Obama's Gary Hart moment?

Be careful what you wish for: "If somebody has evidence that myself or Michelle or anybody has said something inappropriate, let them do it."

Presumably by "do it," he means "produce it," as in, produce the evidence. Hmm. This would seem to run somewhat counter to his previous statement that his wife is off-limits.

Now, I agree with Obama on the substance of the point he's making -- about how frustrating it is when totally unsubstantiated rumors get lifted out of the undernews into mainstream discussion, and thus in some sense legitimized, simply by somebody in the MSM asking the question -- but still, does he really want to essentially dare the media, and his political opponents, to dig up dirt on him and his wife? We all know what happened the last time a presidential candidate did that!

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[Angrier and Angrier]

I agree with Obama on this. There are rumors all over the Internets that the news networks are holding a tape of Michelle Obama railing against "whitey." If they have it, show it. Otherwise, stop spreading unfounded rumors.

Mind you, there might very well be a tape. If there is, I can't think of any justification for the news networks to hold it other than they want to do Karl Rove's bidding and drop it in late October. If that's the case, the media is being incredibly unethical.

[Alasdair]

{shocked gasp}

You mean that the MSM are secret Karl Rove stooges ?

They sure know how to hide it well, A&A !

[Sandy Underpants]

I've seen the video actually on Memoryhole.com. It is a scathing indictment of "Whitey" by Michelle, but the real bombshell is that she's sitting on Osama Bin Ladens lap throughout.

[Angrier and Angrier]

They tried to cover his ass on the Valerie Plame story, now didn't they?