NATIONAL PRESS CLUB TO SLIME OBAMA-Sign this Petition!!!

[OregonBlue]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/12/173020/735/33/534903

A few months ago I noticed claims being circulated by a fellow named Larry Sinclair making allegations that Obama had sex and used drugs with him in 1999. Whitehouse.com offered $100,000 if Sinclair could pass a polygraph test; Sinclair took the test, and failed.

Well, the National Press Club appears eager to give him a bigger platform.

A video has been circulating the internet showing a man, Larry Sinclair, speaking to camera making slanderous claims about Senator Barack Obama. These claims are demonstratably false, and don't bear repeating here, or in any venue. Which is why it is shocking that the National Press Club is offering a him a spot on the national stage on June 18.

Please take a moment to ask the National Press Club to check the facts before giving Larry Sinclair a bully pulpit. Also, if you have a moment please consider calling the National Press Club at 202-662-7500, and politely but firmly petition them verbally.

You can also sign a petition at FDL urging the National Press Club to reconsider its baffling decision to give this thoroughly discredited guy a platform.http://action.firedoglake.com/page/petition/stoppingsinclair

[TwilightGardener]

1. WTF??? Are they going to have Vicki Iseman on stage too? That would be fair.

[goclark]

2. K and R

[Windy]

3. Oh dear god. You've got to be kidding me. I'm speechless. n/t

[Benhurst]

4. This is just the beginning. The corporate media need to get the race

tight enough for the Repubs to steal it.

[MNDemNY]

5. Yes, just a small taste of what is yet to come.

[OregonBlue]

7. How much you wanna bet FOX put his name in and insisted he be given a forum!!!!!

[Supersedeas]

12. we knew they would: everyday a Free Ride for McBush, everyday criticism

of Obama, or Obama's wife, or Obama's minister, or Obama's vetters, or Obama's birth certificate

This IS NOT AN ACCIDENT by the Corp. Controlled Media.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

15. SO SAD BUT TRUE

[MNDemNY]

6. After thinking about it...

giving this guy some press will only make him look even worse.He comes off as such an ass.

[OregonBlue]

8. Have you actually seen him?

[MNDemNY]

9. Yes, there are some videos out there.

He is NOT very convincing.

[MNDemNY]

11. Here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3hJASCerAk

[texasleo]

16. He looks like someone I would never get tired of punching.

[MNDemNY]

17. Eventually, he'd go limp.

[Wickerman]

10. I think Larry's Pay to Play room will backfire on him

You rent a room, hold a conference at the NPC. IF there are any actual reporters who show up Larry will get his ass handed to him. He's been spouting unsubstantiated crap for months, made promises to do big reveals every few weeks; nothing has materialized. Just another way to milk the gullible for more donations to pay for the room and a trip to the venue.

[berni_mccoy]

13. DISGRACE! Here is the Link from NPC's WebSite Calender.

Scroll Down to the 3PM Slot. It is being billed as "Larry reveals the truth about Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama."

http://npc.press.org/calendar/calendarday.cfm?whatday=18&&whatyear=2008&&whatmonth=6

[OregonBlue]

14. Please K & R to get this bumpted up.

[papapi]

18. Sinclair has made allegations that Obama is somehow linked to the murder....

of Donald Young - the gay choir director at Trinity UCC. Below is a web snippet:

The murder of Donald Young, the gay choir director at Obama’s church, is being investigated by the Chicago Police. Larry Sinclair is being interviewed in a few days by a Chicago Police detective. Sinclair alleges that Donald Young contacted him a few days before he was murdered. Sinclair alleges that he has phone numbers from Young. Sinclair further alleges that Obama and Young had gay sex.

Sinclair is purchasing his pulpit time at the NPC. His web blog (if you can call it that) is rife with pleas for money and unsubstantiated lies and allegations.

Sinclair was present at the DNC Saturday meeting to determine the fate of FL and MI delegations. Hill-o-maniacs thronged around him like, well for lack of a better phrase, like flies on shit.

Here's the link to his ?-blog-? for those who may wish to be better informed.

Sinclair's blog, for informational purposes only!

