One does not win or lose a campaign on a comment made by a candidate's spouse. Most people know all there is to know on Mrs. Obama or, for that matter, on Mr. Clinton.

The tape rumor is there to flag the Wright issue. There is no need to prove the tape. Tape or not, this is the type of statement Mrs. Obama tends to make.

Knuckledragging wingnuts and delusional HRC Kool-Aid drinkers are poster children for despiration.

They all need to watch their mouths regarding Michelle Obama. Their tunnel vision and knuckledragging wingnut brains make them forget that 1) Bill Clinton has a ton of baggage of every description and 2) heiress and senator's wife Cindy McCain was caught FORGING prescriptions and STEALING drugs from her own non-profit in order to feed her addiction. The DEA caved and didn't prosecute. MONEY TALKS...and WALKS.

Taken from articles in the Arizona Republic August 1994: Cindy McCain has admitted that she solicited prescriptions for narcotics from physicans who worked for her charity and then filled them using names of her staff members. Her children were 5, 6, 8 and 11 at the time (88-92) and she adopted a child during that time. By her own admission and her own quote, she was "up to 15-20" narcotic tabs per day. This information is easily obtained by a simple google of the words: Cindy McCain's drug addiction.

This is a HUGE CHARACTER ISSUE. Nothing real or manufactured said by Michelle Obama is even close to being in the same league.

McCain and Clinton are TOAST anyway.

In regards to the possibleexistence of said tape, It is my understanding that it is the handsof people who lean to the right. Currently the consensus seems to point to Hannity, Cavuto or Rove. If it were in HRC's hands it would have been leaked to a 3rd party by now.

In the interests of disclosure I am an active participant(Oppo-research) in the McCain camp. As such I am far more concerned about our chances against Hilly as the nominee against McCain.

Though I am not completely terrified of the prospect of her as POTUS. Politically she mtured greatly in her positions over the years. Conversely BHO and his attendent "Band of Brothers" represnt a very "Clear and present Danger" to the security and welfare of our country.

If this is in the hands of Fox and minions, it would make sense to me to hold back with tape till AFTER Hilly is forced from the race by the DNC, the spectacle of the "Rules and Bylaws Committee" this weekend were an astoundingly egregious breach of faith with their constituents this weekend.

No if I had possesion of this evidence of the Obama's perfidy I hold it back until late July/early August and deprive the DNC of the time to recover/spin/retaliate prior to going into their convention in Denver. While the DNC staggered under the effort to "take away" the nomination, and the "Recreate'68" crowd are wreaking havoc on the streets of Denver would have a maximal effect on the electorate. Under such a scenario a McCain administration is virtually assured.

Your use of the word "despiration" in the sentence "Knuckledragging wingnuts and delusional HRC Kool-Aid drinkers are poster children for despiration" shows who the real idiot is--LEARN HOW TO SPELL. (Those who live in glass houses shouldn't cast the first stone.)

Don't get too excited about the "whitey" tape. It was Michelle Obama criticizing Bush saying,
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?
As in "why did he" not "whitey". "Whitey" doesn't even make sense in this context! You peeps are really grasping at straws.

I for one believe the tape exists but also that it will not surface until October. With all of the Obama baggage, the Republicans are not going to reveal it now as they have obviously decided they want BHO as the candidate they prefer to run against. Revealing it now could possibly make HRC the nominee and we all know from the electoral map that she looks unbeatable.

I am amused by the people who, now knowing the extreme views and associations of the Obama's, think that the probability of this tape is far-fetched. Eveyone knows by now where the Obama's stand on black/white issues and are either livid or don't really care about it.

People can continue to call those of us who refuse to support the racist, socialist/Marxist, terrorist sympathizing, inexperienced, BHO anything they like. It won't change the fact that many of us (30% of HRC supporters as reported this a.m. on the biased MSNBC) WILL NOT put our country in his hands!

Yes, there are still the ignorant 'wide eyed' youth, AA'a, and liberal elitists who make up Obama's base now and will support his agenda. However, you take 30% of HRC supporters who say the will not vote for him (by the way, that's over 5 million voters) and I think it's fair to assume Obama is TOAST!!!

Hillary or McCain 2008 and NO, We will not be browbeaten into changing our "bitter, whiny, middle/old aged, hormonal, etc...etc..." minds come November.

to LOL

By your logic, Obama's admitted use of cocaine is what? "This is a HUGE CHARACTER ISSUE" Or maybe it's just a distraction?

I don't think the Clinton's plan on releasing what ever it is they have now. That is being saved for an October surprise. If it's released now there could be a huge backlash at the Clinton's (whether they had something to do with it or not). Waiting for the fall is even better - it will make the Dean Pelosi team look like the asses they are and Hillary can win in 4 years. Best to wait. We need a good house cleaning in the Party.

It seems to me that many white working class people who live as targets of abuse in the mixed neighborhoods of America , will , come the time , simply vote McCain.
Whether or not Obama and his wife are PROVEN racists is not important , it's who they represent that matters.
In the mean while there are millions of dull witted middle class whites who just love Bammy and will bring him to power since he's so darn cute and so so like JFK. Having voted Bammy in they will retire to another re-run of Sex in the city and snort another line.
Could Prince Obama really be any worse than those who came before..even if we ignore the obvious vicious racism that dwells within him?
The burlesque of American government continues.

