02-27-2008, 12:16 AM
<b>Obama Photo Worth 1000 Keywords? Or Less</b>?
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Although Obama is not Muslim, TV and the Internet (including newspaper Web sites) broadcast stories that <b>Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan endorsed Barack Obama on Sunday </b>on the same day the Pew Internet project released its report on the state of religion in the U.S. We are a nation under many gods, but primarily One.
Farrakhan's speech was entitled, "The Gods At War -- The Future is All About Y.O.U.th." He said Obama's the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better.
He never endorsed Obama. He came to the McCormick Center in Chicago to praise Obama, not to bury him.
<b>Farrakhan also took some jabs at Hillary Clinton, saying she represents the politics of the past and has been engaging in dirty tricks</b>.
Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton distanced the campaign from Farrakhan: "Sen. Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan's past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister's support."
<b>Farrakhan's speech wasn't inflammatory. He compared Obama to the religion's founder, Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father.</b>
<b>"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he said. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall." </b>
That positive message though will not be found when someone searches for Farrakhan. Many people are searching for Farrakhan. They'll likely find his anti-Semitic remarks and Elijah Mohammed's relationship with Malcolm X. At best they'll find a religion that promotes black empowerment and nationalism, neither of which promise to help Obama's presidential aspiration.
In the late 1970s Farrakhan rebuilt the Nation of Islam, after W.D. Mohammed, the son of longtime leader Elijah Mohammed, moved his followers toward mainstream Islam.
What's unique about the Obama challenge: people are searching for information and finding disinformation. Search has a viral aspect as the Obama keywords
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->One Nation Under Many Gods
Although Obama is not Muslim, TV and the Internet (including newspaper Web sites) broadcast stories that <b>Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan endorsed Barack Obama on Sunday </b>on the same day the Pew Internet project released its report on the state of religion in the U.S. We are a nation under many gods, but primarily One.
Farrakhan's speech was entitled, "The Gods At War -- The Future is All About Y.O.U.th." He said Obama's the "hope of the entire world" that the U.S. will change for the better.
He never endorsed Obama. He came to the McCormick Center in Chicago to praise Obama, not to bury him.
<b>Farrakhan also took some jabs at Hillary Clinton, saying she represents the politics of the past and has been engaging in dirty tricks</b>.
Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton distanced the campaign from Farrakhan: "Sen. Obama has been clear in his objections to Minister Farrakhan's past pronouncements and has not solicited the minister's support."
<b>Farrakhan's speech wasn't inflammatory. He compared Obama to the religion's founder, Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father.</b>
<b>"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he said. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall." </b>
That positive message though will not be found when someone searches for Farrakhan. Many people are searching for Farrakhan. They'll likely find his anti-Semitic remarks and Elijah Mohammed's relationship with Malcolm X. At best they'll find a religion that promotes black empowerment and nationalism, neither of which promise to help Obama's presidential aspiration.
In the late 1970s Farrakhan rebuilt the Nation of Islam, after W.D. Mohammed, the son of longtime leader Elijah Mohammed, moved his followers toward mainstream Islam.
What's unique about the Obama challenge: people are searching for information and finding disinformation. Search has a viral aspect as the Obama keywords
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