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More Fun in Obamaconspiracyville: In Which Larry Sinclair Gets Arrested
I blogged a few weeks back about a convicted criminal, Larry Sinclair, who'd been begging the media to cover his wild allegations about Barack Obama. Today Sinclair trotted into the National Press Club to air the allegations before what can literally be described as an audience of international press, and can more accurately be described as an amused bunch of people taking in a circus act.
It had been a difficult morning for Sinclair. The Politico's Ben Smith published a short feature on Sinclair's 27-year criminal record of fraud and petty crimes; Greta Van Susteren linked the story, and told viewers/readers why she has ignored him. "While the internet is a great communication and educational tool, it is also viral when it comes to smearing people," she wrote, prompting commenters to call her a cover-up artist and an agent of Barack Obama. It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley—whose license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida—showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made slacks tight and uncomfortable. The Rev. James David Manning, who gained web celebrity in April for a YouTube'd sermon in which he called Obama a "long-legged mack daddy," sat in the crowd of 50 or so with his family. He didn't take questions.
How did Sinclair hold up? Rather terribly. He started with a lengthy statement that admitted most (not all) of his crimes and dispatched Sibley to run around the room with a microphone. As Seth Colter Walls recounts, most of the questions were legalistic and (somewhat) credulous. Sinclair was asked who funded the event (donors, over the internet), how he made his living (he's on disability), and whether Obama was "well hung" (I'm not going to dignify his answer here). The only new "evidence" he presented was the name of a limo driver and the bar where he claimed to have met Obama (who, in Sinclair's story, used his real name and job title as he rendevouzed with a cruising criminal he'd never met before).
I only got to ask one question: What time of day did Sinclair meet with Obama on November 6th and November 7th? In Sinclair's story, Obama partied with him on the 6th and traveled to his hotel in Gurnee, IL (an hour and change from Hyde Park) on the 7th. Sinclair smiled at the question. "We met in the early evening of November 6th," he said. "As far as a specific time on November 7th, I can not provide that to you." He added, parenthetically: "And I know where this question is coming from."
"You know where this question is coming from?"
"Thank you." Sinclair moved on and Sibley refused to let me ask another question. Why didn't I wait until the end of the press conference and rush up to the accuser? The second Sinclair stopped taking questions, he fled the room and reporters were denied access to anyone but Sibley. I was a little disappointed until I heard the reason. Larry Sinclair was arrested after the press conference and is being held by the Washington, D.C. metropolitan police. He's been charged as a fugitive from justice; one of his warrants can be seen here.
UPDATE: More details here.
UPDATE: The always-worthwhile Tim Shipman has his own account, in which I appear as a "journalist" who angers and stumps Sinclair.
Between coughing fits, Mr Sinclair claimed that he has given details of phone calls between him, the limousine driver and Mr Obama to the Chicago police. He was forced to correct one of the mobile numbers he read out, a typing error in the glossy printed statement we were each handed.
Mr Sinclair offered a hotel receipt that appears to show he was in the Chicago area at the time he claims his bizarre liaison occurred. But he was not able to provide any phone records from 1999.
He named the limousine driver as Paramjit Multani and said that the two had been in contact during the early part of the year but that now Mr Multani and his family have disappeared. This is convenient to say the least. The documents he supplied listed a limo driver as Rashpal Multani instead.
I feel deeply for the newspaper reporter who's assigned to dig into this—every indication is that Sinclair wants to send some people on a goose chase to stretch out his 15 minutes of fame. And is anyone surprised to find that Larry Johnson posted Sinclair's rambling statement in full? What is it about Obama and guys named Larry?
Bill DerBerger|6.18.08 @ 7:06PM|#
They are trying to shut him up. Like the convict who had the goods on Bush's cocaine use.
|6.18.08 @ 7:08PM|#
A line from Nas' "Ether" (one of the great diss tracks ever recorded) seems inappropriately appropriate to describe Sinclair: "You a dick-riding faggot, you love the attention"
Other Matt|6.18.08 @ 7:08PM|#
It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley-whose
license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida-showed up in a
kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made
slacks tight and uncomfortable
Dammit, just got home, cracked a Mike's Lemonade, doing a bit of
reading. Now look at the damn mess I made spraying it around the
room through my nostrils.
Ames|6.18.08 @ 7:08PM|#
as a legitimately disabled person, I wonder how someone like sinclair can be receiving disability payments...
Statler and Waldorf|6.18.08 @ 7:12PM|#
...and whether Obama was "well hung" (I'm not going to dignify his answer here).
Weigel knows the answer to that -- he sucks it often enough.
