Jack Cafferty:

The Tennessee Republican Party has set its sights on Michelle Obama – the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

A new web video highlights her controversial comment earlier this year, saying she was proud of America “for the first time in my adult life.” Obama later clarified the remark saying she meant she was proud of how Americans were engaging in the political process, and that she was always proud of her country.

Nonetheless, the GOP video replays her remark six times and mixes in commentary by people who live in Tennessee on why they’re proud of America. The party says it’s always been proud of this country, and it requested that state radio stations play patriotic music in honor of Michelle Obama’s visit there yesterday.

The Obama campaign calls the attack “shameful”. It says that the Republican Party’s “pathetic” attempts to use similar smear tactics have already failed in elections in Mississippi and Louisiana, and will fail again in November. The campaign calls on the Tennessee Republican Party to address Senator Obama directly next time, instead of going after his family.

That, unfortunately for Barack Obama, is not all. Matt Lewis writes at Townhall blog:

Rumor has it that there is video of Michelle Obama "railing against 'whitey' at Jeremiah Wright's church."

If this is true, it could be lethal.  It's one thing to distance yourself from your pastor, but quite another thing to distance yourself from your spouse.

Might Rev. Wright be the one leaking the video?

Be warned:  Again -- this might be just be a rumor.  Or it might be big -- if it's true.  Stay tuned ...

Update:  I talked to Larry Johnson, the blogger who has this story.  I don't personally know Johnson, but his bio seems pretty credible.  He was once considered a "darling of the Left," but has become somewhat of a "bad guy" since turning against Obama.

He speculates the goal is to hold onto the video till August. 

At a minimum this rumor is out there.