If The National Enquirer’s report of a 2004 Obama extra-marital affair proves to be true, what interests me most is why are they publishing it now.
I am not one to doubt the Enquirer, especially after the Edwards affair revelation, for which they deserved a Pulitzer but were, not surprisingly, completely ignored. (The Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2007, when the Enquirer broke the story, went to Brett Blackledge of The Birmingham (Al) News for his exposure of corruption in the state’s junior college system. Remember that? I don’t either. In 2008, it went to the Chicago Trib for its “exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs.”) The Enquirer is at least as accurate in its reporting as, say, The New York Times, especially where personal behavior is concerned, and generally not as biased.
But this is an old story. The Daily Mail had it in October 2008, less than a month before the election. I remember reading it then and wondering. Of course , the DM dismissed it as a “smear:” Barack Obama is the target of a shadowy smear campaign designed to derail his bid for the US Presidency by falsely claiming he had a close friendship with an attractive African-American female employee.
Now I am not particularly interested if this is true. Whether Barack Obama was a cheater in 2004 is scarcely relevant at this point, since we already know he was prepared to lie and fudge about practically everything from his knowledge of and relationships with Reverend Wright and William Ayers to his promise to have the most transparent administration ever to the ever-shifting hidden contents of the healthcare bill and virtually every other piece of legislation he has put forward (not to mention his mendacious and disingenuous warning the other day at a college graduation that strong criticism of his policies could cause violence).
So what’s the big deal about an extra-marital affair? It wasn’t in the Oval Office or even during the campaign. Small beer by today’s standards.
But why is the Enquirer publishing it now? Did it just recently learn this information – six years after the fact and roughly a year and a half after the Daily Mail published their article? Could the Enquirer possibly have had whatever evidence they have of this a while ago – like during the election – and decided not to publish? Suspicious minds, like yours truly, would like to know.
I’m not making an accusation here. I have no knowledge whatsoever, only a “paranoid mindset.” But in the interest of transparency, I would like to see a clarification from the NE. The mainstream media notoriously neglected to investigate in any depth the background of Barack Obama during the campaign and has been accused (properly, in my view) of extreme bias in that regard. I would not like to see the normally courageous Enquirer tarnished by the same brush. Then who would there be to trust?
I am not impressed with this present story. The National Enquirer concedes that there are apparently no revealing security tapes. It is my hunch that the tabloid’s editors have goofed upped very badly. They may have very damaged their recently acquired credibility.
Oddly enough, they have an ‘affair’ story about Sarah Palin too:
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/65481
I wonder which story will get the most coverage?
Published on: 09/26/2008
Nevermind!
Not only is the Palin story old news – it came out in Sep. 2008, during the campaign – but it supposedly relates to a 1996 affair.
As for Obama, it’s like I’ve always said about the corrupt state officials in Illinois: It’s when they stop drinking and whoring around that they do real damage. I’m more concerned about Obama’s huge deficits and continually lying to the American people than I am about his possibly cheating on Michelle.
I didn’t know of either affair rumors in 2008! Go fugger?
I’m sure this too will end in *crickets*.
Many think it unlikely Obama had an affair with another woman, it would be more believeable if it was with another guy. Not that I care either way, what’s one more lie at this point? Obama’s entire past is unknown, covered up, white-washed, down-played in the case of his rather unsavoury associations, ignored by the mainstream media. To be fair, we know little about politicians or other ”public personalities” – only the carefully crafted image presented to us. We are then ”shocked” to discover that these people have all-to-human failings, just like ordinary people (if not much worse). But, never have we known so little about an American president, the extent of our lack of knowledge as to who this man really is – well, that’s unprecedented.
…it was a male ..Larry Sinclair. he wrote a book about his encounter with the then senator.
the story about larry sinclair and obama was in the enquirer during his campaign. of course, it was hushed up immediately and never discussed in the media even though there was a book written about the affair.
When I first saw a picture of Michelle, I honestly thought she was a drag queen! I even said to my friend how much he looked like a woman. Perhaps he IS with a man afterall…..
Don’t forget sealed. Just like some essays of Hillary’s when she was going to university.
That would make for a great topic. Who has sealed what, or whose orders were followed that stuff was sealed.
FWIW, the guys at Hillbuzz a) claim to know Vera Baker and assert that the affair never happened and b)they have a strong suspicion that Obama’s gay. Whatever. The damage the man and his policies are doing to the nation matter much more than who (or what) he’s sleeping with.
BTW, along with The Mail, this story was carried at Black Five, one of the top mil-blogs. I’d wondered if the story would ever pop up again.
I was also wondering, why now ? on the Enquirer story.
…(not to mention (Obama’s) mendacious and disingenuous warning the other day at a college graduation that strong criticism of his policies could cause violence).
