October surprise: Drudge teasing potentially gamechanging video to be released tonight; Update: “Obama’s other race speech”; Update: Is this the vid? Update: Transcript added
posted at 5:26 pm on October 2, 2012 by Allahpundit
It’s the talk of Twitter and of our comment threads, so here’s a dedicated post to let your imaginations run wild.
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/statuses/253208624489459713
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/statuses/253223344441270272
Bad for Romney or bad for Obama? Ace is in eeyore mode as a defense mechanism to prepare his brain and heart in case it’s bad for Mitt, but that would be a surprise given how pro-Romney the Drudge Report has been during the campaign. (“No one has displaced [Romney campaign manager] Matt Rhoades in the Republican firmament as the go-to Drudge guy,” said one top GOP operative last year.) On his site, Drudge says the video was recorded six years ago, which means it can’t be the long-sought Khalidi tape. That was recorded in 2003. It can’t be the Michelle Obama “whitey”/”why’d he” tape either, which was allegedly recorded in 2004. This is likely something new.
Can’t wait to find out which campaign pulled the pin and tossed this grenade by feeding oppo to the media the night before the debate. Excitement! While we wait, here’s Paul Ryan converting a turnover by America’s sexiest grandpa into one of the easiest lay-ups in political history.
Update: Tomorrow’s debate should be a humdinger:
One thing to bear in mind per Drudge’s mention that the tape is six years old: Obama was already two years into his Senate term at the time and well along in thinking about running for president. A guy in that position normally isn’t given to saying Drudge-worthy things about race publicly, so I’m assuming the tape must have been made in a semi-private setting — at a fundraiser, say, a la Romney’s “47 percent” comments. I wonder if Hillary’s camp knew about it all along in 2007-08 but sat on it because it was too politically explosive or if this will be news to them too.
Update: It’ll air on Hannity’s show. The teaser on his site: “It’s a bombshell video that you will only see tonight on ‘Hannity,’ and it’s one that could dramatically impact the race for the White House”.
Update: Haven’t had a chance to watch yet, but a reader notes that this video from 2007 looks a lot like the screencap that Drudge just posted. Drudge is also now teasing, though, that the Daily Caller will have an “unscrubbed” version of the video. Tucker Carlson says on Twitter that it’ll be up on the DC at 9 p.m.
Update: A reporter on Twitter points to this Roland Martin piece for CNN in 2007 noting that the Hampton speech drew fire from some on the right at the time, mainly for O’s references to “quiet riots” as a way of describing economic despair among minorities. Martin downplays it, but he’s an O supporter. Let’s see what the DC has.
Update: Here’s the transcript — as prepared for delivery — of O’s 2007 speech at Hampton. Still not positive if this is the speech Drudge has in mind, but the screencap does match up.
Update: A friend e-mails to point out that some of the bits quoted on Drudge are *not* in the transcript. Right — it’s only the remarks as prepared for delivery. To find out how O ad-libbed, we’ll have to wait for Hannity and the DC.
Update: More from Drudge:
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/status/253276183570030592
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Good point.
Dusty on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
…someone helped you along the waaaaaaaahhhh.
slickwillie2001 on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Getting under O’s skin and getting him agitated is what I live for anymore – hope this does tweak the britches off him. I cannot stand to listen to him anymore, but I might be able to take it off mute for a full flame-out hissy fit. ;)
tru2tx on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Reparations
Schadenfreude on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
So is this line:
Does anyone see anything that corresponds to this:
jjrakman on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
“We’re going to reshape selfish, mean-spirited America…I’m not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me. And I’m not interested in isolating myself. I feel good when I’m engaged in what I think are the core issues of the society, and those core issues to me are what’s happening to poor folks in this society.”
- Barack Obama, 3 May 1990
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.
Obama: “We’re Going To Reshape Selfish, Mean-Spirited America…I’m Not Interested In The Suburbs. The Suburbs Bore Me.”
M2RB: Demi Lovato
Resist We Much on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Great, Obama is outright talking about taking money from the suburbs(read whites) and giving it to minorities and people think this is no big deal.
People who think this is no big deal are just used to such things.
ninjapirate on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
What’re you so proud of? He was first on last night’s QOTD! :D
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:13 PM
well, the left is really freaking
@daveweigel
Couldn’t Drudge save some energy and just turn the homepage into gifs of scary black people until the electiyon?
