OBAMA SUPPORTERS DOCTOR FILM CLIP TO SLUR CLINTON CAMPAIGN

It now turns out that Team Obama was up to some dirty political tricks over the last two days.

Yesterday, “someone” posted a film clip from the movie “The War Room” on You Tube, in which a Clinton advisor allegedly uttered a slur on Indianans (calling them “shit”).

Apparently, this did not turn into the news sensation that Team Obama was seeking (since Obama continued to plummet in the polls), so a new, beefed up clip of the same documentary scene was posted on You Tube earlier today. To Cantor’s (alleged) expletive, the second version had added a racial slur (the “N” word).

The punch line: It now turns out that both versions of the You Tube video were doctored to slur the Clinton campaign.

As Politico’s Ben Smith reports:

“I just spoke to D.A. Pennebaker, the director of "The War Room," who said his film had been doctored to produce a widely-viewed You Tube clip.

In a clip from his film on the 1992 Clinton campaign, posted to YouTube today, Clinton advisor Mickey Kantor is -- according to subtitles -- seen referring to Indiana residents with an expletive and to his colleague George Stephanopolous with a racial slur.

"He does not say that. He does not say that," said Pennebaker, after viewing the clip.
“He said the initial expletive referred to the anticipated reaction in the Bush White House to the fact that Ross Perot's polling numbers were holding strong.

"What he says is he’s surprised Perot’s numbers are holding," said Pennebaker in a brief phone interview. "He says they must be shi**ing in the White House."

“The second expletive, he said, appeared to have been entirely fabricated, with new audio dubbed onto the original movie.

Pennebaker appeared surprised and amused by the video.

“"A thousand people saw that film in theaters and didn't think" the second expletive had been used, he said. "It's very clearly understandable. It's not like it was in Bulgarian."

“In an earlier version posted yesterday, the clip was circulating with a subtitle indicating -- Pennebaker says inaccurately -- that Kantor had insulted Hoosiers; the racial slur appears to have been added to the second version.”

So there you have it.

Overzealous Obama supporters faked a 1992 film clip of a Clinton advisor insulting the people of Indiana, and when that did not work the clip was again doctored to add the same advisor uttering the “N” word.

While Team Obama’s desperation is completely understandable—Clinton is poised for a win in Indiana and for a possible upset in North Carolina—this whole affair is as dirty as politics can get.