Obama Was a New Party Member as Recently as 1996 [PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE]

NEW ZEAL ^ | Thursday, October 23, 2008 | Trevor Loudon

[Obadiah]

Will the last honest journalist please turn off the lights.

[nmh]

Why doesn’t someone put out an ad on that?

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

FRiend, I’m confident that the New Media is watching the New Party issue. Not to fear. We are closing in.

[Yo-Yo]

“These victories prove that democracy with a small ‘d’ can work,” said Obama.

[According2RecentPollsAirIsGood]

Man, it’s even got his picture. There aren’t enough smoking gun pictures in the world to do this justice. And yet it will be ignored.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Ads take time. New Party information is pretty new [please pardon the pun].

[YdontUleaveLibs]

I keep forgetting we are still going after the wishy-washy vote. Seriously how can anyone even think 0bama could be a good President?

[marsh2]

He also stated that he was a proponent of “economic justice” in his NAACP speech. (This also has the component of distributive justice,)

[Joya]

Thanks !

BUMP TO THE TOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[feedback doctor]

Is this the chage we hope for?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I zapped it to Drudge.......but, because it is a blog, we shall see if he runs with it.

[rodguy911]

FNC might pick it up, send it to Mark for sure.
Someone on FR has e-mail links to everyone in the media. If anyone here knows who has it now is the time to post it.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Why haven’t Rush and Hannity been ALL OVER THIS??

Keep bumping this thread.

When they & their staffs come to FR, they glance at "Breaking News" because that's all they have time for.

Again: Keep bumping this thread.

Also, bump the John Galt thread about how the Obama campaign doesn't bother to match the person's name with the name on the credit card:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113089/posts

These are the two biggest stories of the day so far.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

This is a great report — but it is also rather depressing: Where has the McCain Campaign been? Where has the Republican Party Opposition Research been? Why hasn’t this gotten placed in the campaign advertising?

This is a very complex “narrative” and it is very late for this to get understood by virtually any segment of the population.

What is the matter with our media that they could “miss” something as basic and damning as this?

Thanks for posting.

[tapatio]

Bookmark

[NavyCanDo]

WOW! and double WOW.

This could be the Post of the Year......

BTT

[Columbo]

Nice to see a real scan of that update. I’ve been trying for weeks to get Rush and Hannity to mention this...perhaps photogrphic evidence will help :)

Here are some web links to various archived New Party and DSA pages:

What is the New Party?

“The New Party believes that the social, economic, and political progress of the United States requires a democratic revolution in America — the return of power to the people. Our basic purpose — reflected both in our own governance and in our aspirations for the nation — is to make that revolution happen.” http://web.archive.org/web/20010204044200/www.newparty.org/about_the_np.html

They describe themselves as “Social” Democrats:
“We’ve already said that we see the NP as an explicitly progressive and democratic organization. This would give it an ideology not unlike that of European social democratic parties, or the New Democratic Party of Canada.” http://www.nathannewman.org/EDIN/.election/np/bnm.html

Democratic Socialism is a form of socialism brought about via evolutionary rather than revolutionary methods, but it is Socialism nonetheless. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism

The New Party chapter in Chicago was dominated by ACORN early on: “But the nature of Chicago ACORN is secondary to the inevitable dynamics of the situation. As the single 800 pound gorilla in the Chicago New Party, it doesn’t leave a lot of room for newcomers to participate except on ACORN’s terms. This will make it difficult for the New Party to have a life apart from ACORN.” http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng38.html#anchor1869108

Later the Democratic Socialists of America took a larger roll: “...the NP is a true “Rainbow Coalition” consisting of both young and aged African-Americans, Hispanics and Caucasians. Although ACORN and SEIU Local 880 were the harbingers of the NP there was a strong presence of CoC and DSA (15% DSA).” http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng42.html#anchor792932

So, back to Obama. He sought membership and endorsement from the New Party in 1996 and had to sign a contract: (from the Democratic Socialists of America newsletter)
“About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential political candidates. The NP is being very active in organization building and politics. There are 300 members in Chicago. In order to build an organizational and financial base the NP is sponsoring house parties. Locally it has been successful both fiscally and in building a grassroots base. Nationwide it has resulted in 1000 people committed to monthly contributions. The NP’s political strategy is to support progressive candidates in elections only if they have a concrete chance to “win”. This has resulted in a winning ratio of 77 of 110 elections. Candidates must be approved via a NP political committee. Once approved, candidates must sign a contract with the NP. The contract mandates that they must have a visible and active relationship with the NP.
The political entourage included Alderman Michael Chandler, William Delgado, chief of staff for State Rep Miguel del Valle, and spokespersons for State Sen. Alice Palmer, Sonya Sanchez, chief of staff for State Sen. Jesse Garcia, who is running for State Rep in Garcia’s District; and Barack Obama, chief of staff for State Sen. Alice Palmer. Obama is running for Palmer’s vacant seat.” http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng42.html#anchor792932

That he received the endorsement and became a New Party member is confirmed by the New Party itself:
“Illinois: Three NP-members won Democratic primaries last Spring and face off against Republican opponents on election day: Danny Davis (U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary).”
http://web.archive.org/web/20010306031216/www.newparty.org/up9610.html

Of further interest is that Obama received endorsments from the Chicago DSA on multiple occasions and spoke at their forum on “economic insecurity” as a panel member.
“Over three hundred people attended the first of two Town Meetings on Economic Insecurity on February 25 in Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago. Entitled “Employment and Survival in Urban America”, the meeting was sponsored by the UofC DSA Youth Section, Chicago DSA and University Democrats. The panelists were Toni Preckwinkle, Alderman of Chicago’s 4th Ward; Barack Obama, candidate for the 13th Illinois Senate District; Professor William Julius Wilson, Center for the Study of Urban Inequality at the University of Chicago; Professor Michael Dawson, University of Chicago; and Professor Joseph Schwartz, Temple University and a member of DSA’s National Political Committee.”
http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng45.html

Later the DSA praised Obama’s remarks as “well within the mainstream of European social democracy.” http://www.chicagodsa.org/ngarchive/ng69.html#anchor540108

Conclusion: Obama sought endorsement and membership in an explicitly Democratic Socialist group, signed on the dotted line with them and continued to promote socialistic ideas throughout his Chicago political career.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Posting in epic thread!

Please Senator McCain and Governor Palin! Run with this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yo-Yo]

Reading the Wiki entry for the New Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Party_(USA)), guess which community organization name pops up? (Three guesses, and the first two nuts don't count...)

[library user]

Turns out the Messiah is actually just a huge nerd.