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(14,626 posts) Thu Mar 8, 2012, 04:06 AM Mar 2012

'We hid this during the election': Obama ally confesses he covered up 'race' video Andrew Breitbart [View all]

Source: Daily Mail

A supporter of Barack Obama has admitted he tried to hide a video of the President speaking out in favour of a controversial Harvard professor while he was a student.

Conservative rabble-rouser Andrew Breitbart had promised to release the 'explosive' video, which shows Mr Obama embracing outspoken academic Derrick Bell, just weeks before his sudden death last Thursday.

A website unearthed the video earlier today, but it initially seemed much less dramatic than one might have expected given Mr Breitbart's boasts.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111679/Is-Andrew-Breitbart-Obama-race-video-A-vlip-1991-shows-law-school-student-siding-black-professor-demanded-black-female-professor-tenured.html#ixzz1oVgxwYma

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No President Obama scandal here. Breitbart fail.

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'We hid this during the election': Obama ally confesses he covered up 'race' video Andrew Breitbart [View all] avaistheone1 Mar 2012 OP

Big Fail. Old and In the Way Mar 2012 #1

Dud for the dead guy. aquart Mar 2012 #2

Ironically, they just proved he went to Harvard Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2012 #3

LOL! Exactly what I was thinking! n/t markpkessinger Mar 2012 #5

D'oh! eShirl Mar 2012 #16

You seem to be confusing wingnuts with rational people nxylas Mar 2012 #29

Why do I keep thinking about Summer Hathaway Mar 2012 #4

This is even worse than Geraldo Rivera's over-hyped adventure Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #19

from your title concerning Geraldo Rivera's over-hyped adventure existentialist Mar 2012 #22

Geraldo who? nt nanabugg Mar 2012 #31

* * * * The video was on PBS's Frontline in 2008. It was not hidden. There was no cover-up * * * * Tx4obama Mar 2012 #6

The scoundrels! Hiding it on national TV! 'Cause really, how many Repubs watch Frontline?. . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #8

Nailed it. Wait Wut Mar 2012 #30

This demonstrates how many conservatives watch Frontline. n/t PuffedMica Mar 2012 #20

Here is the link to Frontline freshstart Mar 2012 #26

Maybe I have been living a sheltered life but can INdemo Mar 2012 #41

That is a good question. freshstart Mar 2012 #63

Exactly. I actually copied it on DVD and still have it. mistertrickster Mar 2012 #36

Yep lovekendyl Mar 2012 #43

That just proves Sesame Street is a communist front. msanthrope Mar 2012 #55

The always reliably conservative Daily Mail can be counted upon to repeat what it hears on Fox.n/t fasttense Mar 2012 #7

+1 meegbear Mar 2012 #10

+1000 - except that I wouldn't use the word 'reliable' in the same sentence as Daily Mail LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #14

Yes indeed--Damn the veracity, full speed ahead! nt MADem Mar 2012 #24

Since Murdoch is their main rival, I'd imagine it's from other reich-wing sources nxylas Mar 2012 #32

Be sure to click on the 'all comments' button to read all the comments on the link in the OP Tx4obama Mar 2012 #9

And of course the wingnuts are in denial nxylas Mar 2012 #35

They're going to be waiting a looooooong time Amaril Mar 2012 #37

I'm sure there are others willing to do his dirty work for him nxylas Mar 2012 #39

I suspect that was brietbart's plan for the video. caveat_imperator Mar 2012 #61

All it proves is that the twisted projection og person or persons falls on an empty audience. gordianot Mar 2012 #11

Nicely said! The anti-intellectualism, churlishness of the Right, will eventually do it in Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #15

Is this the damning video? Politicalboi Mar 2012 #12

And the entire video aired on PBS' "The Choice" in 08. This is to fool some of the people. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2012 #13

Yes...Obama hid it in a documentary that aired on PBS during the '08 election... Drunken Irishman Mar 2012 #17

Breitfart went out with an EPIC FAIL. BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #18

Why, for shame! lolly Mar 2012 #42

Don't dance on his grave - you'll get shit all over your shoes saras Mar 2012 #45

This footage my have broken breitbart. caveat_imperator Mar 2012 #62

It was a smart move for the Obama admistration existentialist Mar 2012 #21

This kind of stuff will actually backfire on the GOP. DCBob Mar 2012 #23

What "legitimate claims" are you spamming the board about there, bub? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #25

Spamming?? DCBob Mar 2012 #28

Oh, REALLY?? PBS Editors: Frontline Ran President Obama College Video In 2008 Ian David Mar 2012 #27

That "REFLECT REALITY" sign at about 4:35 or so needs to be shown to voters re: US CONGRESS! cyberpj Mar 2012 #48

OMG, Obama hugged a black man! DLine Mar 2012 #33

I've heard get the red out Mar 2012 #53

Yeah, not hidden, but... Wait Wut Mar 2012 #34

What a beautiful post. BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #50

Thank you. Wait Wut Mar 2012 #54

Well said! Thank you. classof56 Mar 2012 #52

A young Obama maddiemom Mar 2012 #57

I think everyone has had those moments... Wait Wut Mar 2012 #58

Well, we've already seen Rmoney counter-protesting in FAVOR of the draft KamaAina Mar 2012 #64

Thank you! csziggy Mar 2012 #71

breitbart is still dead SemperEadem Mar 2012 #38

What if Obama HAD said something a little strong? Brettongarcia Mar 2012 #40

In the '60s he was a child. Gormy Cuss Mar 2012 #44

Ummm... here's the terrorist circa 1965/66! BumRushDaShow Mar 2012 #51

Too cute. RBInMaine Mar 2012 #66

Fancy trike for a fancy tike! An look at his family car! Rich kid no doubt FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #67

Don't forget... kirby Mar 2012 #46

My thoughts exactly. nt cyberpj Mar 2012 #47

Wow, who else has he embraced? Film at 11... nolabear Mar 2012 #49

"Hug" or "Comrade Terrorist Embrace" ? We report, you decide. yellowcanine Mar 2012 #69

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Skittles Mar 2012 #56

But but but Obama was just being "young and foolish" ! eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #59

And Breitbart used cocaine which is probably what did him in. RBInMaine Mar 2012 #65

That's it? THAT'S Brietbart's "damning video?" meeksgeek Mar 2012 #60

Funny thing is, I thought it showed Obama as articulate, thoughtful and funny. yellowcanine Mar 2012 #70

I saw the "We hid this during the election" The guy who said it was clearly joking with a yellowcanine Mar 2012 #68

I loved seeing that! loyalsister Mar 2012 #72

"initially" - what, they now have surfaced something new that PBS missed? wtf, over? got root Mar 2012 #73

you folks fail to realize that mr. breitbart had not edited the video yet okieinpain Mar 2012 #74