This Is a Test Can Barack Obama pass?

nationalreview.com ^ | July 5, 2008 | Michael Barone

[Free ThinkerNY]

‘They’re going to try to make you afraid of me,” Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. “He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?” Obama was doing here by inference what many of his supporters do more explicitly. Obama’s candidacy, in their view, puts American voters to the test: Are they open-minded enough to vote for a black candidate? Or are they still so overcome by racial prejudice as to reject the first black candidate with a serious chance to win?

There are obviously problems with this. In a nation of 303 million, there are surely some people who won’t vote for Obama because he’s black. But there are a lot more Americans who aren’t willing to vote for him for other reasons that have nothing to do with race — because he’s a Democrat, because he’s taken liberal positions on many issues, because (to quote his own words) he’s young and inexperienced.

In any case, Obama’s candidacy by itself is not a test of whether Americans are unwilling to vote for a black candidate; to determine that, you would have to take into account whether those unwilling to vote for him would be willing to vote for a different kind of black candidate. And as it happens, there is such a test case. In the fall of 1995, Colin Powell, fresh from a boffo book tour, was (or was widely thought to be) contemplating running for president. There were plenty of polls matching him as the Republican nominee against incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton. And running well: A typical Gallup poll had him leading Clinton 54 to 39 percent.

[hecht]

mixed race is not black, but if it is Harding was the first

[Zevonismymuse]

Trying to offset operation chaos. (Who doesn’t think Hillary would win?)

I think McCain is a weak candidate against either Hillary or Obama or anyone for that matter.

If it were not for Operation Chaos Obama would not have a single chink in his armor.

We are going to have to win this one without a candidate. We need to keep exposing Obama for the socialist charlatan he is.

[Ooh-Ah]

‘They’re going to try to make you afraid of me,” Barack Obama told the audience at a Jacksonville fundraiser last month. “He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

Lt. Col. Allen West's response:

My advice to Senator Obama is to run as a Man and Leader, and the American people will evaluate you as such, not as a victim. This is a Presidential race, based solely on a capacity to lead the United States of America. It is not about skin tone...however, perhaps we should come to expect these immature statements.

It also seems rather humorous that the Presidential candidate who was supposed to be such a "uniter" and transcend race is the one talking about it the most. If Senator Obama was confident in his abilities and character, he would not need to create a crutch for failure. Senator Obama has just tipped his hand, any criticism of him and his policies will be directly attributed to racism. I congratulate Senator Obama for taking race relations in America back some 30 years.

For FR comments, see:
[Lt. Col Allen] West Answers Obama:Run as a Man and Leader
Allen West (Cong. Candidate FL 22) responds to Obama saying Republicans will use race to stoke fear

[ETL]

"They’re going to try to make you afraid of me,"..."He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?"

Afraid of an Obama presidency? Now why on Earth would anyone be afraid of that?

Obama's FIRST Flip-Flop: IRAN

May 18, 2008: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us. ...they spend 1/100th of what we spend on the military. I mean, if Iran ever tried to pose a serious threat to us, they wouldn't stand a chance.

May 20, 2008: Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the regions and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel's existence. It denies the Holocaust.

Source for these genuine Obama quotes: NewsBusters.org:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/05/23/fnc-shows-obamas-iran-flip-flop-colmes-might-talk-hitler

[Ooh-Ah]

PING

[SampleMan]

I'm so comfortable in my color blindness, that I can vote against Obama and never fret for a second that it was for any reason other than his socialist rant.

[rawcatslyentist]

Rev. Wright's Controversial Black Liberation Theology Doctrine

well now we should "Liberate" them from US citizenship, if they hate it soooooo much!

Repatriation, is reparation enough!

[patriot08]

Here’s another quote to add to your list:

“God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims....God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.” – Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan

[Jeff Head]

Like any liberal, and marxist I might add, Obama paints others with the brush he has been painted with. He knows full well he has a race and a patriotism issue, so his campaign is simply trying to get out in front of it and make anyone who uses it on him look like the culprit.

We must forge ahead exposing the truth about this charaltan, militant anti-American, and abject marxist.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - CHANGE YOU CAN COUNT ON, BUT DON'T WANT

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

NOBAMA '08 SIGHTED IN IDAHO, JULY 2008

[musicman]

Thanks!! You have a GREAT collection!!!

