Nation of Islam activists on Obama payroll
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Nation of Islam activists on Obama camp payroll
Former insider worried by senator's connection to Louis Farrakhan,
members of radical group
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© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan
JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama employed and continues to employ senior
staffers who belong to the Nation of Islam, and the presidential
candidate has some "worrying" ties to the controversial group headed
by Louis Farrakhan, a former key Obama insider told WND.
The former insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, expressed
particular concern that Obama employed at least two Nation members in
his early days as a state senator, when his office was staffed by only
a handful of workers.
"When you're a state senator, you have little money given to you to
hire staff. It is ironic that two of Obama's employees in those days
were known Nation of Islam activists when Obama employed perhaps a
total of maybe three or four staffers," said the former insider.
The former insider confirmed Obama is directly aware of the Nation of
Islam members on his staff.
Obama was elected to the Illinois state Senate in 1996, serving the
13th district, which then spanned Chicago's South Side neighborhoods,
including areas in which Farrakhan was considered to be highly
influential.
"A key constituency for Obama was Hyde Park, where Farrakhan lives. To
be successful politically in that area, you need to be involved with
Farrakhan, since he's a strong power in the district," said the former
insider.
The former insider identified early employees of Obama as Nation of
Islam members, including Jennifer Mason, who still works in Obama's
Chicago Senate office as director of constituency services – a key
community liaison position.
Also, Cynthia K. Miller, whom the former insider identified as a
Nation of Islam activist, served Obama in his early state Senate days
and later as treasurer for his U.S. senatorial campaign.
Miller was also a paid consultant in 2003 and 2004, according to
financial documents obtained by WND. She currently runs a Chicago real
estate firm.
The former insider said Obama asked indicted Chicago businessman and
Obama financier Tony Rezko to get his treasurer, Miller, a state
government job with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
"She got an offer but turned it down. She ended up doing real estate,"
the ex-insider said.
The former insider also identified former Obama worker Shakir Muhammad
as a Nation of Islam activist. Muhammad was paid by Obama's office as
a photographer in the late 1990s.
According to a black supremacist source tied to Farrakhan, Muhammad
previously worked as a bodyguard for the Nation of Islam chief.
The Anti-Defamation League identifies the Nation of Islam, the oldest
black nationalist organization, as consistently racist and anti-
Semitic.
The Nation of Islam operates "under the guise of instilling African-
Americans with a sense of empowerment since its founding in the
1930s," reads an ADL description.
Mason did not return a WND request for comment at Obama's Chicago
office.
Miller did not reply to phone messages left on her cell phone.
Michael Ortiz, Obama's deputy press secretary, did not return a WND
request for comment about Illinois senator's alleged ties to Farrakhan
and the Nation of Islam.
WND verified the former insider speaking about Obama's Nation of Islam
workers held a key position with the presidential candidate.
The former insider said he quit, in part, because of Obama's ties to
the Nation of Islam and the senator's positions on Israel.
He previously also talked with columnist Debbie Schlussel, who first
wrote about the Nation of Islam employees on Obama's staff.
"How many Nation of Islam members will work in an Obama White House?"
Schlussel asked on her blog.
Obama-Farrakhan links
The exact nature of Obama's ties to Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam
are unclear.
Trumpet magazine cover with Barack Obama and his former pastor, Rev.
Jeremiah Wright Jr.
The presidential candidate repeatedly has denounced Farrakhan's views
and would not accept the Nation of Islam leader's high profile
endorsement.
"You know, I have been very clear in my denunciation of minister
Farrakhan's anti-Semitic comments. I think they are unacceptable and
reprehensible. I did not solicit this support," Obama said on NBC in
February.
"We're not doing anything, I assure you, formally or informally with
minister Farrakhan," Obama said.
But Obama's former church of 20 years – Trinity United Church of
Christ in Chicago – and his former spiritual adviser, Rev. Jeremiah
Wright Jr., have a different view of Farrakhan.
Wright, who accompanied Farrakhan to Libya in 1984, has been involved
in Farrakhan initiatives and labeled him "one of the most important
voices in the 20th and 21st century" during a national address to the
media in April at which Nation of Islam officials were invited guests.
Obama has appeared at least three times on the cover of Trumpet
magazine, founded by Wright, which in 2007 gave Farrakhan its
Empowerment Award.
The magazine, to which Obama last year granted a lengthy, exclusive
interview, regularly hails Farrakhan.
Obama's face was featured on the cover of a 2006 issue of Trumpet
alongside Farrakhan's image.
Wright and Obama reportedly attended the Million Man March on
Washington, which was led by Farrakhan and other prominent black
leaders such as Al Sharpton.