Mark Halpren just says don’t look at the freakshow…the massive troll-swarm on HA…buzzfeed trying to bensmith this
so, we don’t know…the vid is edited, the transcript is prepared remarks…so what did barry drift into?
and Hampton may just be a head fake for the progs to follow
but, whatever, you gotta admit that DC, drudge, and hannity have worked the hell out of this to get hype
If this was another mojo piece about Romney it would be up all three majors for 10 minutes each
r keller on October 2, 2012 at 7:14 PM
You might be onto something.
If only we could make taking money from the Government seen a shameful thing in society. Make the “obamaphone” lady the face of Obama’s freebie moochfest. Tie her image around the neck of all the moochers and see how people react to them.
portlandon on October 2, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Has he?
Yeah, I’d say that’s a little worse than Mitt’s 47% remark, and proves just what democrats think about the people they claim to support so much.
xblade on October 2, 2012 at 7:14 PM
That’s all it has. Nothing original and nothing that takes any real thought. What a bore.
CW on October 2, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Not getting my hopes hope too much, especially after the lead balloon that Breitbart laid on us awhile back.
JFS61 on October 2, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Meh. We’ll see.
Philly on October 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM
How Obama Is Robbing The Suburbs To Pay For The Cities
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/08/13/how-obama-is-robbing-the-suburbs-to-pay-for-the-cities/
jjrakman on October 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM
What is up with the way he is talking? Did he grow up in the south? Seems like he doesn’t normally have a drawl. He is obviously a fake, one way or another.
flyfishingdad on October 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Sorry but in the end this is NOTHING the MSM cannot spin for their boy.
CW on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Gophergirl:
Do you have links to the libs on Twitter? Thanks.
Whitewolf7070 on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Drudge is just being too good to us tonight – who thinks a server is going to collapse before Hannity goes on air tonight?
DAILY CALLER: ‘For nearly 40 minutes, using an accent he never adopts in public, Obama describes a racist, zero-sum society, in which the white majority profits by exploiting black America’… Developing tonight…
Raquel Pinkbullet on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Black folks, most of whom are decent, how can you let him insult you this way?
Schadenfreude on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
The buzzfeed guys are freaking too.
gophergirl on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
I don’t see anything worse than the bitter clinger racist xenophobes of Pennsylvania who voted for Hillary comment that he got away with.
Philly on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
I have just one question for Mr. Hannity ( of stop Obama express fame ,)oh that didn’t happen) If the tape is credible how come his own network Right Wing Fox News not talking about it on their website ?
U2denver on October 2, 2012 at 7:17 PM
I hope it is Barky getting all urban with his patois and going off on whitey; nothing better than reminding everyone what a race pimping ho he is.
Bishop on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM
In Obama’s own words:
That is why I am also going to create a 5-E Youth Service Corps. The “E’s” stand for energy efficiency, environmental education and employment. This program would directly engage disconnected and disadvantaged young people in energy efficiency and environmental service opportunities to strengthen their communities while also providing them with practical skills and experience in important and growing career field.
Climate Change and Green Energy are government entitlement programs for minorities.
jaime on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Whitewolf7070 on October 2, 2012 at 7:16 PM
gophergirl on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM
We should have a competition…who can do the best accent:
Obama, Shillary, Or Biteme?
CW on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Just a thought. The Hampton video is the first racist video?! Could be a head fake.
ArkyDore on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 PM
good ole bill. sure, i’ll save your a$$ with my convention speech. he gets cred for trying to save obama, being a team player. trying to drag the dead limp body of obama over the finish line, but it just wasnt enough, even for bill. then drop this thru back channels before debate 1. clears obama out in 2012. romney takes the fall for the obama recession. hillary in 16. lanny davis IS on hannitys show a lot….hmmm
t8stlikchkn on October 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM
No, he had the Stop Hillary Express. We’ve been in the midst of the Stop obama Express for only 3 1/2 years.
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM
This is standard workforce development soft skills training for anyone on public assistance moving into job readiness.
This may seem like no-brainer stuff, but for generationally-raised public assistance folks, it’s new stuff.