Obama advised the U Michigan graduates that they should read the Huffington Post ! (does he want them brain numbed ? Likely…) to balance out Glenn Beck. I think the Times had just written something critical of Obama that day, so he told them to take a look at the WSJ.
This sort of tripe constitutes Presidential advice to graduates ?
“If you’re a regular Glenn Beck listener, then check out the Huffington Post sometimes. If you read The New York Times editorial page the morning, then glance every now and then at The Wall Street Journal.”
“It may make your blood boil. Your mind may not be changed. But the practice of listening to opposing views is essential for effective citizenship,” he said.
(Like Obama listened to Republican views during the daylong, televised conference on “healthcare” ?)
Sounds like reasonable advice to me. What do you do?
It’s a little condescending for a US President to be advising graduating college seniors on what they might peruse on the internet, especially in this internet savvy age.
Besides which, it was typical thin-skinned Obama speaking, the TOTUS mentioning 2 of his nemeses in his speech, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and instructing the college kids to read, well, Arianna or someone (ahem, brain dead) like that.
Months ago, Barack Obama instructed Congress to not pay attention to Limbaugh if they wanted to get anything done.
It should be obvious to anyone that Barack Obama is obsessed with his sundry detractors. He probably wishes this were Russia or somewhere and he could deal with them more summarily.
As Limbaugh has noted, he lives between Obama’s ears
Are the Clintons preparing the battlefield? One of Bill’s pals owns the Enquirer, if I’m not mistaken. One thing we can be sure of. The Stupid Party is as clueless as the rest of us right now. They forgot how to play hardball when Lee Atwater died.
I believe the Enquirer is own by a Private Equity firm called Evercore Partners which was founded by Roger Altman,a Treasury official in the Clinton administration.
You bet the Clantons are preparing the battlefield.
Hillary disappears from the press for long periods, after which she looks better.
Liopsuction, botox, whatever, she’s in a perpetual wrinkle/bulge battle for a reason.
I think it was first published in the Weekly World News: “Reptilian shape-shifter mates with human, runs for office”. Or maybe it was the Worker’s World Weekly.
The cover up continues. Will we ever get the truth about this strange man, who reviles his own country, and yet actually managed to fool so many into voting for him to lead it?
Cover up ..exactly. Some one has probably gotten to these people and we will now not know the truth.
I am also more concerned about what he is doing to our country..
.HOwevEr..if this man was shown to have feet of clay to his followers..perhaps some of them would take another look at what he is actually doing to our country, instead of following blindly.
The MFM is so enslaved to their Marxist Messiah that if they had tape of him in a Nazi uniform, thrusting his right arm forward to the Horst Wessel song, they would suppress it or spin it to blame Republicans.
And the (nominally) Jewish propagandists at each outfit would lead the charge.
[...] Could the Enquirer possibly have had whatever evidence they have of this a while ago – like during the election – and decided not to publish? Suspicious minds, like yours truly, would like to know. [...]
Roger, file this under the “Khalidi/ ‘Whitey’ Transparency” heading -
Adultery? Please! Compared to what he has done and is doing to this country, that is small potatoes. Besides, what lefty hasn’t committed that sin.
I’ve always thought that Obama had just the type of narcissistic personality to be a womanizer. Plus, he doesn’t seem to have much of a moral compass. But this story is of zero importance compared to how he is copulating with our country.
I think the “o” is doing more of a rape/sodomizing action to our country than just copulation. . . .
To whom this may concern,
If anyone would know if adultery had taken place between Ms Baker and BHO, it would be us! What we can tell you is that he did have a close relationship with her, and that he did come over..alot! From our vantage point, in the closet, we could only make out muffled conversation about Louis Vitton Bags, Mac makeup, and other shopping exploits. Of course, the day when we were totally convinced of BHO’s intentions was the day he pulled us out of the closet, slipped us on and began walking around Vera’s bedroom humming the song “One Fine Day..”
Sincerely,
Vera’s 4″ Gucci Black High Heels
Why now? Because the Enquirer smells blood in the water. Prior to the election and right after the election, folks were so enamored of Barry the Golden One that no one was willing to listen to personal or professional criticism of him. That reticence is slowly–and finally–eroding.
Good snark, Roger.
Hasn’t this rumor been around for a while? Or am I getting my cheating politicans mixed up?
Perhaps they are distracting us now with a standard affair because they are preparing us for something more bizarre. Clinton’s ‘affairs’ led to rape accusations that had investigators convinced of his guilt. Perhaps it is something similar. Prepping us with a standard hetero affair then when we are weary of sex stories about the ‘Big O’ we get the ‘what the heck?’ story of Obama and some dude in a drug fueled affair in high school or college.
