Apparently, Obama marched in DC with 1 Million other Negroes!
In spite of Farrakhan's long history as a racist, bigot and anti-Semite, Obama thought favorably enough of him to join Farrakhan's 1995 march on Washington, D.C. Reportedly, Obama joined Reverends Jeremiah Wright and Al Sharpton in organizing the march.
American Spectator - trying to throw more dirt at Obama, shows its cutting edge journalism with this piece of nonsense.
Attempting to scare Jewish voters - and raise racist hackles, Mark Hyman gives a long and detailed history of Farrakhan's race and Jew baiting and Wright's relationship to him. One thing missing from the article: any mention of Obama's connection to all this - save for his participation in a march that most people considered a pretty positive event - if I recall correctly. From Wiki:
According to voter registration statistics, one and a half million black men registered to vote in the months following the March, leading David Bositis of the Joint Center for Economic Studies to remark, "In reviewing the sharp increase in the black male vote, I might find it highly implausible that there was another factor that rivaled the Million Man March in bringing about this change."
Following the 1995 Million Man March, The National Association of Black Social Workers (NABSW) reported a flood of 13,000 applications to adopt black children. Concurrently to the march, the NABSW launched an initiative, the Fist Full of Families Nationwide Adoption Initiative, as part of its goal to limit transracial adoption and encourage African-American families to adopt African-American children.
Can you smell the fear and desperation?
I can...