# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/41 "2008-06-03T14:48:19Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] It’s all been blown out of proportion. Recalling the 1992 campaign, someone asked Ms Obama if her husband prefered boxers or briefs. She said he wears tighty-whities. [/QUOTE] That’s better than the answer McCain supplied. When asked the obligatory boxers or briefs question, he replied “Depends”. Good night everyone, I’ll be here all week. ---
**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, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/42 "2008-06-03T14:52:49Z")
Roger Stone just says the same shit the blogs say… “I believe this video exists.” Jesus Christ, these people have no fucking shame, and Faux News won’t hesitate to give these nutjobs air time to voice their unsubstantiated claims. True that Geraldo called him on it, but they kept Michelle Obama/Whiteys/Video in the news, just like I predicted. Since when was it news to simply give air time to liars? When’s my turn to have three minutes of national airtime to just pull stuff out of my ass? I also note that the hateful little nutjob Larry Johnson posted the youtube video. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/43 "2008-06-03T14:54:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Apologies for any incoherence- twas written under fire. [/QUOTE] People are always going on and on about how brilliant a poster you are, and I have to say I never really “got” it - you said lots of smart things, but never anything that made me sit up and go, “wow”. Until now. _clapclapclapclap_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/44 "2008-06-03T15:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] 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. [/QUOTE] Actually, it’s common for you to make claims like that with no evidence. [Here’s the wikipedia article on Larry Johnson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_C._Johnson#2008)– he appears to be a legit Dem and Clinton supporter and long time critic of the Bush administration. ---
**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, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/45 "2008-06-03T15:22:14Z")
I don’t care what party he’s in. He’s a complete fucking tool and right now he’s not qualified to post about anything except the taste of John McCain’s colon. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/46 "2008-06-03T15:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=cricetus] I don’t care what party he’s in. [/QUOTE] Well, others seem to care. I was just providing more information instead of wild speculation. ---
**Author:** ![ManiacMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@ManiacMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManiacMan)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/47 "2008-06-03T15:49:01Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I’d be rather surprised and even disappointed if an average African-American (which Michelle is and Barack is not) **hadn’t** used the word “whitey” now and again in public discourse. There’s no equivalence here with using the n-word, after all. [/QUOTE] There most certianly is equivalence if an african american uses the word ‘whitey’ to me. I find all racial epithets equal… ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/48 "2008-06-03T16:21:27Z")
“Whitie cut folks off medicaid?” - check “Whitie let New Orleans drown?” - check “Whitie do nothing about Jena?” - check “Whitie put us in Iraq for no reason?” - check I don’t see the issue here. :rolleyes: Now if only Blackie can get elected, we could move past all this racist shite. -LC ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/49 "2008-06-03T16:31:20Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Now now, isn’t this the time for unity? [/QUOTE] Yes. With so many idiots around, it’s time we all acted as one. ---
**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/50 "2008-06-03T16:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=ManiacMan] There most certianly is equivalence if an african american uses the word ‘whitey’ to me. I find all racial epithets equal… [/QUOTE] This is total bullshit, of course. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/51 "2008-06-03T17:14:57Z")
**cricetus** , grow some fucking skin. People do drive by posts and one liners in pit threads all the time. It’s not your kid, it’s a fucking pit thread. That said. Larry C Johnson maxed out (twice it appears) at $2300 for HRC according to [OpenSecrets.org](http://OpenSecrets.org), and gives pretty heavily to other dems, so I don’t think it’s a Republican front. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/52 "2008-06-03T17:37:36Z")
Has anybody here actually seen this alleged video? ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/53 "2008-06-03T17:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] Has anybody here actually seen this alleged video? [/QUOTE] Yeah, Larry Johnson says he knows some guys who talked to people who totally saw it. (I’m serious - that’s the chain of evidence.) ---
**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, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/54 "2008-06-03T17:58:28Z")
I think there’s more chance of that alien video turning out to be authentic than this “whitey” tape ever materializing. ---
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/55 "2008-06-03T18:05:12Z")
[QUOTE=NurseCarmen] **cricetus** , grow some fucking skin. People do drive by posts and one liners in pit threads all the time. It’s not your kid, it’s a fucking pit thread. [/quote] And other people tell them to fuck off in pit threads all the time. But I appreciate your concerns for my dermatoligical health. ---
**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, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/56 "2008-06-03T18:08:32Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I think there’s more chance of that alien video turning out to be authentic than this “whitey” tape ever materializing. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but one also suspects there will be absolutely no crow eaten by Stone or Johnson or any of the other slimeballs who spread the rumor without even having seen the video themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Plexi\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Plexi\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plexi_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/57 "2008-06-03T18:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] I’d be rather surprised and even \*\*disappointed \*\*if an average African-American (which Michelle is and Barack is not) **hadn’t** used the word “whitey” now and again in public discourse. [/QUOTE] That’s fucked up. Why in the world would you be disappointed ? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/58 "2008-06-03T18:27:41Z")
Been called a “cracker” more than once. Put it down to ignorance, not knowing a cracker from a peckerwood. Kids these days. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/59 "2008-06-03T18:31:02Z")
So, anyone want to bid on a phone video of McCain saying “kill da niggers”? Tris ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michelle-obama-whitey-time-bomb-or-the-blogosphere-is-dumb/451550/60 "2008-06-03T18:34:29Z")
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