The temptation for conservatives to run with this in any way should absolutely be resisted. I don’t care if Mr. Obama had an affair with the entire female cast of “Desparate Housewives” this is not a winner for us. We all know that politicians of every party and stripe can’t keep it zipped up and any speculation on the President’ extra-marital affairs will simply lead to a war of attrition. The left’s control of the MSM will insure that conservatives will not win such a conflict. My advice is to let it go and concentrate on spending, debt, jobs and free-market economic recovery. Like Bill Clinton, Mr. Obama is adept at playing the victim card in these matters and he will have all the help a compliant media can give him if it becomes a public issue.
Chambers, I hope, “Desparate Housewives” are “choose-yer” and “pick-yer” then that.
But, I do not want this swiped under, because, they always point and make a ‘”National Interests” case out of every misspoken sentence or a word. Fight fire with fire.
As far as Barry’s understanding of his opposition goes, I have a critique. As loath as most of us would be to admit it…most of us clearly do already read the Huffpo. No, we don’t do it for pure chewing satisfaction, but simply to know what the left is yammering about today.
And, I know for a fact that it’s much more likely for a righty to read lefty stuff than the inverse, why this is, I don’t know. But, on the whole I think it speaks well of us, as is evidenced by the fact that lefty seem totally dumbfounded when they are actually debated.
Now–if only our beloved Republicans would show the same temerity when they are “called out” by Barry. Every time Barry does this he presents them with an opportunity to for said Republican to slam Barry, the Dems, their leftist agenda and the liberal media–in the liberal media.
Right now is the time to press forward, to fight for our country in the steel cage match of ideas. The Dems ideas have failed. Now is the time to ask publicly whether is was stupidity and incompetence that led to the failure or simply the Cloward Piven strategy to turn the US into a socialist basket case like Greece.
Vera Baker again? Wasn’t this on Free Republic prior to the election? I know I had it on my blog. No one was interested. No one cared. Here’s a link from the past.
http://neoconlatina.blogspot.com/2008/10/confirmed-vera-baker-alleged-obama_12.html
As the wise man said, “Why worry about Tiger Woods and his 121 willing partners when Obama has 330,000,000 unwilling!”
Good one.
I don’t give the report credence. Obama is remarkably, mystifyingly, lacking in sex.
I don’t believe the story: Obama will mess with the Tea Party, he will mess with the American people, the Jews, Israel and others but not with Michelle.
If he messed with Michelle she will not be a Hilary; she will chop Barry to small pieces and feed him to the vultures.
The comment about Michelle feeding him to the vultures is oh so true unless it got in the way of her ambition. When the rumor surfaced he was giving a little to much attention to a certain campaign worker Michelle was outraged and the campaign worker is now living in another country. The only reason Obama is still whole is because Michelle wasn’t about to let all her hard work go to waste. I’m sure she threatened him severly enough he stayed on the straight (maybe he is and maybe he ain’t) and narrow from then on. Personally I wish she’d fed him to the vultures. As for conservatives not running with this…fine. But I say any dirt on Obama is good dirt and if the Enquirer wants to run stories about him, more power to them and may there be many many more to follow.
Love your post. Michelle is one tough mama, and, as I have often said, Barack will do anything he wants to do and probably get away with it….except cheat on Michelle, with a woman or a man!!!! He knows full well if she found out, she would whack “it” off with whatever was handy. He minds his P’s and Q’s in this area only. Personally, I find him asexual, but to each his own! He has already done so much damage to this country that I just hope we can get rid of him as soon as possible. I don’t know if this country can
“I don’t give the report credence. Obama is remarkably, mystifyingly, lacking in sex.”
The truth of the report is not the point of the article. The point is, why is the NE reporting this NOW? Everything in politics happens for a reason, what is the reason for this?
The Clinton angle sounds promising, but why sit a story about Obama before the election while pushing one concerning Edwards? I guess you could say that the Clintons are lining up Hillary’s 2012 challenge, but wouldn’t it have been easier to challenge McCain in the 2012 general election rather than Obama in the primary?
Why does anybody think that Hillary is viable candidate? She has demonstrated her lack of ability as SECSTATE and her lack of political acumen in the 2008 election. For her to be a viable candidate she would have had to resign her postion by now. Her continued presense in the adminstration is an albatross around her neck. If she really thought she could challenge Obama in 2012 she would have stayed in the Senate. That alone indicates that she will not be running again in 2012. If Barry thought she was a real challenge he would appoint her to the Supreme Court and get her out of the way. So let’s consign Hillary to the dustbin of US political history where she belongs.
It would be nice if he had a genuine affair of the heart with someone. But I think he is so totally in love with himself, what he says, what he thinks and how he feels there would be no room for another. He is our narcissist in chief. For at least another two years or more. Frankly, I would be relieved if he was busy dilly dallying with a lover. It would take time away from his socialist driven agenda.
