Does anyone know what Hannity and Drudge are talking about re: new video?

[BlueState]

Apparently there is some 6 year old video that they are going to release. One assumes it is supposed to be embarrassing to Obama
somehow.

[Viking12]

1. More feces hurled by unsanitary monkeys

[Renew Deal]

2. It's going to be another dud...

as usual

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. He Has The Flashing Light Now

.

[bunnies]

4. per sludge: "FOXNEWS TONIGHT: OBAMA'S OTHER RACE SPEECH"

blah blah blah

[gkhouston]

47. Oh, yeah, flog the latest piece of trash by reminding people of one of Obama's finest speeches.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. That doesn't make a lot of sense

in light of all of the controversy over his attendance at Rev. Wright's CHRISTIAN church for several years. Anyway, even if he is Muslim, so what? In this country, that doesn't disqualify somebody. Remember that "no religious tests for public office" part of the Constitution?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. If It Were True It Would Be A Problem But It Isn't True So It Isn't.

Nothing wrong with being a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist, a Christian, et cetera, as long as you say you are. If Candidate X said he belonged to religion Y when he belonged to religion Z that would be problematic.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

30. I'm so over all of this petty right-wing BS

I wouldn't even care at this point if he were lying about it. You think most people are going to care about it? The Republicans thinking of launching an impeachment tribunal if he were lying about this? We have REAL problems in this country that need to be addressed, most of which the Republicans in Congress are REFUSING to allow anybody to address. People are too broke, jobless, hungry, in need of practical solutions to their woes to care much about such petty nonsense IMHO. If the Republicans are going to tout this as a way to save Prince Romney, then let them have it! It will at least keep the rest of us amused for a second.

[Maeve]

7. Yeah, a beer-drinking, pork-loving Muslim!

Here's that story on Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/foxvideo.asp

[OldDem2012]

14. Nice pull on the Snopes article! Well done!! nt.

[Maeve]

58. Thanks--I have a visual memory and always check Snopes

So I recognized it from last month.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. did you see MSNBC had a recording of a Romney campaign worker..at the end

of the call to the voter...they said "He IS a Muslim, you know"

Blatant fear tactics

[Proud Liberal Dem]

32. I was seriously disappointed that this wasn't the long sought after

"whitey" tape.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I Don't Think You Will Be Here Long.

https://forums.craigslist.org/?forumID=20&areaID=14

[Th1onein]

54. Why did you post that link?

What is there in it that we need to see?

[Floyd_Gondolli]

9. Suuuuuuuuuuuure it does.

[RagAss]

10. Thanks for stopping in, Mr. Hannity.......

Now go fuck yourself !

[monmouth]

11. Could it possibly have been edited????? I mean between the beer and bratwurst

sandwiches the President consumes, I'd think the head muslim guy would be ticked off at the President's lack of respect. What, are you nuts?????

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. Bye, asshole

Not a good start, really.

[OldDem2012]

17. Evidently you didn't find the Snopes response posted below....

....see ya.

[Kingofalldems]

19. Check Snopes

Boohahahaha!

Too bad for you.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. I'm "utterly amazed" you've lasted this long, douchebag. nt

[pintobean]

42. It's gone now.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. It's A Speech Obama Gave In 06 When He Was Already A Senator

If it was so incendiary we would have seen it by now

[Cali_Democrat]

25. Good point

It's going to be another dud just like the Derrick Bell video.

OMG...Obama hugged a Harvard Professor!!

[JI7]

16. Every few Months they claim some Video is going to come out that will hurt Obama

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. There's A 2006 Speech

I doubt Senator Obama made any incendiary remarks. I see this backfiring. That's why it's being released on Hannity and not FOX NEWS.

[JI7]

22. didn't a few weeks ago they release something about Obama talking about redistribution

they were trying to make something out of that as if it would hurt as much as Romney's 47 percent

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. It Was Typical Boilerplate Political Speech That Went Nowhere

Again, I doubt Senator Obama said anything incendiary. I doubt Barack Obama has ever said anything incendiary about race.

