Michelle Obama in a tape call to some station? WTF?

[JeanGrey]

Someone I know just sent me an email about a supposed "tape" coming out of Michelle Obama calling some station having to do with Africa about Obama being adopted by his Indonesian Step Father, and talking about him being a Muslim?

What the hell? Does anyone know anything about this? Is this an October surprise?

[ErinBerin84]

1. world nut daily smear that has been debunked.

but shhhh, don't tell the freepers, they are still banking on it!


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/15/fake-michelle-obama-inter_n_134864.html

[JeanGrey]

7. This came in an email from somebody and I got so mad

I just sent a VERY NASTY one in return. It probably didn't win over a voter but damn it I'm sick of this stuff!!

Why aren't these people being sued who are stating they have such a thing?

[SemperEadem]

12. Sued for what? Michelle Obama is a public figure

and she would have to prove actual malice--which lay people would think is easy. Obama's handlers figure it's easier to turn this mess over to fightthesmears.com and let them squash it than for her to waste her precious time and energy validating their evilness.

[JeanGrey]

16. Sue for taping her. The email said she didn't know she was

being taped! That isn't fair and should be illegal.

[SemperEadem]

23. according to the law, as long as one person in the conversation

knows it's being taped recorded, then there is no wrong doing.

http://www.rcfp.org/taping/

[notaboutus]

27. Defamation of character

I think when this is all over you will see a lot of people being sued. Telling a blatant lie that can be disproved with google and using it to smear and attack another person is illegal. People get sued for defamation of character all the time. Stars sue the gossip rags and win. Now is not the time it would waste resources and be a distraction.

[Fleshdancer]

25. anyone who believes it probably won't vote for Obama anyway

I would be pissed too if someone was stupid enough to send this crap to me. :hug:

[dchill]

2. It's just McCain and his campaign and his...

Republican party in their death throes.

[FVZA_Colonel]

3. It was actually supposed to be released today, as far as I know.

But it'll turn into another "Whitey" tape.

[FVZA_Colonel]

22. Past midnight here on the Pacific coast.

And no tape.

[greyl]

4. Why is Muslim worse than Christian? nt

[JeanGrey]

9. Not to me it isn't but it is to a lot of people.

Why aren't these people being shut down with an injunction or something? It just doesn't seem right that people can say and do whatever they want smearing like this.

[greyl]

18. Of course, but I don't think it's best to react as if being Muslim is smearable.

Especially relative to the remaining Christians who might think so.
Chances are, those particular Christians have no clue that Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet of God and that the Islamic Allah is the same God that Christians supposedly strive to honor.

Hey, at least they aren't accusing him of being an atheist! ;)

[Unsane]

5. I think that's a fake tape.

[gatorboy]

6. You're the telepath, you tell us!

[JeanGrey]

10. I'm the telepath? What are you talking about?

[ReadTomPaine]

19. I think the poster was referring to your screen name "JeanGrey"

who is a telepath. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grey

[JeanGrey]

30. Oh! LOL. You're right!! My apologies. I sure wish I was!

[Political Tiger]

8. More Reich-wing lies

Expect more of these lies as the repukes lash out as election day nears.

[JeanGrey]

11. It is getting harder and harder not to scream at people.

I already have family that aren't speaking to me (I don't care). I'm just tired of this garbage.
I hope they get sued for slander or whatever they can be sued for.

[Political Tiger]

14. Especially when they claim to be "Christian"

I have a family member who is part of the religious right and he sent me some of those "Obama is a Muslim" lies. I wrote back dispelling the lies and reminded him the Bible states "lying lips are abomination to the Lord." That was the last time I heard from him!

[JeanGrey]

17. I'm afraid I wasn't that christian to this person and it is the first

time I've really flown off the handle but I'm tired and dealing with chemo and didn't have any patience.................I basically said it was lies and if she was going to be that stupid don't email me again.

God this is like the civil war all over again...................

[vaberella]

13. It's a debunked smear. Everyone said it was a fake. n/t

[TheDonkey]

15. "Whitey Strikes Back" I believe is the title of the "tape"

:eyes:

[PatGund]

20. It seems to be another whitey tape

An unknown source told the right-wing blog "America's Right" that such a tape would be released. Later it turned out said source was Jerome Corsi.

Personally, I doubt the tape exists

[smalll]

21. lol - it's a big nothing. I'd be more worried about roomservicegate --

champagne wishes and caviar dreams. Also, lobster.

Not that it matters at this point. Obama has won this thing. Michelle could denounce America while simulatneously devouring little American newborns, and Barack will STILL go over 270. I'm given to understand that Virginia polls close at 7:00 pm -- relief will come early on election night: let not your heart be troubled!

[JeanGrey]

31. Well actually no, she couldn't. That is silly. Voters can turn

on a DIME. Reagan was behind two weeks before the election and look what happened. This time that is so close is the most nervous part.

[BlooInBloo]

24. You fail.

[LibraLiz1973]

26. Already been debunked as a LIE

They have NOTHING so they make shit up.

[JI7]

28. do you believe anything that someone moron sends you in an email about ?

[JeanGrey]

32. I didn't say I believed it - I was trying to find out whence it

came. It was one I hadn't seen before!

[afridemo]

29. That website is fishy, ie the africanpress.wordpress

They have pictures of Africans without their names.

An African site without,red,gold red and black colors or a combination of two or more of these colors is strange.Africans are proud of these colors.
The symbols there don't look African.
I did not see any sports section,Africans sites based out of Africa(in this case Norway) almost always have them,Africans like to read and write about their football(soccer) teams.

Most of African sites will also have direct live FM station links for their music at least,not some pathetic youtube clips

I could go on and on,but I think someone(non-African) who knows little about Africans is trying to fool people.