Rick H.|6.18.08 @ 7:23PM|#
Quibble: I believe the third paragraph's made-up Franco-Anglais idiom should be spelled "rendezvoused."
|6.18.08 @ 7:41PM|#
Larry fears for his life after this exposure and therefore this arrangement: be arrested after the press conference. Come on! This is so obvious! Remember he told the public he received a serious death threat?!
name withheld to protect the g|6.18.08 @ 7:45PM|#
This schmuck claims he gave Obama $250 to buy him a ball; no wonder he's got an ax to grind. I'd be pissed too if I got ripped off like that. Who the hell pays $250 for a ball?? Was he buying one for Obama too?
|6.18.08 @ 7:46PM|#
Larry knews what he was doing. That was what Larry wanted - laid himself off as messenger and to be arrested and be asked all quiestions and given a chances to provide details of what really happened. There were more than Obama himself whatever illegal drug or sex, there was a human life taken away. Young was murdered and the silience is unusual. The murder case is still under quiet investigation out there. People, don't assume those polices are fools!
|6.18.08 @ 7:49PM|#
is the kilt thing with the lawyer true? did he really wear a kilt because he was "so well-endowed" that he said normal pants wouldn't fit him?
blobby|6.18.08 @ 7:52PM|#
Anyone who could still possibly think that this guy has even a sliver of credibility should seriously consider having their heads surgically removed from their rectums.
|6.18.08 @ 7:55PM|#
Larry fears for his life after this exposure and therefore
this arrangement: be arrested after the press
conference.
Larry: TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS!
Auctioneer: But the bid is already up to $8000, sir.
Larry: How do we know it's not a fake? It looks like a fake.
Auctioneer: I wonder if I could ask the gentleman to get into the
spirit
of the proceedings.
Larry: My money is as good as anybody's!
Policeman: You'd better leave, sir.
|6.18.08 @ 7:56PM|#
Dave,
I suppose less interesting things could have occurred in DC on a
Wednesday, eh? Hell of a way to start off the day.
cmd|6.18.08 @ 8:00PM|#
Does this mean the HRC Alamoists (or the Russert Grave Dancers,
as I may start calling them)have to find another polygraph failing
felon to rally behind?
What about that guy that pickets military funerals? He must be
available since they passed that law....
|6.18.08 @ 8:01PM|#
Someone said
"They are trying to shut him up."
Uh, who exactly is trying to shut him up? I mean this was his big
day at the NPC, his chance to clear the record and provide all the
damning evidence against Obama, and what did he provide? Not a damn
thing.
This guy is some wacked out meth head criminal loser whose 15
seconds came and went like a fart in the wind. What a complete
idiot he is , giving himself all this attention and he didn't know
there were warrants out against him?
Mitch and Nan|6.18.08 @ 8:02PM|#
Nan and I arranged for Larry's arrest this afternoon.
You can read the story on our blog.
Thanks for reporting it.
Warren Commission|6.18.08 @ 8:02PM|#
Much like his cocaine use, Barack Obama greatly exaggerated his homosexual "experimentation" in order to throw the Clinton Smear Machine off track.
Seitz|6.18.08 @ 8:03PM|#
Gurnee, IL (an hour and change from Hyde Park Must have been before they started that damn construction on the Edens. It took me two and a half hours to get from Mundelein to Lincoln Park two weeks ago. Goddamn IDOT!
Warren Commission |6.18.08 @ 8:07PM|#
When will the real Obama scandals be revealed?
His "associations" with the Communist-front "Old Left" since
conception?
His ties to corruption and organized crime in Chi-Town?
Obama is much more, and much less, than he seems.
Will his handlers be revealed before the election?
Metal Messiah|6.18.08 @ 8:12PM|#
It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley-whose
license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida-showed up in a
kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made
slacks tight and uncomfortable.
You know, when I was a younger I used to think David Lynch movies
were weird.
I stopped thinking that a long time ago.
|6.18.08 @ 8:19PM|#
Is there a video of the press conference on the Internet? I want to see the part where his disbarred lawyer says he wears a kilt because he's too well-hung for pants!!
|6.18.08 @ 8:19PM|#
showed up in a kilt and told reporters that his
above-average endowment made slacks tight and
uncomfortable.
Either baggy pants have gone out of style, or he has to to hide the
tusks that go with the trunk.
Warren Commission |6.18.08 @ 8:24PM|#
Obama clearly has masterful "handlers".
He isn't running around like the typical Democrat POTUS candidate,
exaggerating his exploits in the 'Nam contrary to indisputable
history, making manic grandiose claims to having invented the
internet,telling americans they will have to get used to turning
down the thermosat, eating like 3rd worlders and taking the
bus......
Wait! Scratch that last one. It seems even the most masterful of
handlers fuck it up sometimes.
|6.18.08 @ 8:31PM|#
has reason talked themselves into being obama supporters now? ("well in a WAY he's alright for libertarianism...") after listening to welch rant about mccain and not wanting to vote for the libertarian guy who wrote the defense of marriage act maybe they've made up their minds to cover only the lunatic obama attacks and made it seem as if all criticism of obama is invalid.
