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Early Obama critics will remember the particularly bizarre case of Percy Sutton, a leading African-American Civil Rights leader and entrepreneur who, while being interviewed on a New York area news program, dropped something of a bomb. Specifically, Sutton claimed that then-candidate Obama had earned his admission to Harvard thanks to the intervention of a mysterious lawyer named Khalid al-Mansour, who Sutton fingered as working for one of the wealthiest men on earth. According to Sutton, Mansour had asked him to write a letter of recommendation for Obama, and was in the process of raising money for Obama, though what this money could be for, he didnt specify.
But now, thanks to some unexpected information, the story is back in the news, and this time, Mansours disavowals may be less easy to take. Reporter Frank Miele of Montanas Daily InterLake newspaper unearthed the following 1979-era newspaper column by Jarrett discussing a plan by several influential African-American businessmen with ties to the Arab world to funnel their cash toward promising young African-American students. Among those businessmen was Mansour himself.
The hitch? Mansour himself is quoted in the article. The first indications of Arab help to American blacks may be announced in December, he is quoted as saying.
Newspaper Column Praises Khalid Al-Mansour For Arab-African-American Partnership That May Have Benefitted Barack Obama | Video | TheBlaze.com
But now, thanks to some unexpected information, the story is back in the news, and this time, Mansours disavowals may be less easy to take. Reporter Frank Miele of Montanas Daily InterLake newspaper unearthed the following 1979-era newspaper column by Jarrett discussing a plan by several influential African-American businessmen with ties to the Arab world to funnel their cash toward promising young African-American students. Among those businessmen was Mansour himself.
The hitch? Mansour himself is quoted in the article. The first indications of Arab help to American blacks may be announced in December, he is quoted as saying.
Newspaper Column Praises Khalid Al-Mansour For Arab-African-American Partnership That May Have Benefitted Barack Obama | Video | TheBlaze.com