A really interesting theory about the alleged Michelle Obama tape, which could explain a lot, from the liberal blog Booman Tribune. Michelle, offering a speech critical of President Bush, offers a refrain of "why'd he" — the words "why did he" mushed together — that sounds like "whitey" on the tape.
Apparently, if the tape ever comes to light, her words will sound something like:
Whitey cut folks off Medicaid?
Whitey let New Orleans drown?
Whitey do nothing about Jena?
Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason?
...when the intended message is,
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?
Or so we will be told. The irony is, if the latter interpretation is accurate, we still have a potential first lady accusing her husband's predecessor of "letting" New Orleans drown. . . .
ANOTHER UPDATE: Readers point out that whether this is a question ("Why'd he") or a statement ("whitey") should be fairly clear from the intonation of the sentence, if we ever get to hear the audio of the tape. The pitch usually increases for a question, and decreases for a statement.
Interesting theory, but until we have the audio, we don't know.
I trucked over to Booman Tribune just to see what was there, and man! you oughtta read the comment threads! The amount of rage the Obamamaniacs have for Larry Johnson, the No Quarters blog, and anyone else who still refuses to support His Most Excellent Obamaness is just astounding:
Larry Johnson started his blog in support of Valerie Plame and against the Bush administration. He's been very outspoken against the Bushies. He and Susan said they'd support the Democratic candidate before the race came down to Clinton and Obama. So, no I don't understand their animosity. It's senseless. . . . I NEVER trusted Larry. I DID trust SusanHu because I had met her through the Dean campaign. But I saw what she did with that anti-Muslim cartoon here and was disgusted. . . . Larry is scum of the earth. . . . I'm ashamed to have ever been affiliated with NQ. I thought we were working together to stop the Bushies and to stop a repeat through McCain. Oh, it's horrible. . . .
I'm think it's racism. I've seen them post a black panther video with the speaker saying we have to kill all the white people, and trying to link it to Obama. Now they're saying Michelle is on camera saying kill whitey. . . . I think they perceived Hillary as being the woman destined to hold the office first among women. Racism has a lot to do with the reaction for some of them, but I sense many just want to make racist comments in order to say something they believe will be hurtful to Obama and his supporters. . . .I think there's a difference between being a racist and letting yourself stoop to using coded racist rhetoric to court racists or borderline racists. Hillary's done some of that, and I don't believe she is racist. . . .
There's a little pushback from the Hillarians:
self-righteousness if you did not have the Vanity Fair hit piece relying on Monica Lewinsky's intuition about Bill Clinton's affair with Walter Mondale's daughter (yes, you read that right) on the front page. BooMan, stay above it or wallow, but don't wag you finger at others from the slime.
The stewing is seasoned with a pinch of paranoia:
The CIA's function is to protect the wealth of the very rich through its "irregular" nature as a spy organization. If that requires an assassination, that what the CIA has done. Coups, supporting the vilest regimes around the world. But the dividing line between over there and over here has long ago been crossed. Larry Johnson was given a few "anti-CIA" scraps and sent to live amongst the Left. Now he's revealed himself, supporting the candidate in the Democratic Party that best represents the interests of the corporatocracy. Racism is a tool. The bizarre uber-gender identification is a ploy. And when H. Clinton couldn't win, and when her bag of "oppo research" wasn't enough to sink Obama, it was necessary for Clinton to push her campaign past all reasonability in order to bloody Obama, just like Rush. If Johnson, or Marsh, were really good Democrats they would be pulling together behind the nominee. They aren't Democrats at all.
There's also this little "reality-based" gem:
there's a main-belt asteroid named Rubicon, so i decided to check political astrology using Sabian Symbols (sometimes they tell an interesting story):
{Ascendant} Aquarius 7° In a fantasy presented by the children of an exclusive school a huge egg cracks to reveal a cherubic miss + {#22996 De Boo} Aquarius 27° In the quiet of the afternoon in the cool of an art connoisseur's library is an old pottery bowl with fresh violets + {#6615 Plutarchos} Pisces 30° Nathaniel Hawthorne's conception of the Great Stone Face has been brought to fruition in a huge mountain carving + {#334 Chicago} Aries 21° A pugilist flushed with life and strength is entering the ring + {#3130 Hillary} Aries 23° A woman clothed in the delicate tints of early summer is seen carrying a heavy and valuable yet veiled burden + {#18458 Caesar} Gemini 28° A man is leaving a courtroom with mixed feelings of relief & determination; he has just passed through bankruptcy + {#11302 Rubicon} Scorpio 12° A brilliant assembly of dignitaries is seen on a highly polished dance floor; it is an important embassy ball + {#8603 Senator} Scorpio 28° A pageant of fairyland is made visible to mortal eyes; the king of the little people is welcomed to his domain.
{#1376 Michelle} Pisces 16° In the sacred quiet and afternoon half-lights of the museum a young art student drinks in pure inspiration + {#37452 Spirit} Taurus 8° A sleigh with all the suggestive warmth of the winter season speeds over ground on which the snow is yet to fall + {#39382 Opportunity} Gemini 3° An etching or rare beauty displays a charming court life at the garden of the Tuileries under Louis XIV.