Mar 20 2008
Obama Continues Backpedal: Removes Black Panther Endorsement
The implosion / coverup continues; this time with the campaign removing an endorsement on their site from the New Black Panther Party…
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And here’s the deal:
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, who inherited their name from the Black Panther Party of the 1960s, had the page on the Obama campaign’s public forums. The group’s message said it is backing Obama because he “represents ‘positive change’ for all of America. Obama will stir the ‘Melting Pot’ into a better ‘Molten America.’”
He rejected the endorsement? Interesting…
You have to admit… If the Black Panthers are for something, how good is that for the rest of America? I mean, unless you’re a delusional idiot, they aren’t exactly a bunch of nice guys…
March 24th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Well, to be fair, the Black Panther Party was never an extremist organization. It wasn’t all that exclusive either; over the years, white males have held different leadership positions. The party stressed many of the same issues we are confronting in this election -health care, poverty, etc. Really, they were populists. I happen to think that a majority of their ideas would be good for America.
They were not, as scared whites seem to think, radical black reactionaries who toted guns and sought the blood of white Americans -the gun toting lasted all of about 2 weeks and was actually a protest against police corruption and brutality and the relaxed California gun laws.
It’s undfortunate that Obama has to reject the endorsement due to the popular misconceptions of the Black Panthers.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:14 am
It’s even more unfortunate that he did it to score political points.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Ehh…
You have to play the game in this country.
March 24th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Something he always swears up and down he isn’t doing. Exactly my point
You and I are understanding each other a lot lately. I’m not gonna lie; it really creeps me out!
March 24th, 2008 at 11:43 am
HA! It’s okay, Vinny. I always knew you’d come around.