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Obama Rips Reporter Over Question About Michelle Tape Rumor
hotair.com ^ | June 5, 2008 | Allahpundit

Posted on 06/05/2008 5:55:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Can’t blame him, although I don’t know how you solve this prisoner’s dilemma in an Internet age. One site floats the rumor, word spreads via e-mail, a few other sites blog it, another dozen sites reason that it’s gaining currency as a meme and already Google-able so there’s no reason to ignore it, and it’s off to the races. The media gets wind of it, checks it out, maybe runs a public advisory story debunking it (e.g., “No evidence of Michelle Obama tape”), and finally puts a question to the candidate himself to give him a chance to blow it out of the water. The story runs the next day, a million people read about it, ten percent assume that it’s at least partially true, and voila. How do you keep a conspiracy of silence when everyone in the world’s a publisher?

“We have seen this before. There is dirt and lies that are circulated in e-mails and they pump them out long enough until finally you, a mainstream reporter, asks me about it,” Obama said to the McClatchy reporter during a press conference aboard his campaign plane. “That gives legs to the story. If somebody has evidence that myself or Michelle or anybody has said something inappropriate, let them do it.”

Asked whether he knew it not to be true, Obama said he had answered the question.

“Frankly, my hope is people don’t play this game,” Obama said. “It is a destructive aspect of our politics. Simply because something appears in an e-mail, that should lend it no more credence than if you heard it on the corner. Presumably the job of the press is to not to go around and spread scurrilous rumors like this until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it.”

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1 posted on 06/05/2008 5:55:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Show that temper, boy.

Show people how stupid and thin skinned you are.


2 posted on 06/05/2008 5:57:32 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So, he won't admit that the rumor isn't true or doesn't exist. Wonder if Hitlery is blackmailing him, with the tape for a VP slot?
3 posted on 06/05/2008 5:59:05 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I remember the exact date that I was first proud of my country. It was three days before my 10th birthday — July 20, 1969 — when Americans landed and walked on the moon. It's too bad that Mrs. Obama can't even recall one situation in her lifetime.
4 posted on 06/05/2008 6:00:57 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: nmh
He's just setting the tone for the General Election. He will berate any reporter that asks him a question that he does not agree with and if you do not agree with him, you are a cynic, backward thinking, and don't get the whole campaign of “change”.

But, this is the guy that could be the next President of the United States if some folks don't wake up.

5 posted on 06/05/2008 6:01:05 PM PDT by lt.america (Captain was already taken)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I didn’t hear a “no”.


6 posted on 06/05/2008 6:01:18 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Given such dismal choices, I guess I'll vote for the old guy.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Actually his response reads as a mild reproach not a “rip” as I would have thought from the headline.


7 posted on 06/05/2008 6:01:27 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
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nmh: “So, he won’t admit that the rumor isn’t true or doesn’t exist.”

Geesh! On this, Obama’s right. If people have the video, bring it forth! What ever happened to investigative reporting? What we call journalism nowadays is a complete joke!


8 posted on 06/05/2008 6:02:36 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Republican Who Will NOT Vote McCain!)
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To: nmh

If the tape is out there, is is being distributed by the underlings in the Hillary committee. No Republican would EVER admit to possession of such a video moment, as it is totally radioactive, and would contaminate anyone who admits to possession.

But Herself, still the Cold and Joyless, has nothing to lose now.

Certainly more bloodless than an actual assassination.


9 posted on 06/05/2008 6:03:29 PM PDT by alloysteel (The Obamajesty exerting its Obamagic. What nirvana, what bliss!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Forget Michele the whole church is comfortable with blame it all on whitey.. probably many many black churchs are in this condition.. I personally don't know of ANY white churchs with a blame it all on blackie.. There may be some but I got a feeling they are very rare..

Worse the blacks that do this are not even embarrased.. including Obama... BOTH of them..

10 posted on 06/05/2008 6:06:20 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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alloysteel: “No Republican would EVER admit to possession of such a video moment, as it is totally radioactive, and would contaminate anyone who admits to possession.”

It would contaminate the possessor? HOW?

If such a video exists, the only person contaminated would be Michelle Obama—contaminated by racism. That’s part of the reason why this rumor has legs. It’s believable. However, any journalist who brings it up should put up or shut up. What we call journalism these days is little more than an echo chamber for gossip.


11 posted on 06/05/2008 6:08:23 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Republican Who Will NOT Vote McCain!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Great collage. We need to get the angry one from his Montana win speech added. LOL!


12 posted on 06/05/2008 6:09:38 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Send it to ABC via a Kinkos computer in Abilene, TX. They’re SURE to believe it then.


13 posted on 06/05/2008 6:10:24 PM PDT by Texan
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To: nmh
Presumably the job of the press is to not to go around and spread scurrilous rumors like this until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it.

Oops. Did he say "until"? Is that because "until" is a little less of a lie than "unless" would have been? What does he know that we don't?

Another tedious non-denial denial. Billy Jeff is better at it.

14 posted on 06/05/2008 6:11:23 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s not the Michelle that I know


15 posted on 06/05/2008 6:12:11 PM PDT by cjmae (Sanity was not equally distributed)
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To: cjmae

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL


16 posted on 06/05/2008 6:12:50 PM PDT by GOP_Lady
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama should provide the transcript and the video of the event to quell suspicions.


17 posted on 06/05/2008 6:13:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: Free ThinkerNY
He did not deny the existence of the tape.
18 posted on 06/05/2008 6:15:39 PM PDT by jrooney (Obama's mentor says God Da*n America. That explains Obama's refusal to put his hand over his heart.)
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To: cynwoody

He’s a slippery, sh**.


19 posted on 06/05/2008 6:16:12 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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That's not the Barrak Obama I know!
20 posted on 06/05/2008 6:19:54 PM PDT by cruise_missile ('')
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