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Obama Blows His OBL Moment
IBD Editorials ^ | Friday, May 11, 2007 | INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Posted on 10/25/2008 11:15:23 PM PDT by Brown Deer

The nation's first serious black candidate for president should be outraged that al-Qaida would try to exploit African-Americans for the terror cause. Oddly, he's not.

Osama bin Laden's deputy last week made a sinister pitch to blacks in the U.S., and Barack Obama shrugged.

Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri earlier this month courted blacks by frequently invoking Malcolm X, aka Al-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz, a past leader of the Nation of Islam.

Shamelessly, al-Zawahri encouraged blacks to join al-Qaida's holy war against the American "oppressor," and sacrifice their blood against "injustice" like the "struggler and martyr" Malcolm X.

He noted that the Muslim civil-rights leader condoned "violent" methods to help win equality for blacks, while implying that blacks today are still oppressed.

Obama could have stood up and blunted the effect of such a dastardly appeal by saying he's proof positive blacks aren't oppressed. But he didn't.

Obama also could have pointed out that hundreds of African-Americans were murdered by Muslim terrorists on 9/11, and that we are all in this battle against Islamic terrorism together. But he didn't. He stayed silent. Why?

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To: Brown Deer

He stayed silent because he’s NOT black. . .He’s half WHITE, and partially black, and who knows what else.


41 posted on 10/26/2008 2:20:25 AM PDT by beethoven
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To: MinutesToLive

I call troll and DU mole.


42 posted on 10/26/2008 2:56:42 AM PDT by Beckwith ('Typical White Person')
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To: Brown Deer
Summarizing Obama's position on OBL:

"I'll keep my tongue in my mouth"

43 posted on 10/26/2008 3:28:58 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Brown Deer

BTTT


44 posted on 10/26/2008 5:58:18 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Nightshift

gnip....


45 posted on 10/26/2008 6:36:38 AM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: Brown Deer

Because as Obama said in one of his two tomes, (I paraphrase), “If the going gets nasty, I’m siding with Muslims.”


46 posted on 10/26/2008 6:39:40 AM PDT by hershey
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To: Nightshift

gnip...


47 posted on 10/26/2008 6:41:24 AM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: ASA Vet

I love the T-shirt!

I have been reading the posts here for quite awhile, but just joined today. You guys are awesome!

Maybe I am just crazy...but, I wonder if this is a bad sign.

(OSAMA) BIN LADEN
Take away the N, L, and A.....what do you have?
BIDEN (as in Joe)


48 posted on 10/26/2008 7:08:41 AM PDT by Ames65
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To: RedMonqey
If minutestolive clarified I didn't see it. Where did you see it?
49 posted on 10/26/2008 8:45:26 AM PDT by antiunion person (If you're patriotic, don't vote the Obama/Biden ticket.)
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To: antiunion person
I was being more than a little sarcastic. See his post 29.

That reads to me he is indeed a troll . Or an idiot who will be used against FR as proof is a radically dangerous website.

He’s a troll.

Hey!!! My first troll outing!!!!

50 posted on 10/26/2008 8:55:20 AM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: Brown Deer

Obama would NEVER admit that there may be a problem with terrorism at this point. He is so weak on the subject it would just push votes for Mccain.
he has avoided the terrorist situation and radical Muslim issues as much as he can. That is where Mccain would kill him in the polls.

If he paid any attention to it at all, Showed it had any weight. Obama would turn everyone against him showing that there is a terrorist problem. He would be the biggest loser of all times for POTUS.


51 posted on 10/26/2008 9:41:37 AM PDT by Munz (Infiltrate Interrogate Eradicate NEXT!)
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To: Brown Deer

Obama is half white. Maybe that part is ok with it.


52 posted on 10/26/2008 9:42:43 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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To: sageb1

Done, come on people we need more than 8 votes!


53 posted on 10/26/2008 12:41:04 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
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