If, IF, such a tape exists (and I'm beginning to doubt it) as a Republican I would prefer it be released now. Whether or not McCain can beat Obama more easily than Hillary, I just don't want to take the chance of an Obama presidency. She's too liberal for me, but at least I think we're on the same planet.As they say, "Birds of a feather ..." and Obama has been flying with the cuckoos.

Forget it. This Elvis-sighting of a tape will be viewed as the rubbage it really is...if it even exists.

The one thing I am sure of is this election year is that the same Rove tactics will not work this time. I'll give you Republican hacks credit, enough Americans bought your bogus argument that Kerry was nothing but a flip-flopping disgraced war veteran and Dubya was the only jolly-good Christian candidate who could protect us from Al Qaeda. That crap won't work for you this year because everyone expects it and the shock value has been diminished.

John McCain will have to win based on his merits, not by simply having 527's smear his opponent and inciting fear. America is becoming desensitized to the same old SMUT you terds dish out.

I'm telling you. If you want to win, push the positives about McCain, not the negatives about Obama. It will NOT work this time.

OBAMA...THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NOMINEE

Let me get this out of the way … I’m an Obama supporter. If you wish to start flaming me … go ahead.

I’ve reviewed most of the reader posts to this article … but I don’t understand the resentment if he wins the nomination. In terms of differences between Obama and Clinton on policy, they are much closer than either one to McCain. So what is driving this? It seems to boil down to a perceived character issue with Obama and perhaps how the candidates were treated by the media, potentially changing the course of the nomination process? That said, if it was Edwards and not Obama, would 30% of Clinton supporters still vote McCain so that Edwards wouldn’t win?

I hope the answer is yes ("I only want Clinton"). Otherwise, folks are buying into the conspiracy (disputable "character" issues") but not their policies (on record - non refutable).

But I really hope that folks will vote on policy and not on resentment ... and not for McCain.

Where's the Beef, I respect you for supporting Sen. Obama and would never flame you.Your comments were thoughtful and rational. While I would never presume to speak for anyone but myself, I can try to explain why I oppose Sen. Obama. I'm a moderate Republican who is very disillusioned about Bush and friends. While Sen. Obama is very liberal, I felt I could vote for him to send a message to my party.As time has gone by, each of those little events (his wife's comments about America, his comments to his liberal friends in San Francisco about bitter Americans, Rev. Wright, Rev. Pfleger) has added more brush strokes to the picture of a man who seems to be something other than his public image. He makes me feel uncomfortable, suspicious, wary, worried that he has an agenda that doesn't include me, that be bears an anger that will hurt this country. In the end, it really isn't about the issues as much as it is about character. I'm forced to go with Sen. McCain, a man who has already displayed incredible strength of character in so many ways.

Where's the Beef, I respect you for supporting Sen. Obama and would never flame you.Your comments were thoughtful and rational. While I would never presume to speak for anyone but myself, I can try to explain why I oppose Sen. Obama. I'm a moderate Republican who is very disillusioned about Bush and friends. While Sen. Obama is very liberal, I felt I could vote for him to send a message to my party.As time has gone by, each of those little events (his wife's comments about America, his comments to his liberal friends in San Francisco about bitter Americans, Rev. Wright, Rev. Pfleger) has added more brush strokes to the picture of a man who seems to be something other than his public image. He makes me feel uncomfortable, suspicious, wary, worried that he has an agenda that doesn't include me, that be bears an anger that will hurt this country. In the end, it really isn't about the issues as much as it is about character. I'm forced to go with Sen. McCain, a man who has already displayed incredible strength of character in so many ways.

To Dagot,

Thank you for the thoughtful response. I can understand wanting to vote for someone who you feel represents your views and concerns. I very much respect that point of view (if my opinion matters :-) )

And yes … I’m a bit liberal. It is why I didn’t vote for Bush but voted for Bill Clinton & Al Gore respectively, both of which I was hoping would change the political system. Bill failed with the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy and was stymied by character issues (from ‘inhaling’ to Monica) and a republican controlled congress. Al Gore the unfortunate recipient of previous administrations guffaws. That being said, I still respected Bill Clinton’s character and much preferred a President with known vices … rather than one with unknown skeletons (just keep morally unattached women and drugs away from him ;-) ).

I’m still hopeful that the system can be changed, but I don’t see that occurring by folks who have been entrenched in the system. I know that doesn’t happen in corporate America (where I’ve spent most of my career), so I don’t expect it to happen in politics.

BTW … I really liked McCain in 2000 and I wanted him to be the republican presidential candidate, he had a strong independent character. But, something happened to him in 2001 and he became very party line … probably looking toward a 2008 nomination. In my opinion, he no longer has the spirit and fearlessness that he used to … so I don’t expect him to be a change agent.

Thought I must be careful what I wish for … I wanted “change” with Al Gore, but got Bush, who doesn’t represent my views and has set us on a course of action which doubled our national deficit in 8 years … without improvements in healthcare, social security or education.

Clearly I don’t have the same character concerns with Obama that some folks have. Perhaps I’m naive, but I’d like to try something different since I don’t feel what was tried in the past has worked very well.

I’m not going to hold Michelle’s comments against Barak, just as I don’t hold Bill’s comments against Hilary. Nor do I hold McCain’s wife’s alleged prescription drug addiction against him. These are not policy items but nebulous areas of character. As another poster implied earlier … they all have skeletons in the closet. I’d much prefer to have media coverage on their policy, but the media only seems to cover their talking points. I’m already starting to become disillusioned and expect this to boil down to gutter, with a damaged democratic party, which will fracture along race, age, gender and class lines.

Hoping for the best, fearing the worst…