Return of the Mack|6.18.08 @ 8:32PM|#
What does the Rev. Manning have against big-titted white women?
|6.18.08 @ 8:36PM|#
I only got to ask one question
Your big chance Weigel, and you blew it.
You could have asked about the NaftaSuperhighway, and uploaded his
response on YouTube.
Seitz|6.18.08 @ 8:38PM|#
Laughing Like Crazy: Click on the link under "Mitch and Nan" at 8:02. There's a video on their site.
quite confined|6.18.08 @ 8:44PM|#
From
Seth Colter Walls report of the press conference:
"I don't know why men wear pants," he said with a poker face. "It's a function of male genitalia. If you're size normal or smaller, you're probably comfortable with [pants]. ... Those at the other end of the spectrum find them quite confining."
Makes you wonder if this guy is intentionally trying to sabotage
his client. Of course it's not like his client needs any outside
help discrediting himself.
|6.18.08 @ 8:51PM|#
Warren Commission,
I find your ideas interesting, and would like to subscribe to your
newsletter.
|6.18.08 @ 9:18PM|#
This has to be a DNC black bag job. Trying to out-smear the GOP before they can gat any good dirt on Obama. By the time the Red team has any legitimate dis, the press will dismiss it as the boy who cried whitey.
TallDave|6.18.08 @ 9:37PM|#
I'm not sure why there's this focus on rumors while facts coming
out about Rezko are largely ignored.
Maybe it's because I'm in IL and it's a bigger story here.
|6.18.08 @ 9:48PM|#
It got worse when Sinclair's lawyer Montgomery Sibley-whose
license is currently suspended in D.C. and Florida-showed up in a
kilt and told reporters that his above-average endowment made
slacks tight and uncomfortable.
You know, when I was a younger I used to think David
Lynch Mike Myers movies were weird funny.
Fixed that for you, Metal Messiah!
TallDave|6.18.08 @ 9:51PM|#
Wow McCain's calling for 45 new nuclear pwoer plants.
Is Obama anti-nuke? Haven't heard anything one way or the
other.
Let's start a rumor!
|6.18.08 @ 9:58PM|#
Seitz 8:38, I watched the link but it doesn't show the lawyer being questioned about the kilt. Damn!
So Drunk he Doesn\'t Want to A|6.18.08 @ 10:02PM|#
cracked a Mike's Lemonade
So you are a 16 year old girl or a "man who is no man"?
By the way I need to go get more beer. These livers don't destroy
themselves!
Paul|6.18.08 @ 10:03PM|#
In which you have a nice title for the post *laffin*
Show props to the Mitch and Nan crew - they have been tireless in
keeping papatard in check and, indeed, arranged for his arrest.
TallDave|6.18.08 @ 10:18PM|#
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDmyToTYBE
Hmmm, he sounds vaguely in favor -- "we should explore nuclear
power as part of the energy mix" -- before veering off to talk
about werewolves, Dick Cheney, and other scary monsters like Big
Oil.
fnord|6.18.08 @ 10:25PM|#
The question concerning whether or not Sinclair knows if Obama
is well-hung is indeed, evidence, despite your protestations to the
contrary.
Why is Reason.com censoring damning evidence concerning the most
statist presidential candidate?
Is this still a libertarian publication?
|6.18.08 @ 10:27PM|#
If I were backing a candidate with such a bleak outlook that his
only chance of winning was to mount a campaign of slander against
my opponent and hope it was credible...
and I saw some loon who was also mounting a campaign of slander
against that candidate, for his own purposes...
and I was afraid that a constant stream of absurdities like that
would undermine the credibility of my own slander campaign...
why, I'd probably try to change the subject whenever people started
talking about it.
|6.18.08 @ 10:33PM|#
The Plot Gets Thicker?
After I got finished laughing at the well-hung lawyer in the kilt,
I did some more clicking around, and found out that Larry Sinclair
is not the one who paid for the room where the press conference was
held.
It was paid for by "Veritas Federal Media," which appears to be the
same as "Veritas Media Group." It has some
interesting political ties to the far right wing.
Its owner is a far right-wing consultant who appears on Fox, CNN,
and CNBC, and owns
at least one radio station.
It seems as if someone other than just an oddball ex-con and his
weirdo lawyer might have had an interest in spreading this
junk.
Naga Sadow|6.18.08 @ 10:39PM|#
Soooooo . . . a kilt is more comfortable than pants if you're well hung? Thanks for the tip, now I've gotta find a store that carries kilts!
SIV|6.18.08 @ 10:44PM|#
What kind of grocery store closes at 10 PM?
