# Michelle Obama "Whitey" Time Bomb: Or, the blogosphere is dumb. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550 "2008-06-02T23:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/21 "2008-06-03T02:14:49Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] That link I posted… follow it. [/QUOTE] I was more remarking on the fact that for all its “widespreadedness” touted by the media sources you mention, the really big players on the block don’t seem to be jumping on the bandwagon. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/22 "2008-06-03T02:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] “Have you ever knowingly uttered a racist term?” [/QUOTE] My friends still do. ☹ Excellent post, though! _applauds_ ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/23 "2008-06-03T02:51:46Z")
The people who post on that Larry Johnson blog are scary. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/24 "2008-06-03T03:14:22Z")
I’m probably just being paranoid, but does anyone know the pedigree of this blog? How long has it been around? I’m wondering how long this guy’s been a Clinton supporter, and more importantly, how long after the primary he’ll remain one. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/25 "2008-06-03T03:27:29Z")
Think it’s a front for a right wing blogger? It’s hard to know. His bio sounds made up. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/26 "2008-06-03T03:37:39Z")
I think it’s a fairly common MO in the blogosphere for troglodytes on the right to pose as Hillary supporters or to attribute their slimier accusations to his campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/27 "2008-06-03T10:10:12Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] If she did end up saying it, that would be a big deal, right? And it’s not one of those things that’s beyond the realm of possibility. So, what’s wrong with speculating how it would affect Obama’s campaign if it were true? [/QUOTE] No problem. Let’s speculate how lynching a black man for looking at a white woman would affect McCain’s campaign. I mean, just in case he did that. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/28 "2008-06-03T10:56:18Z")
[A blogger on Kos says they’ve heard it.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/2/23839/47569/717/527124) and Michelle is talking about Bush and asking rhetorically: Why’d he cut Medicare? Why’d he put us in Iraq for no reason?. . . But even the Kos blogger doesn’t have a link to this video. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/29 "2008-06-03T12:01:26Z")
The “Why’d He” theory seems based on someone’s speculation who hadn’t seen the non-existent video, then rapidly made its way through that tiny/insane little hatosphere… Larry then posted it saying that Obama had denied the existence of the video even while “releasing a transcript” (some people called him on it, noting that the Obama campaign hadn’t even bothered with a denial and certainly didn’t “leak” the transcript, but that guy is so far removed from reality that it’s probably a lost cause… I honestly wonder if he’s just stirring up shit to get blog hits.) ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/30 "2008-06-03T12:07:03Z")
Unsubstantiated rumors circulating on the internet? I’m shocked and appalled. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/31 "2008-06-03T12:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=DoctorJ] It just goes to show you–don’t trust Whitey. [/QUOTE] …Lord loves a workin’ man, see a doctor and get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/32 "2008-06-03T12:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=aldiboronti] Unsubstantiated rumors circulating on the internet? I’m shocked and appalled. [/QUOTE] Someone stopping by in a thread just to shit in it. I’m shocked and appalled. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/33 "2008-06-03T12:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] Someone stopping by in a thread just to shit in it. I’m shocked and appalled. [/QUOTE] It’s a Pit thread. Cope. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/34 "2008-06-03T13:29:32Z")
What makes you think I hadn’t coped? But in any case, thanks for dropping your own turd. It’s fucking goddamned interesting and fighting ignorance of you. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/35 "2008-06-03T13:34:51Z")
Now now, isn’t this the time for unity? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/36 "2008-06-03T13:40:36Z")
Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/37 "2008-06-03T14:19:06Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] What makes you think I hadn’t coped? But in any case, thanks for dropping your own turd. It’s fucking goddamned interesting and fighting ignorance of you. [/QUOTE] How _will_ I sleep tonight? ☹ Chill. This is hardly some serious issue. Next we’ll be all afeared of what the Freepers are saying. When Fox starts to talk about the alleged whitey video, then it needs a ‘fighting ignorance’ smackdown. Until then, let’s all just point and laugh at the crazy wingnuts, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/38 "2008-06-03T14:26:43Z")
Maybe that was the point of my thread. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/39 "2008-06-03T14:33:08Z")
Yeah, this is all right blogosphere (“blightosphere”) wishful thinking. They’re all trying to convince themselves that some kind of catastrophic revelation is lying just around the corner for Barack. There are even more inane stories than this going around. An ex-con on youtube says he gave Obama a blowjob. There is even a murder accusation (a choir director at Trinity church was apparently murdered a few months ago. Guess who must have done it). Even some of mainstream righties are resorting to panicky refrains that Obama has “not yet been vetted,” and that there’s “sure to be more to come.” Don’t count on it. If there was anything real, Hillary would have found it. If she did nothing else, she sure as hell vetted him. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/40 "2008-06-03T14:35:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bosstone] How _will_ I sleep tonight? ☹ When Fox starts to talk about the alleged whitey video, then it needs a ‘fighting ignorance’ smackdown. Until then, let’s all just point and laugh at the crazy wingnuts, shall we? [/QUOTE] Check out my link up above. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550.md?page=3)