Louis Farrakhan backs Obama for president at Nation of Islam convention in Chicago; Senator has criticized him, says support not sought
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By Margaret Ramirez
Tribune reporter
Speaking to thousands of members of the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1985 the nation’s racial divisions.
Farrakhan, 74, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, said the war in Iraq, the nation’s faltering economy and the increased number of natural disasters were signs of “a nation in peril.” He said those problems provide the broader context for Obama’s http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3428.
“We are witnessing the phenomenal rise of a http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3013," Farrakhan told the crowd of nearly 20,000 gathered at McCormick Place.”If you look at Barack Obama’s [diverse audiences and look at the effect of his words, those people are being transformed from what they were,” he said. “This young man is the hope of the world that America will change and be made better.”
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