So here is a post from yesterday where the contributor raised the question of whether this horrific-sounding "Fatherhood" video is possibly that of John Podesta caught in the act of severely abusing a child. A number of people dismissed the notion, saying the man's accent sounded too Bostonian. However, I'd like to push back at this, based on the following observations:

1. This guy in the video is constantly yelling, so I would expect his accent to get animated as well. Podesta has a strong Chicago accent. Here is a video where at the 2:43 mark a voice expert explains how the "short a" in a Chicago accent can sound like that of a Bostonian. But the rest of this video explains the Chicago accent and you can really hear this in Podesta's voice. I grew up in the Chicago area and remember hearing people sounding like Podesta. This accent isn't as common as it once was, but he grew up there in the 1950's in the NW side, and so he was in the thick of cultural (white, middle class Catholic) Chicago.

2. Another interesting thing I heard: If you listen to the "Fatherhood" video, you can hear at the 0:11 mark that his voice cracks. But lo, at about the 0:23 mark in this video, you catch Podesta's voice crack during an exited response to a pushy Chris Matthews question. But also, you can just hear Podesta's basic voice quality and strong Chicago accent quite well.

3. At about the 0:12 marker in the "Fatherhood" video, after yelling the "What's my name?!?" question, it really sounds like the child screams "John!" To which the man responds, "My OTHER name - what do you call me?!?"

4. But the basic tonal quality, even though he is constantly yelling, sure in the hell sounds like it could be Podesta to me. He has an annoyingly wispy, high pitched voice, and the 1950's Chicago accent just adds to the irritation. I am hearing all of these qualities in this "Fatherhood" video. Albeit, if this kind of activity is where Podesta gets his greatest thrills, it makes sense to me that in this setting his voice will sound stronger and more powerful that usual.

5. Also, the original poster (muhxburner) is listed as only active for one day. So it seems this poster signed up specifically to present this particular lead. Hmmm... interesting. Could point to a possible leaker? Please chime in if you feel so inclined, muhxburner!

If anyone out there has access to professional grade voice matching software, could you please do a comparison of these two files?

At the risk of being completely trolled by worldcorpo (or muhxburner), I felt strong enough that I wanted to keep this thread alive. If this ends up being for real, it may be the smoking gun we've been waiting for. But if not, I certainly apologize in advance for wasting anyone's time.