https://freerepublic.com/tag/shabbazz/ en-us Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988803/posts Barack Obama’s campaign has rejected the support of the New Black Panther Party, after removing an endorsement by the group from its Web site Wednesday. Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor issued a statement rejecting the Panther backing, and told FOXNews.com: “The page in question has been removed from our campaign Web site. It’s our policy with any content generated by a group that advocates violence.” The blogosphere was buzzing Wednesday about whether his campaign planned to remove the Panther posting, just one day after the Illinois senator delivered a speech calling for improved race relations in America. The New Black Panthers,... fox news https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988803/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:27:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988312/posts One day after Barack Obama delivered a speech calling for improved race relations in America, the blogosphere was buzzing Wednesday about whether his campaign planned to remove an endorsement by the New Black Panther Party from his Web site. The New Black Panthers, who inherited their name from the Black Panther Party of the 1960s, has a page on the Obama campaign’s public forums that says it is backing Obama because he “represents ‘positive change’ for all of America. Obama will stir the ‘Melting Pot’ into a better ‘Molten America,’” the group says. The NBPP, which has been led since... FoxNews.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988312/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:22:11 GMT