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Minutes of the meeting on January 11, 1996, of the New Party’s Chicago chapter read as follows: Barack Obama, candidate for State Senate in the 13th Legislative District, gave a statement to the membership and answered questions. He signed the New Party “Candidate Contract” and requested an endorsement from the New Party. He also joined the New Party. Consistent with this, a roster of the Chicago chapter of the New Party from early 1997 lists Obama as a member, with January 11, 1996, indicated as the date he joined.

Now that the 2001 audio of Obama talking about wealth redistribution is out there, we need to complete the picture. There is irrefutable evidence on the web of Obama's connections and membership with the socialist New Party. As has been widely talked about here on Free Republic, this blog has scanned copies of the original newsletters of the New Party, picturing Obama, calling him a member, and endorsing him. We need to keep pushing Drudge, Hannity, and Rush to report this. It hasn't gotten out there. But hopefully with this new 2001 audio it can make it out. Here's the...