[reformist2]

21. It sounds like they *still* need to rally the base!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. I Tuned In To FOX NEWS To See What The Fuss Was About.

Now I need to take another shower.

Hannity crap....

[highplainsdem]

26. I'm seeing recent tweets saying it's this video of Obama speaking at Hampton University:

Buzzfeed has a story, too, saying this may be the tape Drudge is screeching about:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/is-this-the-video-drudge-is-teasing


The video's been online since 2007.

Nothing outrageous in it. Drudge's headline is another silly example of wingnut hysteria.

[Lex]

27. What do they think he says that is outrageous?

[highplainsdem]

40. Not sure. This Lynn Sweet column in the Chicago Sun Times in 2007 has the full transcript:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/06/sweet_blog_special_obama_warns.html


But it says that's the transcript "As Prepared for Delivery."


Drudge's site has some "quotes" that aren't in the transcript, above the headline:

THE ACCENT... THE ANGER... THE ACCUSATIONS... THE SERMON...
THE SHOUT OUT TO REV. WRIGHT, WHO IS IN AUDIENCE...
'My pastor, the guy who puts up with me, counsels me, listens to my wife complain about me. He's a friend and a great leader. Not just in Chicago, but all across the country'..
FOXNEWS 9 PM ET...
'We don't need to build more highways out in the suburbs'...

And there's a headline below the main headline saying the Daily Caller will have the "unscrubbed" video.


I'd guess those two "quotes" that Drudge gives are what the wingnuts think are most outrageous.

But I don't see anything outrageous about the comments on Rev. Wright (though it might seem that way to wingnuts who demonize him, who weren't going to vote for Obama anyway). And even if there is a quote in there saying "we don't need to build more highways out in the suburbs," then I'd guess that was just where Obama wandered off script while talking about the importance of public transportation, and he was contrasting the important of that with building more highways to the suburbs. Which means the quote wouldn't upset anyone in context, but of course Fox and their wingnut friends will take it out of context.

This is from the speech transcript on that blog:

We know that we have to invest in transitional jobs too. When there are people who are homeless, veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder from this war in Iraq, and thousands of children aging out of foster care, we can’t expect them to have all the skills they need for work. They may need help with basic skills—how to show up to work on time, wear the right clothes, and act appropriately in an office. We have to help them get there. That’s why I have called for $50 million to begin innovative new job training and workforce development programs.

But what good are these efforts if men and women can’t afford the bus fare or the subway fare or the car insurance to get to the training center or new job. That is why, as president, I will invest in transportation.

We know that three-quarters of welfare recipients live in areas that are poorly served by public transportation and low-income workers spend up to 36% of their incomes on transportation. That is why I will fight to ensure that the federal Jobs Access and Reverse Commute program provides grants to improve low-income access to transportation. And that additional federal public transportation dollars flow to the highest-need communities. No one should be denied work in this country because they can’t find public transportation in their neighborhood.

[Cali_Democrat]

33. Yep. That's the video

If you look at the background on Drudge's site, it's the same.

[BarackTheVote]

49. So what's the controversy?

OMGZ OBAMA IDENTIFIES WITH HIS FELLOW AFRICAN AMERICANS!!!!!! :OOOOOOOOOOO

Now, I will admit that as a video editor, there does appear to be a couple of edits in this video (if you listen closely, the noise bed doesn't exactly match up a couple of times they go to a cutaway)... but I can't imagine he said anything too controversial in those parts, and any edits were most likely made for time (if I'm recalling correctly, Youtube used to have a 10 minute limit).

[Cali_Democrat]

59. Exactly. There is no controversy

The video flopped.

[Liberalynn]

36. Yeah Chris Lavoie from the Stephanie Miller Show

said in a tweet it was 2007 tape too.