How this plays with the workforce-attached public, we’ll see
Bruno Strozek on October 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Obama could be strangling the life out of a newborn still attached to the umblical cord and the press would still say it’s nothing.
aikidoka on October 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM
Yeah, this is an edited tape. Notice at the beginning how all of a sudden the music stops and Obama starts speaking. Notice how racism ie the bullet is everywhere and only a Democrat Party agenda can solve it. This also means that you are racist if you oppose it. that sure seems familiar.
Blue Collar Todd on October 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM
I’m sorry, but I can’t let those saying this is not big deal get away with it.
You should not be able to get away with saying something like this. It is disgusting and demagogic. People who think this is nothing are too used to hearing such sentiments.
BTW, Drudge is harming his cause by bringing up Wright again. He should be a big deal but he isn’t because people are stupid.
ninjapirate on October 2, 2012 at 7:20 PM
FIFY :)
TKindred on October 2, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Why would anyone be surprised by this?
SouthernGent on October 2, 2012 at 7:21 PM
i beleive he did that in 04 when he had something flashing about some womn in france who was kerrys mistress.
t8stlikchkn on October 2, 2012 at 7:21 PM
How come we don’t hear this blaccent more often?
The Count on October 2, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Dude, where did all of these new people come from?
Count to 10 on October 2, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Sharpen your ears. I hear it all the time.
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Watched the full video, and whatever clips are flying around. If this is all, I’m looking forward to an Obama bounce. It’s a great personal story that could apply to many in America. Thank you Drudge for brining this up.
lester on October 2, 2012 at 7:23 PM
And to get inside Obama’s head just before the first debate. He’ll be trying to do all that dull cramming for the debate at the same time his campaign has to work on damage control.
All he needs now is Bibi attacking Iran, and Obama would be in total meltdown.
Wethal on October 2, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Watched the video; read the transcript. If this is the weak gruel Messrs. Carlson and Hannity are advertising as a banquet, I’ve been Rick Rolled twice in one thread.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on October 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Sorry, but this is a whole bunch of nothing.
Wish it was otherwise but it’s just. . . nothing.
RedNewEnglander on October 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM
Now if they had him in an open-mic blunder saying “I don’t give a crap about their lady parts; I just want them to vote for me!”, that might do it. *sigh*
SailorMark on October 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM
I’ve read the transcript. I’m connecting the dots here, but it seems to me that what is posted at the Chicago Sun Times was the prepared speech. There is no way what I read would take 40 minutes to deliver. I suspect that Obama also went off script, which we know he is prone to do, and it is those unscripted, ad libbed parts that are going to be controversial in their tone, content, and delivery, and would necessarily extend the speech to 40 minutes. We’ll just have to wait and see.
RedHotinNJ on October 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM
I read the transcript. It is only slightly more radical than your average Obama campaign speech. And really, its very similar to the speech we saw throughout the 2008 campaign, decrying the lack of bi-partisanship in Congress. As for his proposals to end poverty, it primarily includes self-help initiatives around education, dress and parenting. What’s the bombshell again?
libfreeordie on October 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM
We “invested” in minority owned houses, townhouses, and condos. Fannie & Freddie backed almost every mortgage application of regardless of down payment and ability to pay the monthly P & I. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd made sure of that. It didn’t work out very well.
Now we are supposed to “invest” in “minority-owned businesses, in our neighborhoods”?
farsighted on October 2, 2012 at 7:25 PM
This should be listened to along with his famous bitter clinger remarks. The bitter clinger remarks were describing white working class voters. These new remarks describe poor black people as ignorant souls who were raised by wolves. If you ask me, this is classic the way a liberal elitist would describe and pigeonhole people.
TarheelBen on October 2, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Here’s a couple more clips of the speech that Buzzfeed has posted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wI8XId9sk8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSRuNtlg24
jjrakman on October 2, 2012 at 7:25 PM
And then he went around once more with Ashley Todd, and again with David Petraeus, and again with Condi Rice.
Drudge is like conservative crack. We know he’s going to let us down in the end, but yet we rush to grab the pipe every time.
KingGold on October 2, 2012 at 7:25 PM
The quotes or language Drudge is referencing doesn’t seem to be from this video, which is 9 minutes, and Drudge’s video is 40 minutes.