All the ones that aren't open 24 hours
SIV|6.18.08 @ 11:03PM|#
You have the same size brain as they do.
Women like bigger brains, the kind lesbians and straight guys
have.Ron Bailey explains it all on another thread. Scroll is your
friend
|6.18.08 @ 11:03PM|#
AS long as we're in the gutter, I want to know what the answer was when he was asked how "well hung" Obama is!! And, more to the point, how was Sinclair in a position to know???
MikeB|6.18.08 @ 11:04PM|#
Is this still a libertarian publication?
Good point fnord. I have yet to figure out why this crap is posted
here. Wouldn't it be far batter to compare and contrast the
horrible economic and liberty destroying policies of Obama McCain
with those of Bob Barr.
I honestly can't figure out how people believe that Obama isn't
just another power hungry dirt-bag
SIV|6.18.08 @ 11:07PM|#
Whoops
Some new guy named Mike Riggs links the homo "brain science" story,
not Bailey.
Warren Commission|6.18.08 @ 11:09PM|#
I honestly can't figure out how people believe that Obama
isn't just another power hungry dirt-bag
Obama is just an ignorant tool. His master handlers are the
power-hungry dirtbags.
MikeB|6.18.08 @ 11:14PM|#
Obama is just an ignorant tool. His master handlers are the
power-hungry dirtbags.
Thanks for the clarification. I think I agree with that statement
and your prior one reguarding Oswald a few decades ago.
Warren Commission |6.18.08 @ 11:23PM|#
Think of Obama as a Black Laurence Harvey.
and his handlers as Angela Lansbury
TallDave|6.18.08 @ 11:24PM|#
Uh oh, according to Glenn Reynolds CNN has started another
scurrilous rumor about Obama:
In an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine's
upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee backed off his
harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and indicated he
didn't want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on
NAFTA.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/magazines/fortune/easton_obama.fortune/
Heh, another move toward libertarianism. Obama looks better every
day since the primary ended.
|6.18.08 @ 11:29PM|#
Since this is turning into an open thread anyway:
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES SENATEREPORT ON THE
U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S PREWAR INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON
IRAQCONCLUSIONSOVERALL CONCLUSIONS - WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION(U)
Conclusion 1. Most of the major key judgments in the
Intelligence Community's October 2002 National Intelligence
Estimate (NIE), Iraq's Continuing Programs for Weapons of Mass
Destruction, either overstated, or were not supported by, the
underlying intelligence reporting....The major key
judgments in the NIE, particularly that Iraq "is reconstituting its
nuclear program," "has chemical and biological weapons," was
developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "probably intended to
deliver biological warfare agents," and that "all key aspects -
research & development (R&D), production, and weaponization
- of Iraq's offensive biological weapons (BW) program are active
and that most elements are larger and more advanced than they were
before the Gulf War," either overstated, or were not supported by,
the underlying intelligence reporting provided to the
Committee...The assessment that Iraq "is reconstituting its nuclear
program" was not supported by the intelligence provided to the
Committee...The statement in the key judgments of the NIE that
"Baghdad has chemical and biological weapons" overstated both what
was known and what intelligence analysts judged about Iraq's
chemical and biological weapons holdings.
Naga Sadow|6.18.08 @ 11:44PM|#
Dammit Joe!!! I don't need a silly thing like a congressional hearing to tell me that there was a total fuckup concerning intelligence on WMD's!!! You post something funny right now!
|6.18.08 @ 11:44PM|#
I honestly can't figure out how people believe that Obama
isn't just another power hungry dirt-bag
We're all well aware that Obama is just as power-hungry a dirtbag
as the next guy. The problem is that this late in the election, the
only choices we have are to cast ones vote for one of two
pandering, disingenuous malefactors, or to throw ones vote away on
a pandering, disingenuous malefactor of a certain third
party.
Or, as I have advocated all along, sit this one out.
Naga Sadow|6.18.08 @ 11:47PM|#
Sorry Joe. Just bored at the moment. Didn't mean to lash out like that.
MikeB|6.18.08 @ 11:51PM|#
Hugh, I still think it would be better if the LP got a large
percentage of the vote. Then more of their platform might be taken
seriously and incorporated in to one or both of the majors. An even
better outcome might be the eventual collapse of one of the major
parties.
Bob Barr isn't perfect, but I find myself agreeing with 90% of what
he claims. My Obama McCain level of agreement is about 15%
Besides, as Obama and McCain are almost identical, a vote for
either would be wasted.
Kolohe|6.19.08 @ 12:04AM|#
Did Sinclair break in, or was he invited?
If he was invited, isn't that like a baleen whale sized feeding of
a meat space troll?
TallDave|6.19.08 @ 12:14AM|#
Hugh, I still think it would be better if the LP got a large
percentage of the vote. Then more of their platform might be taken
seriously and incorporated in to one or both of the
majors.