[ETL]

Here’s another quote to add to your list:
“God will destroy America by the hands of the Muslims....God will not give Japan or Europe the honor of bringing down the United States; this is an honor God will bestow upon Muslims.” – Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan

It's not really about "Allah" (or "Jesus") with any of these Black leftist organizations. Religion is just a ploy they use to promote hatred, division, and ultimately revolution. Black Liberation Theology, without a doubt, is revolutionary Marxism, and ALL of these groups openly subscribe to it.

From the Louis Farrakhan/Nation of Islam website, Final Call...
Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPP):
"We are happy today to be standing side by side with the Nation of Islam. We believe, like the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad believe, in a nation of our own. We believe in a Black first philosophy and a Black Liberation Theology. We don’t worry about the criticism. We love all of those who labored in the Panther Party from the ’60s. Many are with us today."
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1858.shtml

Louis Farrakhan, at the Millions More Movement rally in DC, Oct 15, 2005: "...what Mao Tse Tung did was, he went to the cultural community, and they [Farrakhan spreads his arms beneficently] accepted his idea."..."Mao Tse Tung ... had a billion people whose lives he had to transform."..."the idea of Mao Tse Tung became the idea of a billion people, and China became a world power on the base of the culture and the arts community. If we had a ministry of art and culture in every city we'd create this movement [in the U.S.]."
Source: http://thedrunkablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/communist-plot-noted.html

Louis Farrakhan, Santiago de Cuba, February, 1998: "There is not a member of the black masses in the United States who is not proud of the example set by Cuba and its revolution, with Comandante Fidel at its head"
Source: http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/farakhan21898.html#says

"Minister Farrakhan and his delegation met privately with President Fidel Castro of Cuba."
http://www.finalcall.com/media/cuba/

[isthisnickcool]

He’s not black. He’s an arab.

[Yomin Postelnik]

We have plenty of great African American candidates on our side, Lt Col Allen West and Dr Marion Thorpe coming straight to mind.

It’s racist to vote FOR someone just because of race as well. The Dumocrats should be reminded of that.

[Ben Reyes]

I don’t think I am open-minded enough to vote for a radical leftist. Sorry, Charlie. No can do.

[BigDaddyTX]

Why is Obama black and not white?

[dennisw]

The blacks are the racist this year because all polls show they will vote for Obama 95% and higher

Will whites vote McCain 95%??? No, Whites are much more fair.

[Riverman94610]

Funny you mention the May Day Rally in SF in 1969 cause I was there that day.When they announced that”Pig Brodnik”had been beaten to death by a bunch of”Latino brothers”much of the crowd cheered.
I got sick.To glofify in the brutal death of another human being.I never thought of the Panthers or their white allies the same way after that grisly afternnon almost forty years ago.

[ETL]

Funny you mention the May Day Rally in SF in 1969 cause I was there that day. When they announced that ”Pig Brodnik” had been beaten to death by a bunch of ”Latino brothers”, much of the crowd cheered.

Did they actually say 'beaten' to death? (if you can recall from 39 yrs ago) Because in the piece I got off the Maoist Internationalist Movement website, which supposedly appeared in the BBP's own newspaper at the time, they said he was shot to death. Or did they (the Latin group), perhaps, shoot him after they had already beaten him to death?

From the Maoist Internationist Movement:
[1960s] Black Panther Party [BPP] Archives
From the article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROES

"On May 1st, May Day [1969], the day of the gigantic Free Huey rally, two of Alioto's top executioners vamped on the brothers from the Brown Community who were attending to their own affairs. These brothers, who are endowed with the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panther Party defended themselves from the racist pig gestapo.

Pig Joseph Brodnik received his just reward with a big hole in the chest. Pig Paul McGoran got his in the mouth which was not quite enough to off him.

The revolutionary brothers escaped the huge swarm of pigs with dogs, mace, tanks and helicopters, proving once again that "the spirit of the people is greater than the man's technology."

To these brothers the revolutionary people of racist America want to say, by your revolutionary deed you are heroes, and that you are always welcome to our camp."