Another Obama connection to supporters of Farrakhan comes from Obama's
chief political strategist, David Axelrod.
WND reported this week Axelrod sits on the finance committee of St.
Sabina, the Chicago Catholic parish that was led by controversial
pastor Michael Pfleger, an outspoken Farrakhan supporter who hosted
the Nation of Islam chief at his parish several times.
The Archdiocese of Chicago yesterday removed Pfleger from his duties
at St. Sabina for an unspecified time following a well-publicized
sermon at Trinity church two weeks ago in which Pfleger claimed Sen.
Hillary Clinton cried in public because she thought being white
entitled her to the Democratic presidential nomination.
Pfleger told the Chicago Sun-Times he felt free to speak about Clinton
because he believed his sermon was not being recorded. He said he
thought the live Internet link that normally broadcasts Trinity
sermons was not running.
"They told me it was down," Pfleger said. "Their live streaming had
been down all day, and they didn't know whether it was back up. … I
regret the dramatization that I was naive enough to believe was just
going to be kept among that church."
Pfleger hosted Farrakhan at his church as late as last May,
Farrakhan's first public appearance since he announced in 2006 he had
been suffering from prostate cancer and was seriously ill.
According to reports, Pfleger spent hours with the Nation of Islam
chief during his illness. Pfleger previously enlisted Farrakhan's
support for several of his initiatives, including an anti-gun protest
last year.
Rev. Willie Barrow, a member of the Obama campaign's official Faith
Outreach Team and a pledged Obama superdelegate, is a close friend of
Farrakhan's and a staunch Nation of Islam supporter.
Farrakhan stated in a 2002 interview he met with Barrow to devise his
Nation of Islam platforms.
In 2006, Barrow condemned four Jewish members of the Illinois state
Hate Crimes Commission after Blagojevich refused to remove from the
commission Sister Claudette Muhammad, Farrakhan's minister of
protocol.
"Not only should [Muhammad] continue to serve on the commission, but,
I think those that resigned because they disagree, what have they done
to bring about an agreement?” Barrow told the CBS affiliate in
Chicago, WBBM.
Larry Johnson of the No Quarter blog posted a 2004 photo of Obama's
wife, Michelle, posing with Barrow at a woman's luncheon for the
Rainbow/Push Coalition for which Barrow serves as chairman emeritus.
In the picture with Michelle Obama is Khadijah Farrakhan, Louis
Farrakhan's wife
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I cetainly hope so...we are sick to death of the "gutter religion" of
Zionist USreal.
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Frank Arthur
Anti-American <free....@gmail.com> smears loyal American Obama.
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> Anti-American <free.tun...@gmail.com> smears loyal American Obama.
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> <free.tun...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:40045ba4-1aef-4d31...@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 7, 8:47 am, repo <kcajye...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66167
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> > Nation of Islam activists on Obama camp payroll
> > Former insider worried by senator's connection to Louis Farrakhan,
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The post is true:
"Placement of Cynthia K. Miller, a member of the Nation of Islam, as
the Treasurer of his U.S. Senate campaign. When I contacted Miller,
now a Chicago real estate agent, to verify whether she was a member of
the Nation of Islam and whether she shared Louis Farrakhan's bigoted
views about Jews, she responded, "None of your business! Where are you
going with this?" Then, she hung up.
"Jennifer Mason, whom he says is also a member of the Nation of Islam.
Mason is Obama's Director of Constituent Services in his U.S. Senate
office and is also in charge of selecting Obama's Senate interns. She
did not respond to repeated calls for comment."
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>... bigoted
>views ...
You're that way because you're defective, bushfilth.
Rob
> The bushfilth swallows and regurgitates lies.
that's all u got?
*us*
It's all he can do.
Robert not Roberto
"Rob" <R...@rob.rob> wrote in message
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>* US * wrote:
>> The bushfilth swallows and regurgitates lies.
>
> that's all u got?
That's all the left has. Anger but no logical arguments to support their
point of view. Expect the anger to increase as Obama sinks in the polls.
repo
That anger will translate into violence by many of
Obama's supporters.
*us*
>...anger will translate into violence ...
You already support murdering children, bushfilth.
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:04:13 -0700, "Robotic not Conscious" <b...@nospam.com> wrote:
>...Anger but no logical arguments ...
You'd be able to do better if you weren't so diminished, bushfilth.
The bushfilth swallows and regurgitates lies.
It's all he can do.
*us*
>...Anger but no logical arguments ...
You'd be able to do better if you weren't so diminished, bushfilth.
The bushfilth swallows and regurgitates lies.
It's all he can do.