey lie to us!”

Exactly!! WHY'D HE sounds like WHITEY.....we will look soooooooo damn STUPID if we pursue this.

[Always Right]

Just more twisted crap. I saw an explanation on FR yesterday, though I can’t find it now. Michele O was taped yelling about Bush (I think). And she kept saying stuff like “Why’d he go to war? Why’d he lie about WMD? Why’d he get us into this mess?” And the troublemakers are simply spreading it around that when she was saying “Why’d he,” she was saying “Whitey.” As in “Whitey lie to us!

Pure speculation until we see the context.

[LS]

I think it’s more than this, otherwise there wouldn’t be the phenomenal concern about this in the Obama camp-—which is working behind the scenes to bury it.

[COgamer]

You should probably stop drinking at Obama’s trough sometime before the general election rolls around. Defend him enough, and you might get confused about your priorities. “Why did he” is not the controversial portion of the tape, and the only people trying to angle it that way are the die-hard Obama supporters at DU. The incriminating remarks come before that, where she specifically says “the white man” is to blame. I suppose there’s an alternate translation for that as well?

[Churchillspirit]

Thanks for the clarification.

There is enough about Obama's political views on which to go after him, without making things up.

[mthom]

Thats a possible explanation. The thing is that the “why’d he” explanation originally came from Obamas surrogates.