Via Hot Air, comes this devastating snippet from the 1992 documentary on the Clintons' victory in 1992, The War Room. As Ed Morrissey writes:

And suddenly, Crackerquiddick is on the other foot. This looks like it came from The War Room, a documentary about the first Clinton presidential campaign, although I don’t recall the scene. Regardless, there can be little dispute about the people in the video being Carville, Stephanopolous, and Kantor.

What makes this worse is that Kantor gives that creepy, sotto voce whisper while saying this, knowing how bad it sounds but obviously unable to stop himself from saying it. Neither Carville nor Stephanopolous challenge Kantor, at least not in this clip. All three appear to agree that Indiana voters are worthless for Democrats even when they supported Clinton.

This isn’t quite as bad as Obama’s comments in San Francisco in a couple of respects. Hillary isn’t saying this, and it was 16 years ago, not six weeks ago. However, the disgust for the white working class comes through much more clearly in this video, and the fact that it comes from a former Clinton Cabinet official and current adviser makes it all the more compelling.

Indiana voters go to the polls in less than a week. Will they figure out which campaign despises them less?

Mickey Kantor, who served as campaign chairman during Clinton's 1992 run for the White House and says he has offered help and advice to Sen. Clinton, insisted that the tape was a fraud and that he was exploring legal steps against the individual who posted it online.

"I've never used that word [the n-word] in my entire life, ever, under any circumstance, ever," an angry Kantor told The Huffington Post, citing his and his parent's work fighting for civil rights. "I have listened to [the video] and so have you. You can't tell what it is I'm saying in that second sentence, you can't decipher that."

The Internet Immortality Thesis comes into play once again, as someone clipped out this scene, captioned it, and uploaded it to YouTube--but it's obvious that Kantor knew that D.A. Pennebaker's documentary crew was filming him at the time.

Update: Doctored clip? Scroll to the bottom of Capt. Ed's post for updates.

More: Watching the longer version of the War Room clip that the above scene comes from, the audio of Kantor’s muffled whisper doesn’t sound at all different, so I don’t think the sound was doctored (fast-forward to about 4:35, when Kantor enters). But the caption is very likely a complete fabrication.

So, as Ed asks, who wrote it and uploaded the clip?

Last Update For Now: As you can see, the clip has been pulled. As Glenn Reynolds wryly notes, "I was hoping for change"; these sorts of dirty tricks aren't going to change the sentiments from those on the left who don't support "Mr. Getalong"--no matter which side this actually came from.