If this is the video, this is like that dumb Breitbart video which was not a game changer, but a waste of time.
milcus on October 2, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Oh, I hear it all the time too – just never this pronounced for this long. Sort of the way he says “laaaahhtinossss” – if it’s that pronounced it’s usually for a word here or there.
The Count on October 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Had to lighten the mood y’all. Sorry about the Rick Roll
Sekhmet on October 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM
The red quote put up on drudge should be a gamechanger… those who don’t think so are idiots.
ninjapirate on October 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM
This is the most pathetic attempt at spin a troll has ever posted. I almost feel sorry for you.
I don’t know if this tape is huge or going to be a letdown – what I do know is that it will show Obama for the POS that he is.
gophergirl on October 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM
Damfino. Like everything else, I believe it to be a nothingburger with cheese. And maybe bacon.
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:27 PM
The video might actually be better than I originally thought. If there was quite a bit of debate within Fox as to whether to air it, Ailes probably made the final call. And, he knows campaigns and bombshells and October surprises. We’ll see, of course, but I’m having a much better feeling about what might be in the video.
TXUS on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
A bit of cognitive dissonance Mr. Obama? Praising the fact that an injured baby was delivered and saved?
I guess Obama would have supported the “Born Alive Act” if abortions were only performed by shooting the baby while still in the womb.
Raquel Pinkbullet on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Well, this explains the winks!
SouthernGent on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
This thread has been enlightening before the video is even shown…
If you don’t think this stuff could hurt him with middle of the road voters who haven’t really been paying attention for 4 years then I don’t know what to tell you.
Not to mention that all this Wright stuff was suppressed 4 years ago and McCain didn’t run with any of it against Obama. So saying it had not impact then isn’t really a statement that proves it couldn’t hurt him now.
Start an add with Obama saying in this video that Wright is his great friend and a great leader for the whole nation and then cut to Wright saying “GODDAMN America.” (End the add with is this a person whose judgement you can trust?)
How does that not hurt Obama?
jaygatz33 on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Mope, myself and others have noted that time diff.
whatcat on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
The other 30 minutes of tape and transcript that were cut out.
JPeterman on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Like Pohk-ee-stohn?
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM
Considering Obama made these comments as a U.S. Senator, and that tomorrow’s debate topic is economic issues, it becomes completely fair game for Romney to attack his ideology and redistribution policies. If Romney is smart, he can use this controversy without even mentioning it.
RedRedRice on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Next thing you know, there might be hints that Obama’s OK with socialism. /
If this is it then it’s as dramatic a revelation as the stunning news that smoking is bad for you.
sharrukin on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Mark Halperin and Ben Smith are in a tizzy so it has to be something.
gophergirl on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
BTW, on DC’s website, they clearly say this video is “never-before-seen.”
Kind of throws cold water on the belief it is that 9 minute Hampton video, no? Seems to me that the video is something not available on youtube.
milcus on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
If Barry confession that he believes in redistribution of wealth mattered not a whit, hoe is this one any different?
bayview on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Breaking news……. Romney still losing to Obama in horrible economy. Romney is a wimp!
davemason2k on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Not being infected by ODS is not equivalent to being a troll. Throwing words around doesn’t change reality. What is the bombshell? What has Obama said here that is different from before?
lester on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
What i can gather.Same place same time BUT parts of the speech supposedly never aired or seen by the general public.We shall see.
logman1 on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
It says a lot about our country that this statement:
Is considered no big deal.
ninjapirate on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Be careful, Peterson. You may be setting yourself up for more ridicule by him and others. Wait until we see it.
Lanceman on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Where do white blue collar voters live in Ohio?
The inner suburbs….?
Wethal on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
This clip alone, note his “southern” accent. He never speaks to us conservatives that way. For us, he clips his words and whistles the endings. It’s such an affected speech mannerism that the more I hear it, the more it grates on the nerves.
Maybe I should be more tolerant. Maybe it’s just an accent from having grown up in a foreign land. Maybe it’s an Indonesian accent?
petefrt on October 2, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Full 36 minute Obama speech scrubbed from the Web
Flora Duh on October 2, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Yup, he sure has a gift with the spoken word.
Ukiah on October 2, 2012 at 7:32 PM
That is why I think this is the second video and the Hampton video is the first video.
ArkyDore on October 2, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Nevah apologize for a good Rick Roll!