[high density]

38. The only weird thing about that video is his way of speaking with an accent. NM

[Hutzpa]

29. This is like flapping at imaginary flies.

Remember MSNBC is kicking their butt lately, any words that rhymes with Obama/Muslim will get people falling
over themselves to watch Fox again.

[JI7]

31. i was checking of some Freeper thread on this and even they don't seem much

impressed. one said it's Hannity trying to get viewers . and then saying their side isn't good at digging up dirt or wont play dirty. hahahha.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. This Is What Those Flipping Clowns Got

They got nothing.

[progressivebydesign]

34. LOLZ.. Does anyone with more than 5k posts want to post about it, too?

because is seems that the new DUers are all atwitter about this today. So ridiculous. C'mon guys.. this is getting embarrassing.

[TDale313]

51. ya know, some of us

With low post counts are just naturally lurky Not all rw tools. I've been here for years, just do far more reading than posting. The original poster, that may be another story.

[progressivebydesign]

35. snopes is your friend. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/foxvideo.asp nt

[IggleDoer]

39. When will we see Hannity reporting from the planet Kolub?

Where Blacks and women are lesser humans.

[CakeGrrl]

41. If it could've been used to derail him in '08, it would have been. -nt

[highplainsdem]

43. LOL! Dave Weigel tweet on this, retweeted by Kos:

http://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/253264953367207936

Couldn't Drudge save some energy and just turn the homepage into gifs of scary black people until the election?

[highplainsdem]

44. Another tweet, from Salon's Alex Pareene, retweeted by LOLGPO:

https://twitter.com/pareene/status/253263275779825664

REALLY want to see the email trail where the morons running the right-wing media conspiracy all convinced themselves this will be HUGE

[highplainsdem]

45. Tweet from Josh Marshall:

http://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/253262844211118080

Deeper story is that many on right r in cocoon where any black person talking 2 blacks abt race or racism is ipso facto shocking & scandlous

[BarackTheVote]

50. That's what I'm getting

it's the only thing that makes sense... these racist loons honestly think that every white American is as bigoted as they themselves are. It's what helps them sleep at night

[nc4bo]

57. Wow - white people must forget how some talk about black people when they think no one's listening.

Of course, the good ole bigoted racist boys never say the n word among other good ole bigoted racist boys, right?

[highplainsdem]

46. Tweet from David Corn:

http://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/253262706491146240

Rev. Wright? OMG!!! Who knew the two were connected?

[blogslut]

48. TRANSLATION:

The wingnut base is losing interest and needs an outrage/fear/racist injection.

[CoffeeCat]

52. I don't know the video, but if it is a video of Obama saying...

...that "I want all people will be free", I'm sure it will be Hannitized into this,

"Obama says he doesn't want ANYONE to work! He wants to give everything to everyone for FREE! I told you he was a Socialist! I told you he is going to bankrupt our nation! I told you he hates this country! Obama hates America!! He hates the planet. And puppies. And ice cream cones. And he hates sprinkles too! Do you want your sprinkles taken away, America??? Cuz that's what's going to happen if this man has another four years!!!! Ahhhh!!! Ahhhh!!! Help us!!"

[nc4bo]

53. Isn't all of this crap old news? Good Gawd the desperation is really stinking up the place.

Any scandalous or possibly scandalous junk would have been used during 08 campaign 1) during the Dem primary and 2) by McCain and his screeching cohort-ess, Princess Caribou-Wolfhead of Alaska.

[Honeycombe8]

55. I've heard about a video of Obama with the Hamas...the L A Times reported on it?

Something like that.

But even if it's true, it can't be much. It probably was found for the 2008 election & shown but didn't have any effect, or it was decided it was nothing & wasn't shown.

Too much buildup. If a video is really something, you don't need to build it up that much, IMO.

[WinkyDink]

56. Haterz gonna hate. Food thrown thru then bars for the Romney-voters.

[Catherine Vincent]

60. I don't get it

How can it be embarrassing to the President now and not before the 2008 election?