[progressoid]

19. Larry sez he will not be scared off by us!!

From his blog:

"THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AS SCHEDULE, RAIN OR SHINE, BULLETTS OR EXPLOSIONS. I WILL NO BE SCARED OFF BY THE KOOL AID GANG. THATINCLUDES THE DAILY KOS, TAYLOR MARSH, DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND, FDL, OR ANY OF THE OTHER OBAMA BLOGONOTS."

[janx]

20. A few questions:

Why have I never heard of this guy? Is it because I haven't watched cable TV for more than one hour during the past year or so?

What is his motivation? Or is he just nuts?

Why does he mention DU on his web site?

[progressoid]

21. Until 10 minutes ago, I hadn't heard of him either.

I'm voting for "he's just nuts" with a side order of grandstanding.

Apparently NPC is willing to give him the stage he wants to grandstand. It's crazy.

[beac]

25. And the NPC's "excuse" is that they are "just renting him a room."

So, I guess if the Klan wanted to hold a rally there that'd be A-OK with the NPC as long as their check cleared???


As my husband pointed out, the WORST thing about this is that in future stories about him it will say "Larry Sinclair, <i>speaking at the National Press Club</i>, said...." It adds a false impression of legitimacy to his slander because no distiction will be made about his renting space versus being "invited" to speak.

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[papapi]

22. Answers:

Why have I never heard of this guy? Is it because I haven't watched cable TV for more than one hour during the past year or so?

ANSWER: M$M has paid him little attention since he failed a lie detector test regarding his allegations.

What is his motivation? Or is he just nuts?

ANSWER: I see his motivation as $$$. Reich Whing is always willing to contribute to LIES and SMEARS.

Why does he mention DU on his web site?

ANSWER: He knows who his ememies are.

http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/06/larry-sinclair-attorney-suspended-by-dc-bar/">Death By 1000 Paper Cuts Sinclair has been busy raising money (donations) to fund his legal endeavors. He’s suing three anonymous posters for calling him names over at the Democratic Underground for $3 million. Sinclair claims his reputation has been harmed and evidently, $3 million should help to alleviate the pain and suffering he’s had to endure from the three posters commenting on a forum.

[papapi]

23. Larry Sinclair is a wanted man in Colorado.....

The World According to Larry Sinclair

Sinclair wrote in his Motion to Dismiss the Colorado Felony Warrant that the case should be dismissed. He claims he was the victim of a Mexican vendetta; that the three checks–he admits that he deposited them in his Wells Fargo Bank accounts–were from illegal drug running. He says that the checks were not his money, but his friend’s money.

Sinclair goes on to list all the monies owed to him, which, in a round about way, we suppose he maintains he should have been allowed to deduct from the $14,000 in checks he admits he deposited in his accounts. The tally between what was owed to him was far less than that original amount, no where in Sinclair’s version does the amount that was owed to him equal the $14,000 he put in his bank.

Sinclair filed his motion in 2004. In it, he asks the court to dismiss the case, as he is:

1. terminally ill;
2. suffers severe spine damage; and,
3. was on Social Security Disability.

Despite Sinclair’s motion to dismiss–and all the “mitigating” circumstances, according to Larry–the warrant is still outstanding. In fact, Sinclair is on the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Most Wanted list.

Sinclair’s constituency has also failed to notice that the photo Sinclair has photoshopped into “fliers”, along with a photo of Senator Obama smoking a cigarette, is a much younger Sinclair–a photo years younger than Sinclair looked like in 1999.

The Wanted Poster photo at the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Department is what Sinclair looked like in 1999.
More About Mr. Sinclair

[beac]

24. I just called and spoke to the VERY tired-sounding receptionist

at the National Press Club.

When I asked her if she knew who Sinclair was, she sighed "I sure do NOW." She said they are getting a HUGE number of calls.

She also gave me name of their director, William McCarren. His direct number is 202-662-7534 and his email address is [email protected]


PLEASE make a call, send an email and keep this kicked!

[NM Independent]

26. Wow, what a piece of shit...

and he's taking DUers to court?

F'd up...seriously.