Yeah that's why I'm voting LP, as my state's a foregone conclusion
(I'm in IL). If we could break 10% it might open some eyes, or at
least raise some eyebrows.
larry larry quite contrary|6.19.08 @ 12:32AM|#
Here are the questions Mr Sinclair recommends the media ask Sen.
Obama.
Will Reason follow up on these?
or do you only investigate the financials of libertarian
candidates?
---
1. Why won't Senator Obama provide his cellphone numbers and
telephone records for all his personal and official cell phones
held by him for the time period of November 3, 1999 thru November
8, 1999, when we met?
2. Why won't Senator Obama provide his cellphone numbers and
telephone records for all his personal and official cell phones
held by Senator Obama or September 2007 - December 23, 2008, the
murder of Donald Young?
3. Why won't Senator Obama provide all email communication both
personal and campaign related to and/or from AKP Message &
Media from January 18, 2008 through February 29, 2008 for Senator
Obama, David Axelrod and David Plouffe?
4. Why won't Senator Obama provide proof of all payments made from
AKP Message & Media, Obama for America, David Axelrod, David
Plouffe, and Senator Obama's accounts for the period of January 18,
2008 through February 29, 2008?
David Weigel|6.19.08 @ 12:38AM|#
larry larry quite contrary - Should presidential candidates, or
any public figures, be expected to release personal information
when a criminal accuses them of something? Seriously? If Sinclair
answered my question about November 7 - when Obama allegedly spent
3 hours traveling to and from Gurnee for drugs and sex - I would
request Obama's schedule from that day to see if it matched. Since
Sinclair puts the burden of proof on Obama, we can safely ignore
Sinclair.
I feel deep sympathy for the people being bilked out of their money
by this guy.
TallDave|6.19.08 @ 12:44AM|#
Should presidential candidates, or any public figures, be
expected to release personal information when a criminal accuses
them of something?
I accuse you of running a child prostitution ring!
Now, let's see your bank records, scumbag.
TallDave|6.19.08 @ 12:48AM|#
Hmmmm. Weigel remains strangely silent on his bank
records.
I think we're on to something here.
The Wine Commonsewer|6.19.08 @ 12:50AM|#
DAVE! Come clean. You ARE sleeping with Michelle Obama, aren't you?
TallDave|6.19.08 @ 12:56AM|#
Is it true Michelle Obama called you "her tighty little
whitey?"
We're going to need all your personal communications from the last
30 years.
TallDave|6.19.08 @ 12:59AM|#
BREAKING NEWS: Weigel Camp Does Not Deny Tot-Prostitution, "Tighty Whitey" Charges
|6.19.08 @ 1:08AM|#
I feel deep sympathy for the people being bilked out of
their money by this guy.
Strange. I feel NO sympathy for the people being bilked out of
their money. By THIS guy?
contrary|6.19.08 @ 1:12AM|#
I guess that's a no?
You can't ask for Obama's schedule for that day along with, say the
financial records regarding the Obama campaign, Axelrod,
Whitehouse.com because of pique... or just because it's impolite to
investigate an establishment politician I
guess?
If the criminal Tony Rezko makes statements regarding Obama, Reason
won't follow them up, since Rezko is a criminal?
Orange Line Special|6.19.08 @ 1:39AM|#
A question Weigel forgot to ask is discussed here.
I realize this isn't LibertyRidge or WacoTexas, but isn't a bit odd
that he wasn't arrested before or after his big appearance?
At the link above, I was going to use the word "Stalinist" to refer
to the reaction of some to the incident. That also might be too
strong, but it's not far off.
|6.19.08 @ 1:54AM|#
I heard that Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho ("Mr. Wide Stance") wants to post bail for'im.
|6.19.08 @ 1:56AM|#
Montgomery Silbey's boasting reminds me of an old joke:
Which of the Beatles had the most prominent male endowment?
Peter Best
|6.19.08 @ 2:10AM|#
So what exactly would be the motivation for this Sinclair guy to be seeking to 'extend his 15 minutes'? Is he trying to get his disability payments stopped?
Syd|6.19.08 @ 3:33AM|#
From his record, I'd say he's hoping to make money out of it somehow. Through a payoff by Obama's (fat chance) or through getting donations from suckers on the right wing.
JMR|6.19.08 @ 5:06AM|#
fnord, how do you know Obama's more statist than McCain? To me,
it's looking like an even match. One's more of a tax/socialist
statist and the other's more of a censor/militarist statist, but
they're clearly both statists to the extreme. Also, for the record,
I resent the idea that Republicans somehow "own" my vote because
I'm a libertarian no matter what they scrape from the bottom of
their barrel.
JMR
|6.19.08 @ 5:55AM|#
"or through getting donations from suckers on the right
wing."
