Obama — Shake the illusion, this guy’s a snake
Posted on April 11, 2008
David Bernstein at Volokh has this: Obama Lies About His Church’s Honor to Farrakhan
In Levittown, Penn., today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, was asked about his church’s magazine giving an award to Rev. Louis Farrakhan. “This was done by a magazine that was connected to the church,” Obama explained. “I would have never done it. It was primary focused on the rehabilitation work that they do for ex-offenders in Chicago. That doesn’t excuse it, that just explains it.”
The first time Obama said this, I could believe he was misinformed [update: indeed, the first time he said this, he only said he "assumed" this was the reason]. The second time, perhaps that he was caught offguard and didn’t have his story straight. Now, I can only conclude that he is intentionally choosing to blatantly lie about this, hoping that no one will notice and call him on it.
Let’s recall the facts: The magazine explicitly explained in the video it prepared for the banquet at which Farrakhan was honored that it was honoring Farrakhan for his purported dedication “truth, education, and leadership.” [Surprise, surprise, the video seems to have been pulled from YouTube.] Obama spiritual mentor Rev. Wright, meanwhile praised Farrakhan in the magazine for his “astounding and eyeopening” analysis of the “racial ills of this nation,” a “perspective” that is “helpful and honest.” I even got ahold of the interview the magazine did with Farrakhan. No mention was made in any of these sources of “rehabilitation work for ex-offenders.”
This is just plain disturbing. Paging William Safire…if Hillary is a “congenital liar,” what might we call Obama?
» Filed Under Bigotry, Elections, Fascism, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Politics As Usual, Stupidity, US Senate
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It is stupid. Why don’t you ask the Rev. Wright his reason for awarding farrakahn. Obama isn’t the only person is the church, why not ask every member of the church the same question???
It is ridiculous to attack someone based off something a reverend did????
No one is questioning Hillary Clinton about her brothers bad deeds???
Obama is reponsible for his own family and his on household, not his church… gimme a break.
The Rev. Wright isn’t racist since he is moving into a interracial community.
Obama on needs to take care of his own household. Who cares really what any religious leader thinks in the end?? You live for yourself.
Farrakahn tried to help daniel pearl as well… I guess you didn’t know that either..
No one is 100% evil, except maybe jake tapper.
“strange and stupid article”
strange and stupid comments