Larry Sinclair, The National Press Club & Hysterical Liberal Blogs
by sarabeth at 6:00 am on June 13th, 2008 in 2008 Presidential, Media, Obama Uber AllesLarry Sinclair is a lowlife jerkoff, with less than zero credibility, who has successfully auditioned to be the star of a Swiftboat-style smear campaign aimed at Barack Obama.
This guy has somehow magically acquired a high-priced lawyer: Montgomery Sibley, the defense attorney of Deborah Jean Palfrey, the DC Madam.
He is scheduled to hold a press conference next Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The event is sponsored by Veritas Media Group, which is run by Joseph R. Giganti. Giganti belongs to the wingnuttia branch of the Republican party. He has longstanding and extensive ties to Alan Keyes, including serving as a spokesman and the national media strategist for his 2000 presidential campaign. His resume is still posted on Keyes’ RenewAmerica website.
So this sleazy lowlife with a colorful criminal record (including an arrest for theft and forgery, among others) now has both a fancy high-priced lawyer and an ultra-conservative handler.
Liberal blogs are understandably unhappy about the smear attempt. But respectable blogs that should really know much better are going off the deep end without doing a little basic homework or thinking.
FDL is targeting the National Press Club with an online petition:
… 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.
Kos approvingly endorses the petition:
Well, the National Press Club appears eager to give him a bigger platform.
[…]
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.
The fact of the matter is that the Press Club is not promoting or endorsing the Sinclair-Sibley-Giganti event. It is not giving them a bully pulpit or a bigger platform.
The Press Club is in the business of renting out rooms for events, exactly like a hotel. Any member can sponsor a rental. Veritas Media Group is evidently a member.
The Press Club is evidently not in the business of censorship. That’s exactly what FDL and Kos are pressuring the Press Club to do, although they’re too busy championing things like democracy, freedom of speech and a free press to realize it.
Joe Giganti wrote:
Dear Anti-Gun Activist:
I just read your posting that mentioned me and my former company, Veritas Media Group.
I would like to kindly request you correct this libelous posting as my company VMG is no longer in existence and the PR firm actually sponsoring the Sinclair event–Veritas Federal Media–is a wholly different company that I have no affiliation with and I’ve never had any association with Sinclair either.
It is one thing to advocate your position, which you have a constitutional right to do, but in the interest of your readers you would do well to make sure the time is taken to get the facts right.
I appreciate your immediate handling of this matter before I need to involve my attorneys.
Sincerely,
Joe
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 3:49 pm ¶
vickie c wrote:
I would like to ask you who you think spent the night with Larry if it wasn’t Barack that has done so much to try and stop this.
Too bad, the show goes on and shows the truth of what a low life Barack is. Don’t you believe that the people in the USA deserve to know that Barack is using crack cocaine
Sorry that you find larry to be such a liar. God is with Larry hand and hand in this meeting. Truth will be told
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 6:10 pm ¶
Gumby wrote:
Joe, if I were you, I’d sick my attorneys on Larry and his blog. Can’t blame you for not wanting to be associated with the scumbag bottomfeeding garbage that he promotes.
If you’d like the hear “the other side” of this issue, go to
http://themitchandnanshow.wordpress.com/
Good Luck and Sic ‘Em!
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 6:24 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
My bad. Sloppy research.
But Giganti still belongs to the wingnuttia branch of the Republican party.
And what’s with threatening to sic his lawyers on us? It’s an obvious error, dimwit.
Posted 13 Jun 2008 at 8:09 pm ¶
carola wrote:
Obama is not for free speech nor are his supporters. if BO becomes Prez, no on will be able to criticize him — we will be called racists and worse, we might be punished for free speech. He is really scary and so are his supporters.
Posted 14 Jun 2008 at 8:24 am ¶
democrat wrote:
This anti-free speech movement by Obama supporters is terrifying.
First Amendments rights have never been limited by prior screening for accuracy. No one, not the government, not political campaigns, not the press itself, has a right to prior restraint of free speech based on content. The very idea that such an effort would be able to restrain undesirable speech is incredibly dangerous.
