Wingnut Blogs Freak Out Over Lip-Reading
Right wing bloggers staged a massive freakout over President Obama’s new AttackWatch website, calling it an “Obama snitch squad” and comparing it to Nazi Germany (of course).
Then these same obsessed bloggers proceeded to demonstrate exactly why the site is necessary, concocting a ludicrous, ugly smear against Michelle Obama based on inept lip-reading of a video.
The Washington Times’ senior editorial writer for foreign affairs James Robbins and right-wing bloggers are claiming that Michelle Obama likely disparaged the American flag during a ceremony commemorating the 9/11 attacks.
They have posted video of Michelle Obama whispering something inaudible to her husband during the ceremony and are speculating that she said “all this just for a flag,” “all that for a flag,” or “all of this for a damn flag.” (They disagree on exactly what she said.)
Blogger Jim Hoft, still in the running for the Dumbest Man on the Internet, didn’t even have the confidence to type the fake Michelle Obama quotation himself. He instead provided a link to an American Thinker post making the accusation for him.
The video the bloggers have posted has no audio of Michelle Obama at the relevant point, and their lip-reading is hindered by the fact that Michelle Obama’s lips disappear behind a partition at one point.
But they still believe Michelle Obama must have said something extremely controversial.