;)
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on October 2, 2012 at 7:32 PM
THIS is the bombshell, guys, and it’s just starting to fall. . .
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/concoughlin/100183452/did-the-white-house-order-a-cover-up-over-the-murder-of-libyas-us-ambassador/
RedNewEnglander on October 2, 2012 at 7:33 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401939.html
http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/11/obama-transition-bipartisan-oped-cx_dg_1112gerstein.html
http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2012/07/04/barack-obama-a-uniter-not-a-divider/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446291,00.html
socalcon on October 2, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Soooo… We should invest in minority owned businesses who are either run by or that employ people who “Need help with basic skills, how to shop, how to show up for work on time, how to wear the right clothes, how to act appropriately in an office”?
Uh, huh. Yeah, right. “Invest” your own money Obama.
farsighted on October 2, 2012 at 7:33 PM
There have always been hints of that. You just have to put the pieces together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly9OTfCe1iI
jjrakman on October 2, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Whether or not this turns out to be nothing I can smell the sweat-stained pits of every leftist in America right now, and brother, they stinky. There’s some fear out there in lefty land.
Bishop on October 2, 2012 at 7:33 PM
THIS IS THE REAL SPEECH TRANSCRIPT. YES, THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WAS SCRUBBED IN CERTAIN PARTS.
However, there’s nothing “incriminating” in the full speech. I guess this is a “head fake” by Drudge, Daily Caller, and Hannity.
SCOOPTHIScarlos on October 2, 2012 at 7:34 PM
FeauxBonics
faraway on October 2, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Oh uh. I see trouble for our favorite Kenyan here.
IlikedAUH2O on October 2, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Looks like Bill and Shrill are dumping their unused oppo research on Zero. The words “Libya” and “cover-up” are making their way to the surface, and she will NOT be riding under barack’s bus. They just want to make sure he knows that. This is a taste.
Rational Thought on October 2, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Next thing you know, there might be hints that Obama’s OK with socialism.
sharrukin on October 2, 2012 at 7:29 PM
That was sarcasm.
Of course Obama is a socialist and of course he’s a race hustler. It’s how he made his living. He’s a cleaned up Al Sharpton.
sharrukin on October 2, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Why is that controversial? The suburbs got decades of federal government development after World War II. I thought conservatives like Martin Luther King Jr. Read his writings, he spoke precisely about those kinds of issues. Indeed, black radicals in the 1960s were critical of welfare (for similar reasons conservatives are) and were in favor of subsidizing black entrepeneurship. Along with, you guessed it, Richard Nixon liberal marxist commie that he was. Is this *really* controversial? I guess only if you feel that *any* suggestion that there’s been uneven development of suburbs and inner cities is controversial. Good luck with this as your game changer.
libfreeordie on October 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Flora Duh on October 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM
I had exactly the same thought.
farsighted on October 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM
Its actually mainstream conservative rhetoric around poverty and has been for years….
Why is that controversial? The suburbs got decades of federal government development after World War II. I thought conservatives like Martin Luther King Jr. Read his writings, he spoke precisely about those kinds of issues. Indeed, black radicals in the 1960s were critical of welfare (for similar reasons conservatives are) and were in favor of subsidizing black entrepeneurship. Along with, you guessed it, Richard Nixon liberal marxist commie that he was. Is this *really* controversial? I guess only if you feel that *any* suggestion that there’s been uneven development of suburbs and inner cities is controversial. Good luck with this as your game changer.
libfreeordie on October 2, 2012 at 7:37 PM
What, Koreans and Indians aren’t minorities? They seem to own a lot of liquor stores and small markets in the “minority” neighborhoods. Are they the wrong type of minority?
lonestar1 on October 2, 2012 at 7:37 PM
That’s what Obama gets for sending the FBI to Libya.
Dem Civil War
faraway on October 2, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Are they hard working and independent? Then they are the wrong type of minority.
sharrukin on October 2, 2012 at 7:38 PM
Do you really think that is what Obama is talking about…
ninjapirate on October 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM
I don’t know. Is this really that big a deal? What he’s done the past 4 years speaks volumes over this speech.
JellyToast on October 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM
He always gets himself in trouble when he goes off the teleprompter.
Hee
gophergirl on October 2, 2012 at 7:39 PM
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