After the fact civil suits are the remedy for libel or slander.
Nothing this Sinclair guy could say, whether false or crazy, could possibly be as harmful as the precedent that would be set by prohibiting his press conference because some people disagree or find it offensive.
Posted 15 Jun 2008 at 3:31 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
I don’t see how FDL + Kos = “Obama supporters”
A misconceived initiative by one blogger at FDL supported by Kos doesn’t add up to a movement by Obama supporters.
Posted 15 Jun 2008 at 6:01 pm ¶
mpandgs wrote:
Sarabeth,
Sinclair’s supporters claim that this is part of a larger campaign to silence Obama’s critics orchestrated by Obama and Axelrod. All the folks who point out fallacies, inaccuracies, and who challenge rumours like Sinclair’s are in on it–even if they’re not democrats (btw: they’re all getting paid!!). If you’ve never visited Sinclair’s blog, give it a go to see how this thinking is laid out (several of your posters here are from that site).
BTW– I completely agree with your comments on foks going off the deep end with this. They’ve certainly attracted more attention to the Sinclair thing, and they’re unfairly demonizing the NPC.
Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 10:01 am ¶
Rock Smoka for Barry wrote:
Seems clear to me that most folks on this blog actually believe Sinclair’s allegations… a la Gennifer Flower or Monica L when the rumors first started…but are in full attack mode in hopes the truth will somehow be kept from the public, at least until Barry Dunham is in the White House.
Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 5:13 pm ¶
jkc wrote:
Before we even have a conversation about this nutcase, has anyone watched his recent appearance on Youtube—-where he explains his polygraph results because of his “bilateral Omar (?) nerve entrophy and bilateral Carpal and Tunnel Syndrome and cervical (what?) thoracic and lumbar disc hernation..” and on on goes…..Please tell me that we have not gotten to the point that any drunk nut job who can scrape up some money to hold a “news conference” in DC can actually be injected into the race for the Presidency….
Posted 16 Jun 2008 at 7:15 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Then you have indeed been smoking banned substances. This post attracted some absurd comments from lunatics who have never shown up here before. mpandgs in #8 spelled it out for you.
Most folks on this blog have a lot more sense than you do.
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 4:57 am ¶
Jerome wrote:
“we will be called racists and worse, we might be punished for free speech.”
right, Carola. Like we get called terrorist-lovers for criticizing the president today? Or “allowed” to voice any protest from “free speech zones” around the GOP convention site? If the shoe fits, lady…
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 10:25 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Rational responses to the Carolas of this world are probably misconceived.
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 10:34 am ¶
Janice wrote:
I think this is disgusting. Why would anyone want to diminish Senator Obama to this degree and why won’t you consider his daughters. I’m sure if he were involved in drug use that wouldn’t be hard to determine.
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 11:57 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
In one word, moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney…
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 1:45 pm ¶
Celliott wrote:
I don’t know if Sinclair had sex with Obama or not.
Only the two of them know the real truth. But, I have to say that Sinclair is long on allegations and very short on proof.
There is no proof that this is true. Of course you Obama haters would love it to be true. But, show me the evidence. Why is he coming out with this after 9 years. I have googled this claim and did not hear about it until about 5 months ago.
Sinclair could have try to damage Obama’s senatorial races,both state and national ones. Something just doesn’t fit. Now, one thing that we do know about Sinclair and there’s proof is that he is a criminal and been convicted of fraud, forgery, etc.
I think he is a con artist looking for some money to discredit Obama. We’ll see how things turn out. But, at the end of the day, I think we’ll see that Sinclair is what he is, a con man.
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 4:14 pm ¶
Celliott wrote:
I don’t know if Sinclair had sex with Obama or not.
Only the two of them know the real truth. But, I have to say that Sinclair is long on allegations and very short on proof.
There is no proof that this is true. Of course you Obama haters would love it to be true. But, show me the evidence. Why is he coming out with this after 9 years. I have googled this claim and did not hear about it until about 5 months ago.