That seems the most likely. They are easy to milk, just ask Ralph
Reed.
"-- before veering off to talk about werewolves, Dick Cheney, and
other scary monsters like Big Oil."
Oh, thank goodness, someone is finally going to start addressing
the werewolf problem. You wouldn't know how hard it is to deal with
this without a larger initiative. Hey, try to get the cops
interested in a suspected pack in the woods behind your house
sometime if you don't believe me. On the upside, fewer deer eat the
landscaping now...
|6.19.08 @ 6:16AM|#
Hold on a second... Greta Van Sustern, a member of Elron
Hubbard's criminal nut-cult, which has done a whole lot more than
its share of smearing people (google for "fair game" and "operation
freakout"), is complaining about smearing?
I'm pretty sure that this Sinclair is a nutcase, but this is rather
like hearing Goebbels call someone a racist.
-jcr
Taktix®|6.19.08 @ 7:41AM|#
I'm pretty sure that this Sinclair is a nutcase, but this is
rather like hearing Goebbels call someone a racist.
Godwin at the buzzer!
Incidentally, I wouldn't go around berating Van Sustern for her
membership in the Hubbard cult -- her dad was half-alien.
Xenophobe!
|6.19.08 @ 7:46AM|#
I went to the same church as Monty Sibley in Rockville, and he
wears a church. We chatted one time while our daughters were
trick-or-treating the Rockville city hall and nearby lawyers
offices (near the church) and he told me he wears a kilt because of
his Scottish heritage.
He also told me he was suing the Supreme Court.
I would find the tale of his eccentricity funnier if his client
Deborah Jeane Palfrey hadn't committed suicide earlier this year
after her case was lost (yes, I think he was her civil lawyer not
her criminal defense lawyer, but still...)
Billy Bob Neck|6.19.08 @ 8:32AM|#
I can't understand for the life of me why you'd believe a murderous,left-handed, gay, negro, crackhead voodoo priest over a man who maybe had a little bit of trouble in his life! I got a chart that shows why Larry Sinclair is telling the truth! - http://billybobneck.com/?p=298
jtuf|6.19.08 @ 9:37AM|#
A few points:
1) Criminal charges should be settled in the courts, not over the
web.
2) One person's "speaking truth to power" is another person's
"smear". At first glance, it is difficult to tell the difference.
That's why I start with skepticism as a general rule.
3) Obama has a multi-million campaign fund to fight smears with.
The local police officer or freeholder does not. Now that we know
how smears spread on the internet, maybe readers should evaluate
all reports more thoroughly before repeating them with so much
certainty.
Brian Wood|6.19.08 @ 9:45AM|#
Man, you are feeding into the insanity. This was Larry's BIG
moment to bring out the goods. He didn't do it because he didn't
have anything. His "I know where that question is coming from"
statement he made when asked what time he had met Obama to have
sex/drugs.
Also, take into consideration this: Larry said Obama, when they
first met, told Larry his name and occupation (his Youtube and blog
stuff). Then Larry says, on this day, Larry's big "I will give the
public the proof" day, Larry says he didn't know who Obama was when
they met and didn't know who he (Obama) was until he saw Obama make
his 2004 speech at the Democratic convention, when Larry was across
the border in Mexico. That's a big fat fucking "HUH?"
This guy is a goof ball. He is looking for a payoff AND he is
milking people on the internet for thousands of dollars in the
hopes that Larry really might have something. He doesn't have
anything. It's a non story. Move on.
Mitch and Nan went undercover to Larry's event and called the
marshals from there. Plus, to have arrested Larry before the news
conference would have inflamed the conspiracy theory nut jobs out
there. "See? They had him arrested to silence him." Although if you
read Larry's blog, you will see that his followers/financiers are
claiming Larry had himself arrested because he felt his life was in
danger.
|6.19.08 @ 10:26AM|#
About that first update:
If the Blogger News Network actually provided "High quality English
language" news, they wouldn't have written this: Larry
Sinclair-the gay man who's accused Senator Barack Obama of sharing
gay sex and drugs with him in a Gurnee, IL hotel room in 1999-held
a press conference at the National Press Club today.
Pointing out that the sex a man shares with another man, who is
gay, is "gay sex," is at best mediocre-quality English
language.
|6.19.08 @ 11:10AM|#
Mitch and Nan | June 18, 2008, 8:02pm | #
Nan and I arranged for Larry's arrest this afternoon.
You can read the story on our blog.
Thanks for reporting it.
______________________________________________
What a pile of BS..lol You live in Paris, yet YOU arranged for
Larry's arrest. What a huge ego you both must have.
