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That’s a lie.

The first comment under this article notes that the story has been debunked. The 3rd or fourth one points to the video of the event and says it shows that the story is a lie.

But any negative story about Obama is true until or even if rebutted here.

The January 14 story is supposedly animated by animus against Clinton, but on January 30 the Post endorsed Obama.

I see the set list argument, which the Globe itself says is for other events, and which is subject to change in any case.

Got a better link than a Kos diarist?

UPDATE I'll see what the Post says. Politico says they can't independently verify. The other link is to comments at HuffPo. Got a link to an actual retraction? If so, I'll take it down instantly. Otherwise, defront paging it is the remedy for now.

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Try following the links.

It's a provocative scene. But I can't find any evidence that it happened, though it does seem to have been the subject of chatter among staffers of both campaigns.

Do you even care if it’s true?

and it proves that their coverage was not biased against him?

An article in the Murdoch rag, the NY Post says that a song which has the word "bitch" in the title was used in an Obama rally, explains on the basis of nothing that this was a slap at Hillary, is published in Huffpo and roundly denounced by people who claim it to be false and even publish the songlist which can be found on the Boston Globe site.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/poli...

So keep slamming a possible Democratic candidate and building up bad feelings based on Murdoch gossip. That's surely the responsible thing to do.

Pointers to the video can be found in here.

http://illinoisreason.wordpress.com/2008...

What's next? Got some rumors from Little Green Footballs to pass along?

Who do you want a retraction from, Quixote at Shakesville? Why don’t you just admit that it’s garbage?

... that the word "lie" has been so devalued by Obama's fans -- along with "shill," "cunt," "ignorant," "racist", et cetera -- that I need some sort of independent confirmation other than the first comment on a HuffPo thread or a Kos diary.

You've been heard. That's why I de-front-paged it. I'm looking into it. If the Post retracted it, of course I'll take it down. But I don't see that they have.

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Why wouldn’t you leave it up with a correction and something about how you regret the error. This is an old and thoroughly debunked piece of garbage from the rightwing media and it’s still being spread by progressive/liberal bloggers. It should be addressed.

Je repete:

The word “lie” has been so devalued by Obama’s fans — along with “shill,” “cunt,” “ignorant,” “racist”, et cetera — that I need some sort of independent confirmation other than the first comment on a HuffPo thread or a Kos diary.

Yes, that's how it is. It's unfortunate that I can't simply trust, but have to verify. It didn't used to be that way, but now it is. Galatians 6:7.

(In any case, my job with the Hillary campaign depends on it! Oh, sorry. That was Krugman's non-existent son who had a non-existent job with the Hillary campaign. My bad.)

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

So the Post, Murdochs post, publishes a "gossip" story which contains two assertions
1. 99 problems was played
2. It was intended as a slap at Hillary

(1) is contradicted by the video
(2) is typical "pulled out of the ass" assertion (not even a claim that someone in the Obama organization agreed).

If you listen to the song, you'll see it is very unlikely that Obama would ever use a song like that on purpose in a campaign:
The only thing that's gonna happen is I'ma get to clappin
He and his boys gon be yappin to the captain
And there I go trapped in the kit kat again
Back through the system with the riff raff again
Fiends on the floor scratchin again
Paparatzi's with they cameras snappin them
D.A. tried to give the nigga shaft again
Half-a-mil for bail cause I'm African
All because this fool was harrasin' them
Tryin to play the boy like hes saccarin
But ain't nothin sweet 'bout how I hold my gun
I got 99 problems being a bitch ain't one.
Hit me

Oh, yeh. Sounds like exactly the image that Obama wants to cultivate.

Have some decency.

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Someone lies about Krugman and that means it is ok for you to publish Murdoch gossip?

[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Was that Page Six had contacted the Obama camp before publishing the story and didn't here back and that after it had run the story there had been no request from Team Obama for a retraction. At the same time, I don't believe there has been any independent verification of the story beyond the Page Six report.

So, on the one hand, it is Page Six.

On the other, no denial or request for a retraction from Team Obama (unless something changed after I lost interest in the story).