Obama employed and continues to employ several Farrakhan acolytes

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[cycle of discernment]

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Responding to criticism by Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, Barack Obama declared his strong opposition to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan:

I decry racism and anti-Semitism in every form and strongly condemn the anti-Semitic statements made by Minister Farrakhan.

Obama also went on to condemn his Church’s award to Farrakhan and his minister’s tight relationship with him.

But a former Obama insider says that Obama’s sudden aversion to NOI and Farrakhan is belied by the fact that Obama employed and continues to employ several Farrakhan acolytes in high positions on his Illinois and U.S. Senate campaign and office staffs. I have verified that this person–who agreed to talk on the condition of anonymity–held a key position in the Obama campaign. The insider was so close to Senator Obama that they frequently personally discussed and exchanged direct e-mail messages on campaign and policy matters. This person is not connected with the Clintons and is not a disgruntled employee.

[screaminsunshine]

I have been wondering when the connections to the black muslims and New black Panthers will come out. Notice how low all the black groups are laying.

[Waco]

Looks like the hanging chads’’ are gonna have to keep on hanging, this time.

[ought-six]

Obama is so incredibly dangerous. His myriad negatives and failings are there for all to see, but fully one half of the American electorate just don’t care. They will welcome fascism; hell, they are eagerly working towards it.

I hate fascism. And I know I am not alone. What are we going to do about it, folks?

[bushfamfan]

This is relevent as to the radical nature of Obama and what he will tolerate. He will tolerate enemies AT HOME as well as abroad. You cannot trust him and he needs to answer for it with it being a campaign issue.

[maggief]

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Tony Rezko- Top fundraiser, adviser and close friend of Blagojevich faces scrutiny as controversies dog the administration in which he has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role
Chicago Tribune (IL) - May 26, 2005
Author: John Chase, Tribune staff reporter.

EXCERPT

Making connections

After graduation, Rezko met the son of deceased Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad , Jabir Herbert Muhammad , who was managing boxer Muhammad Ali’s career. Jabir Muhammad and Rezko quickly hit it off, and Rezko soon joined Ali’s entourage, meeting heads of state and hashing out endorsement deals for the champ.

Some of those he met with Ali included leaders in Qatar, who years later Rezko said he would tap to encourage the emir to travel to Illinois.

“I would meet people in the region, and some of them I stayed in touch with. ... When they come here, they call me,” he said. The emir “said he has never been to Chicago, never been in Illinois, and I asked why, and he said, `I had never been asked to come.’ So I said, `You have to see it. I’m asking.’”

Rezko ‘s link to Jabir Muhammad came under fire this year after Chicago officials alleged that Muhammad was acting as a front for Rezko , enabling the developer to control Panda Express restaurants at O’Hare that were supposed to be controlled by a minority-owned firm. The city’s complaint is pending.

Rezko said Muhammad was his entree into politics. After Muhammad encouraged Rezko to get involved in Harold Washington’s run for mayor in 1983, Rezko held a fundraiser to assist the effort of Chicago’s first African-American mayor.

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As Rezko ‘s involvement in politics grew, so did his business. He graduated from building subsidized housing on the South Side to building $1 million homes. Rezko also hired politically connected insiders, including Jones, who once was Stroger’s chief of staff, and Terry Teele, a former top aide to Mayor Richard Daley who left City Hall after admitting he had arranged for personal loans from a lobbyist.

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Rezko declined to say how many members of Blagojevich’s cabinet or of state boards and commissions he has personal or business relations with. But records show he has ties to several Blagojevich appointees, including the heads of procurement, economic opportunity, housing and finance.

Also close to Rezko are two former members of a controversial state board that oversaw hospital construction. Both gave Blagojevich $25,000 contributions days before they were appointed to the panel, which has since been revamped amid a criminal investigation into its decisions.

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[hershey]

Just a taste of what we’ll see in the WH if Obama wins.

[Islander7]

“...Notice how low all the black groups are laying....”

Yes I do! It has been strangely quiet hasn’t it.