Federal Marshalls arrested Larry and he is being held for the
Pueblo warrant. If he is not picked up by the Colorado Authorities
in 24 hours he will be released. Mitch and Nan had absolutely
nothing to do with it. Standard procedure here in the USA. There
two gasbags are huge liars.
|6.19.08 @ 11:13AM|#
Wonkette/Blackbook contributer Liz Glover was there to cover the
scene>
THE VIDEO LINK IS HERE
liztv.biz/joke.mov
|6.19.08 @ 11:16AM|#
What all you Obamabots overlook is the fact that Obama could
very well be on the Down Low and involved in drug use, but he is
your messiah, so you don't care, make fun and discredit LS all you
want, but there are real reporters, not maniacal Obama blogers,
investigating this as we speak.I was born and raised in Chicago,
and Obama is one of the most corrupt Chicago politicians we have
ever produced. His fall will come fast and hard.
Yes, Hillary is in the wings waiting.
|6.19.08 @ 11:41AM|#
The US is the funniest reality show on tv.
What? It's not just a tv show?
Wow.
Sad.
PC|6.19.08 @ 11:50AM|#
I don't know about the drug allegations, but considering his effeminate disposition, his wife calling him an accessory, and his bowling technique, Obama could very well be in the closet.
|6.19.08 @ 11:51AM|#
You'll need your tin foil to keep your prozac in once you messiah goes down for the liar and fraud he is. His poll numbers are dropping every day, and now with his refusal to take public financing for the GE, his numbers will plummet even further.
|6.19.08 @ 11:54AM|#
Larry Sinclair-the gay man who's accused Senator Barack
Obama of sharing gay sex and drugs with him in a
Gurnee...
There are gay drugs?
|6.19.08 @ 11:55AM|#
My only psychology is Obama is a fraud.
Ever have a sentence make no sense...or too much
sense?
You'll need your tin foil to keep your prozac in
??????
|6.19.08 @ 11:56AM|#
The republicans here are so funny, so desperate to believe
anything negative about Obama, they'll listen to a fraud and
pronounce his flailing accusations fact.
You know, like they did with Chalabi to get us in to this stupid
war in the first place.
Tell us all again how 'curveball' is a trusted source, why don't
you.
|6.19.08 @ 11:59AM|#
I have been a democrat for 36 years. I am most of my friends and family will NOT be voting for Obama, no amount of tin foil will ever change that.
|6.19.08 @ 12:13PM|#
Concernvoter, he is in fear because he was wanted in like three
states...you're an idiot...how about the below:
Just after this Press Conference...
themitchandnanshow 19 Jun 2008 06:21
We run an insane blog which exists solely to belittle and toy with
Larry Sinclair.
After carefully coordinated work, we had Larry Sinclair arrested on
outstanding warrants just outside of the National Press Club. You
may read about it here:
http://themitchandnanshow.wordpress.com/
Loved your article and analysis.
Thanks Tim!
Mitch and Nan
|6.19.08 @ 12:14PM|#
Jordan Clinton, I find your ideas interesting, and would like to
subscribe to your newsletters.
Or maybe that's just Obama's poll numbers - which are totally
dropping by the day - talking.
WAKE UP AMERICA!
|6.19.08 @ 12:19PM|#
I'll repeat my earlier post. Mitch and Nan had nothing to do
with Larry's arrest. Greta at gretawire is claiming the same
thing..lol
What a pile of BS..lol You live in Paris, yet YOU arranged for
Larry's arrest. What a huge ego you both must have.
Federal Marshall's arrested Larry and he is being held for the
Pueblo warrant. If he is not picked up by the Colorado Authorities
in 24 hours he will be released. Mitch and Nan had absolutely
nothing to do with it. Standard procedure here in the USA. There
two gasbags are huge liars.
|6.19.08 @ 12:21PM|#
The thing I love best about these kind of threads? The dems and reps who show up to comment make us libs look almost sane.
GG|6.19.08 @ 12:33PM|#
Barry Obama could have his pick of any gay man's crack he
wanted, for free.
Barack is too handsome, too charming and too shrewd to hook up with
the likes of Larry Sinclair whom is just a gross, scuzzy
n'er-do-well.
Anyone who buys Sinclair's whopper is a sucker.
|6.19.08 @ 12:34PM|#
Good point, Citizen Nothing. Paranoid schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder know no political affiliation!
|6.19.08 @ 12:55PM|#
I still think it would be better if the LP got a large
percentage of the vote.
I'm gonna assume that you and Silbey have the same definition of
large.
|6.19.08 @ 12:57PM|#
Anyone who buys Sinclair's whopper is a sucker.
But anybody who buys BK's Whopper has a truly refined palate.
|6.19.08 @ 1:15PM|#
From the Telegraph update:
"I don't know why men wear pants," he said. "It's a function of male genitalia. If you're size normal or smaller, you're probably comfortable. Those at the other end of the spectrum find them quite confining."
