June 12, 2008
Michelle Obama Rumor
Backfires on Democrats
On
June 3, democrat strategist and Obama supporter went on Fox News saying that the
"other shoe" was going to drop, probably on June 4, after Obama secures
the democrat delegates needed for nomination.
When asked about the rumor,
all Beckel would say is that it involves Michelle Obama. He said that he didn't
want to perpetuate the rumor, even though he was starting it.
The rumor,
started by the Obama campaign and hyped by Beckel, was supposedly of a racist
remark caught on video/audio tape. Beckel said he hears a lot of rumors, but this
one had him worried because the sources reached him in a way that makes them credible.
June
4 came and went without any bombshell or even a hint of one. Conservative talk
show host Rush Limbaugh said he had heard of the rumor and Beckel's comments,
but Limbaugh said he didn't believe it.
Some blogging speculating on what
the rumor was and what Michelle may or may not have said went back and forth across
the internet on both conservative and liberal sites and then was quickly forgotten.
This
morning, the Obama campaign, angered at the lack of a reaction, announced that
they had a new web site that combats smear rumors about Obama. The new site then
goes on to list rumors that are supposedly untrue. The site blames Limbaugh for
the Michelle Obama rumor, when it was Obama's supporters that started it and Limbaugh
doubting it.
Egg was left all over the face of Obama and his campaign when
this morning Limbaugh replayed his comments regarding the rumor. It was quite
obvious that it was Beckel trying to bait Limbaugh and the conservatives into
hyping the rumor. They didn't fall for it because conservatives generally don't
spread rumors, they spread truth.
Now,
Obama is left with a web site spreading nasty rumors about him and saying they
aren't true by using lies to prove that they are not true. Similar to him saying
that he quit smoking and now admits he is still smoking, he might as well admit
he's starting negative rumors about himself and his wife.
TLG
