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This past weekend Mickey Kantor, Bill Clinton’s campaign chairman in 1992, became the victim of the worst kind of libelous internet smear campaign imaginable. Kantor is now an adviser to Hillary Clinton, whom I have some strong opinions about. It doesn’t matter who he works for however. He could work for Karl Rove and I would still think this is ridiculous.

In a video, posted Friday on youtube, an inaudible sections of the 1993 film The War Room is subtitled so that it appears that Kantor is asking fellow staffer George Stephanopoulos “How would you like to be a worthless white n****r?” The alleged quote is supposedly a jab at Indiana voters, but it comes from out of nowhere and doesn’t make any sense in context. See the original clip here.

Huffington Post’s Sam Stein thinks Kantor is most likely saying “How would you like to be in the White House right now?” My money is on “Hey George, Why don’t we go to the bathroom and rub one out?”

Sam Stein’s version is infinitely more likely.

I know very little about Kantor, or his views, but it’s pretty unlikely that anyone working in politics would make this kind of ridiculous statement in earshot of a fucking camera crew. This appears to be a wholly manufactured smear designed to bloody up one of the Clinton’s closest advisors. I would love to assume this is the work of a crazed right-wing loony, but it feels like the work of an overzealous Obama supporter. As one of them Obama supporters, I feel I need to denounce this sort of crap at once.

As for those in the liberal blogoshpere who have been pushing this as a serious story, you should be ashamed of yourselves. There are plenty of real issues that need attention and we don’t need to go inventing new ones on the interweb.

About The Author - Stirling McLaughlin is an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator in New York City. Stirling enjoys vegan baking, expensive sportswear and mustard and relish sandwiches. Stirling lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter. - Visit Stirling's site.