Thomas Mc|6.19.08 @ 1:29PM|#
They need to hook him up to a lie detector that gives him electroshock treatment every time he tells a lie.
|6.19.08 @ 1:31PM|#
too freaking hilarious ... you just KNEW that this Sinclair bozo's story was too outlandish to be true ... what a waste of bandwidth (not HERE - I mean everywhere else that there was stuff about this Sinclair guy)
|6.19.08 @ 1:38PM|#
Thomas Mc | June 19, 2008, 1:29pm | #
They need to hook him up to a lie detector that gives him
electroshock treatment every time he tells a lie.
________________________________________________
Thomas. I totally agree Obama should do this.
Mark in Irvine, His story has not yet been dis proven or a lie. You
only wish that was the truth
|6.19.08 @ 2:00PM|#
Art-POG-drop dead troll..Thank you!
Ladies and gentlemen, Koko the Talking Gorilla!
Warm person nice gorilla stink ball.
|6.19.08 @ 2:16PM|#
Art, you are such a sad pathetic little troll, that garbage
doesn't even deserve a comment.
When the great and powerful OZ...err I mean Obama goes down, you
people will start committing mass suicide.
|6.19.08 @ 2:20PM|#
Obama and his thugs are doing a good job of covering this all
up, I'm talking about the murders too.
The Chicago judge is stalling the investigation.
Since Obama is low enough to send his thugs into the caucuses to
steal delegates through the use of threats, force, fraud and theft,
this is totally believeable.
If some of these kiss-ass reporters got off their asses Obama would
be charged with murder.
I guess we will have to wait for the GOP to hang him.
|6.19.08 @ 2:32PM|#
Dave S. Finally an intelligent and articulate poster. I agree with you, the GOP will not hesitate to investigate and hang Obama before the GE voting.
|6.19.08 @ 3:01PM|#
Art, you are such a sad pathetic little troll, that garbage doesn't even deserve a comment.
Look whatcha did, joe. You got me in trouble!
Art-POG-drop dead
I'm a pimp. And pimps don't commit suicide. [wink]
|6.19.08 @ 4:02PM|#
Anytime I think I might want to flirt w/ Libertarianism I come and read the comments at Reason. Just scared little boys w/o the courage to stand up and enlist, and too embarrassed to admit that they're Republicans. Hence Libertarians.
|6.19.08 @ 9:37PM|#
Hey, lay off the kilt jokes! I wear Utilikilts brand
unbifurcated men's garments strictly for the comfort.
Well, that and chicks dig it!
Naga Sadow said "I've gotta find a store that carries kilts"
Go here:
Utilikilts.com "We sell Freedom!"
|6.19.08 @ 9:51PM|#
Art POG,
I see you standing next to Jordan.
I pass behind you both.
I tap her on the shoulder nearest you, and walk away.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!
|6.20.08 @ 1:26PM|#
If this creep ever had a shred of credibility, it's down the toilet now. Don't expect to ever see this guy again.
|6.20.08 @ 1:50PM|#
Just because Obama isn't doing chestbumps or flexing for the
camera doesn't mean he's effeminate. For the Hillary supporters out
there, don't you feel just a teeny weeny bit embarrassed about the
way she's handled herself? I was originally a Hillary supporter
myself until I realized that the only thing she's interested in is
furthering her career. She's ambitious to the point of
insanity.
For the republicans out there, wtf? You're supporting McCain?
|6.20.08 @ 2:01PM|#
Just scared little boys w/o the courage to stand up and enlist, and too embarrassed to admit that they're Republicans. Hence Libertarians.
WTF? Man of straw?
I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!
Nice :)
|6.24.08 @ 3:20PM|#
Larry Sinclair has thus far failed to produce a single viable
piece of evidence. Is it any wonder nobody in the mainstream media
wants to risk their career and credibility covering this
farce?
I've been trying to get Mr. Sinclair to response to questions on
his blog (simple ones, like "If you think Obama's phone records
would prove you right, why don't you provide your phone records,
they should work just as well, right?" ), but the blog is so
heavily moderated that not one single real question can get
through, and apparently even his own worshipers are now having a
hard time posting due to overaggressive comment deletion.
I know several people who've tried to ask questions of Mr.
Sinclair, but that is apparently not allowed on his blog, despite
the fact that his blog clearly states "You may comment on any post,
regardless of your position. However, please note that any and all
abusive, threatening and vulgar comments and emails will result in
your user name, email address and IP address being posted
regardless and without the posters permission. You have been
warned." .
Small wonder, huh? The guy who wants to force Obama to answer his
questions will not answer anyone else's :)
I personally would love it if someone in the media just exposed
this guy for the fraud he is. I'd watch that episode for certain,
and I'm sure the advertisers would be well pleased by the number of
viewers ;)
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