Obama has great response to Larry Johnson internet rumor

Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor, which has not a shred of evidence to support it.

“We have seen this before. There is dirt and lies that are circulated in e-mails and they pump them out long enough until finally you, a mainstream reporter, asks me about it,” Obama said to the McClatchy reporter during a press conference aboard his campaign plane. “That gives legs to the story. If somebody has evidence that myself or Michelle or anybody has said something inappropriate, let them do it.”

Asked whether he knew it not to be true, Obama said he had answered the question.

“Frankly, my hope is people don’t play this game,” Obama said. “It is a destructive aspect of our politics. Simply because something appears in an e-mail, that should lend it no more credence than if you heard it on the corner. Presumably the job of the press is to not to go around and spread scurrilous rumors like this until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/Obama_denies_a_rumor_and_questions_the_question.html#comments

What a breath of fresh air. Common sense returns to Washington, D.C.!!!!!

I'll believe it when I see it.

i saw that video and it was definitely him.:rofl:

until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it."

Well said! :thumbsup:

Obama will be up to the media challenge and McBush is woefully unprepared for it.

Obama's quick on his feet and now the rumormongers, including those in the m$m, have to play defense.

Well done, sir!

Most people have average to below average intellect. Obama has a gifted mind. He is smarter than them.

Yeah, that's pretty much what you think it sounds like, so I'll have a :smoke: now...

:evilgrin:

Hekate

This is just too good to miss, imo

Hekate

and thank god for DU. over at politico many posts are going off on how he can't handle any criticism. amazing how people empower rumormongers.