Proving that he can, in fact, unequivocally reject some support, Barack Obama's campaign website has removed an endorsement from the New Black Panther Party, reports Fox News:
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.
Read the rest at the link above. Thank goodness he didn't consider it worth another weaselly speech.
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Comments (2)
Well if we don't want the C... (Below threshold)1. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | March 20, 2008 3:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well if we don't want the Chinese influencing the vote, we certainly don't want Wakanda having undue influence either.
BTW, has anyone made sure Hillary isn't a Skrull?
1. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | March 20, 2008 3:47 AM |
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Posted on March 20, 2008 03:47
2. Posted by Big D | March 20, 2008 5:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Purely damage control...move in the right direction anyway but a little to late. This is what happens when you go overboard in trying to get votes, funding, endorsements...it backfires because you tend to overlook them. Also, what comes around goes around when Obama plays the race card. He has been doing it since day one to steal black voters away from Hillary.
2. Posted by Big D | March 20, 2008 5:17 AM |
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Posted on March 20, 2008 05:17