At Big Government, Andrew Breitbart reports that, as a presidential candidate in March 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama appeared and marched with members of the New Black Panther Party. Included in Obama’s Panther entourage was Malik Zulu Shabazz, the racist group’s “national chief.” Shabazz was one of the Panthers charged in the voter intimidation case that the Obama/Holder Justice Department dismissed in 2009 — even though the government had already won the case (the Panthers defaulted) and the evidence supporting the civil charges was overwhelming.
This is a shocking story, and a breathtaking indictment of the mainstream media which went out of its way to avoid vetting Obama as a candidate — and to make sure anyone who tried to do due diligence got no sunshine. A candidate who chose to appeared in the company of, say, the KKK, would have provoked relentlessly hostile media coverage and, in short order, have been marginalized as disqualified to hold responsible elective office. As Andrew points out, one of those present with Obama was Najee Muhammed, the Panthers’ “minister of war” who had called for Georgia police officers to be murdered. Yet, the press buried the Obama/Panthers connection. For example, after initially mentioning the presence of the Panthers, NPR omitted Panther references from its subsequent coverage.
Andrew also notes that visitor logs indicate that a man identified as “Malik Shabazz” visited the White House two months after attorney general Holder dismissed the Panthers case. The White House has refused to clarify whether that Malik Shabazz is the Panther national chief. Andrew further reminds us that, in March 2008, the Obama campaign website posted an endorsement of Obama by the New Black Panther Party.
The Breitbart report displays photos of Shabazz prominently speaking at the rally, and of Obama flanked by Shabazz and a uniformed New Black Panther Party member. The report also includes details about Regnery’s publication tomorrow of a book by J. Christian Adams, the DOJ lawyer whose civil rights case against the Panthers was dismissed by Obama political appointees. The book is called, Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department. Obviously — at least it should be obvious — Obama’s keeping company with the Panthers raises legitimate questions not only about his fitness for office but his Justice Department’s astonishing handling of the Panthers case.
OH NOES SCARY BLACK PEOPLE!!!1! RUN!!!
Countdown to MarkW calling for impeachment in 3, 2, 1...
Did they go hunting at Honkyhead Ranch afterwards?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAppearing with the Black Panthers is not a crime, so why would anyone call for Obama's impeachment over this?
This is devastating to his reelection campaign. Good luck reaching out to moderates if this gains traction.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAnd here I thought that liberals weren't smart enough to work a keyboard...and, this one's all snarky 'n junk at the same time! Congrats linearheights!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePerfect, linearheights. I suggest that Breitbart's site should be renamed "Look, scary black people! Run!" Its a real fixation of his.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYes, generally racist thugs appearing with a presidential candidate should be a "fixation" to the media...oh, wait..that rule doesn't apply to Obama. Nevermind.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThree of the initial four comments to this post were produced by the O smoke ring crypsis crew. Looks like all hands on deck for this one.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseJust like a liberal to assume MarkW would call for impeachment, when MarkW is actually going to show up to talk about how liberals' head circumference is too small for them to imagine MarkW doing anything but calling for impeachment.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm famous.
BTW, I wasn't aware the head circumfrence of your average liberal was big enough to even know what a head circumfrence is.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis would be one of those times when you really don't want to misspell circumference. Oh well.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm cool with each person spelling as he or she wants.
I thought liberals believed in liberty?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAll he's saying is posts insulting the intelligence of others should at least contain proper spelling. You may think that spelling words as you wish is a form of liberty. It's really only a form of ignorance.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI've only read half a paragraph of this article. But since it's Andy McCarthy linking BigX.com, I'm going to go ahead and make this prediction:
Obama was actually marching in a gigantic public event at which a small number of Black Panthers were present, somewhere, and had no interaction with the president.
That's a total guess! But that's how confident I am that the McCarthy/Breitbart combo has produced a hair-pulling freak-out post based on essentially nothing.
OK, now I'm going to read the rest of the post and see if I've just embarrassed myself.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"No interaction with the president?" Try actually reading the post.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI was going to say that my stopwatch is set before some lefty began ridiculing with the "scary black people" line, or adopted a "move along, nothing to see here" rationalization. Turns out I didn't even have time to hit the clicker.
Breitbart does what he always does, expose hypocrisy in the racial grievance industry. All it would take if roles were reversed would be the simple fact of the ASSOCIATION. GOP Presidents can't have leaders from the Council of Conservative Citizens as WH guests, just isn't done. But we will sit here and read all kinds of tortured rationalizations for how its just ducky for Obama to have shared a stage with this racist, hateful creep Shabazz.
Then you can go back to arguing what a stain on Rick Perry's soul it is that he hunted at a place he didn't own and didn't paint over a dam* rock quickly enough!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo, I think the faux-outrage over Perry's rock is exactly as stupid as the nascent faux-outrage over the fact that Black Panther Members appeared at a civil-rights thingee at which Obama and Hillary Clinton were both campaigning, four years ago, when NPR first reported it.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs long as you're consistent. But I'd bet money we'll get a troll arguing one's relevant and one isn't.
For myself, I concede both sides have their shady extremists. But I'm tired of being forced to carry the baggage of my side's demons on the thinnest of connections while your side can prop their feet up on the Oval Office desk and it isn't supposed to mean anything.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"OK, now I'm going to read the rest of the post and see if I've just embarrassed myself."
Don't worry redfake,
You don't need to read a post to see if you just embarrassed yourself. Just look in a mirror.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSafe bet;
If Pres Bush had marched at a parade which KKK members were also prominently marching, the reaction of our local liberals would have been much different.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYeah, he mighta been there but he didn't listen to what they were saying!
They were just guys in his neighborhood!
Hoo ha!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAndrew Breitbart? Seriously? Hahahaha And torture-lover McCarthy who continues to look for scandal under any rock, real or imagined? People actually take these two seriously?
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