<div dir="ltr">Obviously, according to the transitive property of blackness, Obama is responsible for individuals whose beliefs he's specifically rejected, so long as another person he knows holds the opposite opinion.<br>
<br>-- ACS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:15 AM, No Weatherman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:no.weatherman@gmail.com">no.weatherman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Obama's Farrakhan Problem<br>
Posted by Mark Hyman on 10.16.08 @ 6:08AM<br>
<br>
Barack Obama has a Louis Farrakhan problem and not because of his<br>
endorsement from Farrakhan. Instead, it is because of Obama's<br>
more-than-passing association with Farrakhan and those who are close<br>
to the Nation of Islam leader.<br>
<br>
In spite of Farrakhan's long history as a racist, bigot and<br>
anti-Semite, Obama thought favorably enough of him to join Farrakhan's<br>
1995 march on Washington, D.C. Reportedly, Obama joined Reverends<br>
Jeremiah Wright and Al Sharpton in organizing the march.<br>
<br>
Farrakhan's bona fides as a purveyor of hate are well-documented. He<br>
called Jews "bloodsuckers," Judaism a "gutter religion" and referred<br>
to Adolf Hitler as a "great man." Farrakhan said, "The God who taught<br>
me calls the white man the skunk of the planet earth."<br>
<br>
Farrakhan promoted the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that "the AIDS<br>
epidemic is a result of doctors, especially Jewish ones, who inject<br>
the AIDS virus into blacks." According to Farrakhan, blacks are<br>
prevented from progressing in the arts, sports, academia and politics<br>
because of Jews. "When I talk to the Jews, I am talking to a segment<br>
of that quorum that holds my people in their grip," he told the<br>
Chicago Sun-Times.<br>
<br>
Farrakhan claimed that the POWER line of toiletry products he launched<br>
in the 1980s failed to succeed because of pressure from Jews. Obama<br>
blamed the failure of Farrakhan's products on whites. In Dreams from<br>
My Father, Obama wrote "That the POWER campaign sputtered said<br>
something about the difficulty that faced any black business — the<br>
barriers to entry, the lack of finance, the leg up that your<br>
competitors possessed after having kept you out of the game for over<br>
three hundred years."<br>
<br>
This should not be quickly dismissed as merely guilt by association<br>
because the overall narrative is one of someone continually<br>
associating with a group of repugnant individuals. Consider Obama's<br>
20-year close relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, a long-time<br>
Farrakhan supporter.<br>
<br>
Wright's close friendship with Farrakhan goes back at least to the<br>
1980s. Wright joined Farrakhan on a 1984 trip to Libya to visit<br>
Moammar Gadhafi. Wright predicted that once this became public<br>
knowledge "a lot of his [Obama's] Jewish support will dry up quicker<br>
than a snowball in Hell."<br>
<br>
In his 1996 book "When Black Men Stand Up for God," Wright called<br>
Farrakhan's black critics "'colored' leaders," "Oreos," "house<br>
niggras," and "enemies." Wright praised Farrakhan as recently as last<br>
year. "Minister Farrakhan will be remembered as one of the 20th and<br>
21st century giants of the African-American religious experience," he<br>
said. "His love for Africa and African American people has made him an<br>
unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who<br>
is sincere about his faith and his purpose."<br>
<br>
Trumpet, a magazine operated by Wright and Trinity Church, honored<br>
Farrakhan in November 2007 with the "Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.<br>
Lifetime Achievement Trumpeteer" Award.<br>
<br>
Farrakhan was knee-deep in a racist and anti-Semitic scandal the year<br>
before his D.C. march. Senior Nation of Islam official Khalid Abdul<br>
Muhammad delivered three hours of remarks at New Jersey's Keane<br>
College that attacked whites, Jews, Catholics, homosexuals and white<br>
South Africans.<br>
<br>
Muhammad called Jews "the blood suckers of the black nation and the<br>
black community." He warned the audience of "Columbia Jew-niversity<br>
over in Jew York City." He called the U.N., the "Jew-nited Nations."<br>
He said Jews were named Reubenstein, Goldstein and Silverstein because<br>
they "[have] been stealing rubies and gold and silver all over the<br>
earth. That's why we can't even wear a ring or a bracelet or a<br>
necklace without calling it Jewelry . . . but it's not jewelry, it's<br>
Jew-elry." Muhammad argued Jews who perished in the Holocaust had it<br>
coming to them. He asked, "[D]on't nobody ever ask what did they do to<br>
Hitler?" Then he answered his own question with, "They had undermined<br>
the very fabric of the society."<br>
<br>
A public outcry erupted and several public figures implored Farrakhan<br>
to repudiate Muhammad. Instead, Farrakhan backed Muhammad at a rally<br>
saying, "We know that Jews are the most organized, rich and powerful<br>
people, not only in America, but in the world. They are plotting<br>
against us even as we speak." Then Farrakhan clasped Muhammad in an<br>
embrace on stage. Yet, this did not dissuade Obama from joining<br>
Farrakhan's march the following year.<br>
<br>
Obama admitted to showing interest in the Black Muslim faith when he<br>
was in his 20s. "I would occasionally pick up the paper [The Final<br>
Call, the Nation of Islam's newspaper] . . . sometimes because my<br>
attention was caught by the sensational, tabloid-style headlines<br>
(CAUCASIAN WOMAN ADMITS: WHITES ARE THE DEVIL)," he wrote in "Dreams."<br>
"Inside the front cover, one found reprints of the minister's<br>
speeches, as well as stories that could have been picked straight off<br>
the AP news wire were it not for certain editorial embellishments<br>
("Jewish Senator Metzenbaum announced today. . .")."<br>
<br>
Renewed scrutiny of Obama's decades-long associations is not helpful<br>
to his candidacy especially considering the concerns of many in the<br>
Jewish community over Obama's ties to noted anti-Semites and critics<br>
of Israel. It has not gone unnoticed that it was not until after he<br>
began his presidential run that Obama first offered mild criticism of<br>
Louis Farrakhan.<br>
<a href="http://www.spectator.org/archives/2008/10/16/obamas-farrakhan-problem" target="_blank">http://www.spectator.org/archives/2008/10/16/obamas-farrakhan-problem</a><br>
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