Posted on 11/09/2008 8:51:30 PM PST by FocusNexus
"President-elect Obama has energized all segments of the depressed, downtrodden, rejected and despised," he said in a 90-minute speech at Mosque Maryam on the city's South Side. "Now it is up to us to take the new energy that he has given us ... and channel that energy into making ourselves better."
Dressed in intricately decorated red and gold robes and a matching fez, the once-ailing 75-year-old leader spoke to more than 1,000 followers in an address called "America's New Beginning: President-elect Barack Obama."
Farrakhan, who said Obama draws a "oneness of spirit" from all people, admitted he stayed quiet about his support for Obama during the past few months out of fear his words would harm the Illinois senator's bid for the White House.
Farrakhan then added with a smile, "I feel freer today to say the things that are in my heart."
He thanked black leaders including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, for laying the foundation for Obama's victory, which he called Divine.
He has also downplayed some of the group's more controversial beliefs. The Nation of Islam has taught that whites are descended from the devil and that blacks are the chosen people of Allah.
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Do all the whites who voted for Obama know this?
Birds of a feather...
Maybe he mean the 19thlessness..?
Through it all, I'm not surprised that Farrakhan would be a follower of "the one."
Ah Calypso Louie. Always the false witness. I m beginning to believe Obama is the Anti-Christ
Farrakhan is a racist and anti semite.
Maybe we'll have a Manhatten Project type of thing to learn how to turn our skin black.
Strange. He left out the white middle class Oboma loves so much.
Under Obama, we will see the rise of the NOI, Saudi influence, the Muslim Brotherhood & their propaganda mouthpieces. As a sideshow, we may get to see words exchanged between Islamists and the NOI, but they will actually be patting each other on the back.
Surreal, huh?
Praise Allah. The savior of Islam has arrived.
I doubt it.
‘oneness of spirit’
Yeah. I totally understand.
We have a oneness of spirit here too..
1-20-13
Obama’s last day.
Me too. I'd like to say "Don't blame this mess on me. I voted for Sara Palin."
because the left wingers love these muslims
Heck no. I want them to keep talking loud and clear. I want every voter in America to hear what they're saying!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6KUDv1wzraWhwlBt1
It’s amazing after that lunatic speech at the Million Man March that he’s not laughed out of the country. Our Pravda still respects him.
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