Sinclair could have try to damage Obama’s senatorial races,both state and national ones. Something just doesn’t fit. Now, one thing that we do know about Sinclair and there’s proof is that he is a criminal and been convicted of fraud, forgery, etc.
I think he is a con artist looking for some money to discredit Obama. We’ll see how things turn out. But, at the end of the day, I think we’ll see that Sinclair is what he is, a con man.
Posted 17 Jun 2008 at 4:14 pm ¶
diogenes wrote:
Celliott: If Obama were just another guy in government who was bi-sexual and did drugs, why “out” him. But when you run for the top of the ticket and you’ve done crack cocaine - that’s something the people need to know. And who better for Obama to be on the down low with than somebody with a shady past. Let’s see what Sinclair has to say today when more details are revealed.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 6:43 am ¶
maggie wrote:
Larry Sinclair has been claiming these issues
much longer than a few months. He has never
veered from his statements. Now the NPC has
given him a chance to exercise his lst Amendment Rights–and that is a GOOD THING–those of you here who don’t value Freedom or Speech or Freedom of the Press, may I suggest you relocate to North Korea, Iran, or Cuba. Maybe you’d feel more comfortable under SUPPRESSION of speech and CENSORSHIP.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 10:44 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Larry Sinclair has a “27-year criminal record, with a specialty in crimes involving deceit“.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 10:50 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Some interesting tidbits from the previous link:
— Sinclair swore in a 2004 affidavit that he was terminally ill; given that he’s still alive and kicking, it appears that he lied
— Colorado records list him with 13 aliases, including “Larye Vizcarra Avila” and “Mohammed Gahanan.”
— After Sinclair failed a polygraph test about his Obama claims, he claimed “the polygraph’s sponsors had been bribed to skew the results against him, an allegation his lawyer, Sibley, said he would expand on at his press conference”
— Earlier this year, his lawyer Sibley had his license to practice law suspended by the Florida Bar Association, a suspension that applies in Washington, D.C. as well.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 11:00 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
previous comment deleted on wednesday night. we will not be a party to broadcasting Sinclair’s drivel.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 7:51 pm ¶
skinnyb. wrote:
This is not news.If we let every two bit low life hurl accusations at anyone then we are in for a pile of hurt.Strip away Sinclair’s criminal past,his admitted lack of morals and mental health issues, and it is still reprehensible to allow anyone, to utter baseless allegations ,with absolutely no evidence, at anyone. No matter their respective standing in life.We should be protecting each other from acts such as this and not lending it any weight, even with our outrage.
Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶
Al Wild wrote:
skinnyb, if we stop people from making baseless allegations, the entire Democrat party in both houses of Congress will have to be muzzled.
Posted 19 Jun 2008 at 12:18 am ¶
Brian Wood wrote:
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 shows the level of his paranoid schizophrenia.
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.
Posted 19 Jun 2008 at 7:11 am ¶
ThinkAboutIt wrote:
I watched Larry’s conference where he said that this company was his own creation.
One of the many wierd things about this story is how he lets the driver know essentially that he wants a prostitute - “someone to show him around”. A limo driver doesn’t call up a state legislator and law professor to service a scuzzy drug dealer - or whatever Larry claims was his occupation at the time - he calls up a pimp - or a prostitute he knows. Makes me wonder if there was simply a black prostitute that was using Barack’s name as a street name.
Posted 19 Jun 2008 at 10:47 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Trying to make sense out of unmitigated nonsense. Always a profitable exercise.
Posted 19 Jun 2008 at 11:54 am ¶
RightWinger wrote:
What none of you realize is Larry allegations are a lot more then drugs and oral sex. Larry has told the Chicago police that Obama was involved in the MURDER of a gay choir leader at Rev. (Hate monger) Wrights church. THAT will be barry’s downfall.
Posted 01 Jul 2008 at 2:52 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
If Larry said it, why then it must be true, mustn’t it?
Posted 01 Jul 2008 at 4:01 pm ¶