A very interesting post in Populist Reform Group

[hootinholler]

RobertPaulson (remember him?) posted some research.

Be sure to go to his blog for the full story!

[robertpaulsen]

1. Bernie's got our back.

We better do everything in our power to make sure we've got his!

Thanks for this, hootinholler.

Every day I see Bernie out there speaking the truth, it genuinely inspires me. And that helicopter crack I read this weekend in Iowa was just flat-out entertaining too. The sooner we have debates, the better.

[rhett o rick]

2. I agree. We need to have Sander's back. He is risking his and his families health and welfare

fighting the Oligarchy. I don't think they will at anything to stop him.

[sabrina 1]

3. I agree with that. He is not doing this for himself, I don't think he wanted to run, but someone

had to do it, and I think it was decided he alone had the record that would be difficult to attack. Even other Dems I like, would have been fiercely attacked, much more successfully, than they can with him. We do owe him for that.

[merrily]

5. Difficult to attack hasn't stopped any attacks or dog whistles, though, has it?

Then again, Obama wasn't born a Muslim in Kenya; and we didn't hear the "Whitey" tape as the October surprise of 2008, but that didn't stop anyone from putting out any of that garbage, either.

Origins of the claims

During the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential primaries, anonymous e-mails from supporters of Hillary Clinton surfaced that questioned Obama's citizenship in an attempt to revive Clinton's faltering primary election campaign. These and numerous other chain e-mails during the subsequent presidential election circulated false rumors about Obama's origin, religion and birth certificate. [25] [26]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories

2008: "Whitey" tape hoax

In 2008, Johnson emerged as a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton and a strong critic of Barack Obama. His blog, NoQuarterUSA, became a rallying point for Clinton supporters wary of Obama's qualifications to be president. On May 16, 2008, Johnson posted an item entitled, "Will Barack Throw Mama From the Train?" which alleged that a tape existed of Michelle Obama "railing against 'whitey' at Jeremiah Wright's church."[25] Johnson claimed that Republicans were in possession of the tape and it "is being held for the fall to drop at the appropriate time." In a subsequent post, Johnson claimed that Obama's appearance had occurred when she was on a panel with Louis Farrakhan. He also explained that he himself had not seen the tape, but had spoken with "five separate sources who have spoken directly with people who have seen the tape."[26] The Obama campaign's "Fight the Smears" website denied the rumor, saying, "No such tape exists. Michelle Obama has not spoken from the pulpit at Trinity and has not used that word."[27]

No tape was ever released, nor has any other evidence emerged of Obama using the word "whitey". On October 21, 2008, Johnson said that, according to one of his sources, the McCain campaign "intervened and requested the tape not be used."[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_C._Johnson

[merrily]

4. Thanks for the heads up.

Since whereisjustice, a great poster left, I assumed that it might be only Cosmic Kitten, me, the tumbleweeds and whoever feels like populistbothering there until November 2016.