Well, junior college corruption–surely not over racial profiling ethnic admission quotas–and the regulation of defective car seats probably speaks to the Starbucks crowd in their bimmers–baby on board! I doubt the elite who dole out the Pulitzers read the National Enquirer, that’s for enquiring minds. Yes indeed, what did the National Enquirer know and when did they know it? If they knew of it, maybe they were afraid of getting smeared for practicing the lowest form of racism–as apposed to the highest form of racism, obligatory liberal white guilt. Or, if they knew, maybe it’s more nefarious and the folks at the National Enquirer are having a black lash?
The affair story is not a new one. The scandal sheets have had it for quite some time now. I read about it ages ago.
Why National Enquirer is bringing it up now, I don’t know. I don’t remember if they were the ones who brought it up in the first place, or some other scandal sheet, but I do know it is at least a year old.
It is old. But I do remember that Michelle sent her to outer slovobia (whatever) to get her away. I understand he was also living with a whitey during his university life, but no one knows if that is true.
But I agree with Sandra – he couldn’t love anyone as much as he loves himself.
Amazing, we really don’t know anything about him. How come some of his students, former friends, etc., are never quoted or even identified? Are they afraid to come forward? Could they come anonymously?
I’m anxious to read the Manchurian President. Maybe it will have something in it.
The release of the story seems strange. Could it be deep cover for the mysterious soccer game? After all, I would be relieved if he disappeared to play with someone rather than meeting with Soros or someother powerful player.
It looks like it’s true – here’s the pics:
http://peacemoonbeam.typepad.com/scooters_report/2010/05/obama-cheating-scandal-photo.html
Maybe NE has new information they are close to publishing and just setting the stage. Wow, wish you could be this skeptical of NY Times articles. Do you just take NY Times for granted?
Please. Barry would never dare have an affair, knowing Michelle could eviscerate him with one swipe of her claws.
Or her bat’leth.
I wish I would care about Obama having an affair over 6 years ago. He wasn’t even Senator then, let alone the President.
So far, all I’ve heard is that Obama and a woman who was his campaign fundraising chair were seen in the same D.C. hotel in 2004 after a FUNDRAISING event. Shocker!!!
I wish I would care about Obama having an affair over 6 years ago. He wasn’t even Senator then, let alone the President. So who cares?
So far, all I’ve heard is that Obama and a woman who was his campaign fundraising chair were seen in the same D.C. hotel in 2004 after a FUNDRAISING event. Shocker!
I honestly think this could backfire on the anti-Obama beautiful people. Remember when Republicans tried to impeach Clinton over a sex scandal…people lost their natural minds and Bill was actually caught doing something IN the White House Oval Office; this mess (if it happened) happened years ago.
This stuff is child’s play. The cheating scandal bar has been set way higher than this. (i.e. Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Mark Sanford, John Ensign, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, David Vitter, Elliot Spitzer, Eric Massa, Rudy Guiliani, David Letterman, etc.) This is tame compared to the true professionals.
In answer to the question posed at the end of this piece:
PJM.
Are we talking about Clinton?
Its nice to see that our young man has grown from f***ing this girl to f***ing us. Lets face facts folks we’re not virgins any more.
Who cares. Not I. Not sure whether or not it’s believable or actually occurred. But if it did, I hope he takes the high ground just like Spitzer did and resigns. That would be the right course of action. But if he doesn’t and he stays, hell it’ll be fun watching after the screwing we’re getting.
Obama Sin Laden
Dear Dr. Bones,
Freelord Kiddiemaster Pajama announces here, “Now I am not particularly interested if this is true.”
That admirably frank claim may be extended rather more broadly than his freelordship original-intented, nicht wahr?
Happy days.
The tabloids also reported that he has something questionable going on with a man. That was all over the internet before the election and was reported in one of them several months ago. Glared at me from the checkout at the supermarket. Who can anyone believe anymore? Maybe this story is a distraction from something else. With this character in the White House, you never know.
So what if he cheated and lied to his wife, politicians are notorious for that, no big deal, part of the territory, lying is what politicians do best.
If he could seduce, win, and then betray Americans as a group, he could certainly be capable of this other on a smaller scale.
I say that Roger is onto something. Mark Steyn, in Maclean’s magazine, wrote about the Edwards expose and how it made various newspapers look bad, like the L.A. Times.
Now, given how rough the media play, it is within the realm of probability that the National Enquirer was on the receiving end of some pointed language.
When money is drying up like ice cream on a sidewalk on a hot summer day, desperate circumstances justify desperate measures (or so they say).
We will see more and more of this as the people get fed up with the Marxist teenager in the WH. Reporters, pseudo reporters and sensationalist reporters will feel more comfortable printing this stuff. And sad to say even though sex and drugs (a la Marion Barry)are not the worst activities for a politician to do to the country, it’s usually the thing that gets him out of office or nominally impeached. So I say if it works to get this bizarre, creepy couple out of the WH bring it on.
Running out of news? Making up your own stories?