Miscellaneous

People Really Will Believe Anything

True or not, if you say it often enough, people will start to believe it, which is why Barack Obama, for so long, has had to fight off rumors that he was Muslin.

Well, now comes Fox News (and the right-wing blogosphere) with something even more absurd. They are hyping the existence of a video, in which Michelle Obama goes off on "Whitey," a video they say is exactly the bombshell that Hillary is waiting for to derail his campaign. Roger Stone, a Republican strategist, despite never having seen the video, is now claiming that there is credible evidence that it exists. And, yes: It would hurt the Obama campaign, irreparably. But, according to the Daily Kos, the video in question includes these lines:

Why did Bush cut folks off medicaid? Why did Bush let New Orleans drown? Why did Bush do nothing about Jena? Why did Bush put us in Iraq for no reason?

How you'd say it:

Why'd he cut folks off medicaid? Why'd he let New Orleans drown? Why'd he do nothing about Jena? Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason?

Nevermind that she's saying "Why'd he" and not "Whitey," it doesn't matter. Roger Stone, Fox News, and those fuckers have put it out there that she's saying "Whitey." And before the video even pops up, this will filter out into the country -- via Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly -- and, for a large contingent of people who want to believe it's true, it will become true.

How freakin' disgusting is this? Despicable.

It's going to be a long general election campaign.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).