Source: Maoist Internationist Movement
Article: REVOLUTIONARY HEROS (May 11, 1969):
http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/bpp/index.html

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2005: From the Louis Farrakhan / Nation of Islam website, Final Call...
Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBPP):
"We are happy today to be standing side by side with the Nation of Islam. We believe, like the Nation of Islam and the Honorable Elijah Muhammad believe, in a nation of our own. We believe in a Black first philosophy and a Black Liberation Theology. We don’t worry about the criticism. We love all of those who labored in the Panther Party from the ’60s. Many are with us today."
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1858.shtml

This New Black Panther Party endorsement was actually up on Obama's website for some period of time. They have since removed it. Anyone know more about this?

From the extreme left Huffington Post:
"In what must be the most despicable, unprofessional news article that I have ever read on Faux News... The front page of FoxNews.com shows an article titled 'Obama Gets 'Panther' Ok'. They point to a public profile set up by somebody claiming to be a member of the New Black Panther Party who supports Barack Obama.

Here's the problem- anybody can set up a profile and blog on the my.barackobama.com section of the website claiming support of Obama. There is no way to tell if this came from the 'black panther party', and even if it did, Obama's campaign has absolutely nothing to do with it, no control of it, and no knowledge of it when it is posted."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/20/fox-news-publishes-false-_n_92526.html

Comment: First of all, the leader of the New Black Panther Party ("For Self Defense"), himself, states that they, like the Nation of Islam, are subscribers to Black Liberation Theology, which then would be the same ideology taught in Obama's 'former' church. So why would it 'shock' anyone if the NBPP was in fact endorsing Obama? He was a member of the 'church' for twenty years before he just now suddenly 'woke up' and quit a month or so ago.-ETL

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Louis Farrakhan, at the annual Saviours' Day celebration in Chicago, Feb. 25, 2008: "This young man is the hope of the entire world that America will change and be made better"..."If you look at Barack Obama's audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed."
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4337417

Louis Farrakhan, at the Millions More Movement rally in DC, Oct 15, 2005: "...what Mao Tse Tung did was, he went to the cultural community, and they [Farrakhan spreads his arms beneficently] accepted his idea."..."Mao Tse Tung ... had a billion people whose lives he had to transform."..."the idea of Mao Tse Tung became the idea of a billion people, and China became a world power on the base of the culture and the arts community. If we had a ministry of art and culture in every city we'd create this movement [in the U.S.]."
Source: http://thedrunkablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/communist-plot-noted.html

Louis Farrakhan, Santiago de Cuba, February, 1998: "There is not a member of the black masses in the United States who is not proud of the example set by Cuba and its revolution, with Comandante Fidel at its head"
Source: http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/farakhan21898.html#says

"Minister Farrakhan and his delegation met privately with President Fidel Castro of Cuba."
http://www.finalcall.com/media/cuba/

Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Obama's pastor and spirtual advisor "crazy uncle" of more than 20 years, honors "Honorable" Minister Louis Farrakhan with the "Jeremiah A. Wright Lifetime Achievement Trumpeteer Award" at the 2007 Trumpet Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
[it appears the original video was removed, but this one is identical to it]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW2OhkZ0RSg

[ETL]

Regarding the 911 attacks..."Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago?"

August, 2003: Ward Churchill Caught On Tape Advocating Terrorism vs Fellow Americans!

Audio link at Michell Malkin's website (included below)

Question from audience:
You mentioned a little bit ago, "Why did it take a bunch of Arabs to do what you all should have done a long time ago," that's my question.

Churchill: I'm gonna repeat that, tell me if I got that right: Why shouldn't we do something and how do you you move so they don't see you coming.

As to the first part, not a reason in the world that I could see. I can't find a single reason that you shouldn't in a principled way —there may be some practical considerations, such as do you know how (laughter from audience)

—you know, often these things are processes. It's not just an impulse. And certainly it's not just an event.

And the simple answer, although it probably should be more complicated, but I'm not being flip and giving the simple answer, is:
You carry the weapon. That's how they don't see it coming. You're the one...

They talk about "color blind or blind to your color." You said it yourself.

You don't send the Black Liberation Army into Wall Street to conduct an action.

You don't send the American Indian Movement into downtown Seattle to conduct an action.

Who do you send? You. Your beard shaved, your hair cut close, and wearing a banker's suit.

There's probably a whole lot more to it, you know that. But there's where you start. .."

more...

Audio link at:
http://michellemalkin.com/archives/001588.htm

[Arrowhead1952]

Don’t mind that I went to a racist church with a hate mongering preacher, but I am ready to be POTUS with two years as a senator.

NOT just no, but H*** NO.