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Jim Neusom		7/14/2010 12:38:34 PM Manufactured scandal: Right wing's phony allegations against the Justice Department July 07, 2010 11:13 am ET — 73 Comments http://mediamatters.org/research/201007070020 J. Christian Adams' accusations that President Obama's Justice Department engaged in racially charged "corruption" in the New Black Panther Party case do not stand up to the evidence. Adams is a right-wing activist tied to the Bush-era politicization of the Justice Department who has admitted he lacks first-hand knowledge of the events he is discussing, and his claims fall apart given the fact that the Obama DOJ obtained judgment against one defendant, while the Bush DOJ declined to pursue similar allegations in 2006. Adams: DOJ's action in New Black Panther case shows unprecedented, racially charged corruption GOP activist J. Christian Adams penned a Washington Times column leveling accusations of a "corrupt" and racially charged dismissal of the New Black Panther Party case and appeared in a two-part interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly. During the interview, Adams accused the Justice Department of "a hostility in the voting section and in the civil rights division to bringing cases on behalf of white victims for the benefit of national racial minorities." Adams further said that "the decision to dismiss this case was corrupt," adding, "to abandon law-abiding citizens and abet wrongdoers constitutes corruption." Adams' unsubstantiated story spread throughout other right-wing media. Kelly brought the story to Hannity, and it was picked up by Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, radio host Jay Severin, the blogs Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Ace of Spades, Andrew Breitbart's Big Government, and the Fox website Fox Nation. Reality: Adams' accusations don't stand up to the facts •Adams is a long-time right-wing activist, who is known for filing an ethics complaint against Hugh Rodham that was subsequently dismissed, served as a Bush poll watcher in Florida 2004, and reportedly volunteered for a Republican group that trains lawyers to fight "racially tinged battles over voting rights"; •Adams was hired to the Justice Department in 2005 by Bradley Schlozman, who was found by the Department of Justice Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility to have improperly considered political affiliation when hiring career attorneys -- the former head of the DOJ voting rights section reportedly said that Adams was "exhibit A of the type of people hired by Schlozman"; •Adams has admitted that he does not have first-hand knowledge of the events, conversations, and decisions that he is citing to advance his accusations; •The Bush administration's Justice Department -- not the Obama administration -- made the decision not to pursue criminal charges against members of the New Black Panther Party for alleged voter intimidation at a polling center in Philadelphia in 2008; •The Obama administration successfully obtained default judgment against Samir Shabazz, a member of the New Black Panther Party carrying a nightstick outside the Philadelphia polling center on Election Day 2008; •The Bush administration DOJ chose not to pursue similar charges against members of the Minutemen, one of whom allegedly carried a weapon while harassing Hispanic voters in Arizona in 2006; •No voters have come forward to claim that they were intimidated from voting on account of the New Black Panthers standing outside the polling center in 2008; •The Republican vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is currently investigating the Justice Department's decision, has called that investigation "very small potatoes" full of "overheated rhetoric filled with insinuations and unsubstantiated charges," and said it has not "served the interests of the commission"; she further said that DOJ has given a "plausible argument" for not pursuing additional charges in the case. Adams is a long-time GOP activist Kelly: A source "close to the case" said "Christian Adams is a conservative who has made willful misstatements in this interview." After airing a portion of her interview with Adams on the June 30 edition of America Live, Kelly reported the Justice Department's reaction to Adams' allegations and then noted, "Another source close to the case telling one of our producers that Christian Adams is a conservative who has made willful misstatements in this interview." Adams reportedly filed ethics complaint against Hugh Rodham that was dismissed. In a February 26, 2001, Washington Times column (accessed via Nexis) John McCaslin cited a formal ethics complaint filed by Adams against Hugh Rodham, brother of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton. On February 24, 2001, The Washington Times had reported (accessed via Nexis) that "Adams said Mr. Rodham put his Florida law license 'in jeopardy' with an admission that he accepted a contingency fee in obtaining the commutation for Carlos Vignali, the convicted drug dealer released from prison after serving six years of a 15-year sentence." A July 22, 2001, New York Times article (accessed via Nexis) reported, "The Florida bar has cleared Hugh Rodham of violating legal ethics." Adams reportedly volunteered with GOP group that "trains lawyers to fight on the front lines of often racially tinged battles over voting rights." A December 2, 2009, article on the legal news website Main Justice reported: Before coming to the Justice Department, Adams volunteered with the National Republican Lawyers Association, an offshoot of the Republican National Committee that trains lawyers to fight on the front lines of often racially tinged battles over voting rights. Adams reportedly was a Bush campaign poll watcher in Florida. The December 2, 2009, Main Justice article further reported: "In 2004, Adams served as a Bush campaign poll watcher in Florida, where he was critical of a black couple for not accepting a provisional ballot in early voting after officials said they had no record of the couple's change of address forms, according to Bloomberg News. Democratic poll watchers had advised voters not to accept provisional ballots because of the risk they could be discounted under Florida law, Bloomberg reported." 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

Derrick Bradley		7/15/2010 7:40:11 PM the New Black Panthers is a racists group that has been proving with video. Voter intimidation that has been prove as well. 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

Jim Neusom		7/16/2010 10:46:27 AM Good Morning Brother Bradley, Your point is well taken...but the same can be said for the Jewish defense league, Tea Party, and many others....racist outside of polling centers in America is nothing new. As the Subject title stated....Fox News or should I say Noise has taken this issue and tried to blow it out of proportion. The fact of the matter is that Bush choose not to prosecute...But even with that undisputed fact...They still want to blame President Obama Lies or NOT news....that's why there is so much frustration with the political system. Don't let the Bad Guys tell you...Who The Bad Guys Are!!! Yours in the Struggle Jim Neusom (jneusom@yahoo.com) Executive Director/Publisher InterServe Networks/City Lights Software, Inc. www.citylightssoftware.com www.twitter.com/jimneusom www.myspace.com/jimneusom www.facebook.com/jimneusom www.myspace.com/freshfaces2u www.blackplanet.com/JimNeusom 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

AndyClyde's  Inc.		7/19/2010 11:34:19 AM The "New Black Panther Party" is a joke in your town. I hate a bunch of thugs have decided to use the name of a great group like the Panthers. They have a different agenda and should have their on name. FOX News will forever be FOX News. They give you the inside track on what the other side is thinking AndyClyde 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

Enoch Mubarak		7/19/2010 4:03:20 PM Don't let the Bad Guys tell you...Who The Bad Guys Are!!! Jim Neusom I agree with you brother Jim. Only traitors would say such things like: the New Black Panthers is a racists group that has been proving with video. Voter intimidation that has been prove as well. DERRICK BRADLEY The "New Black Panther Party" is a joke in your town. AndyClyde Have you black brothers ever been to the black panther website site, read their objectives, mission statement, agenda or motto? Their motto is "FREEDOM OR DEATH" What's yours? Any black man from the south knows full well that it takes courage, willpower and nerves of steel to proclaim your black activism in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana or anywhere in the segregated south and yet he calls those that do have such courage, will, fortitude and commitment "thugs" One thing I can and will say about the Europeans, Chinese, Spanish, Asians and Koreans is that no matter what the negro say or do they stick together for their own home team. CASE AND POINT Black America showed them a video of Rodney King getting beat down and the Europeans stuck together and found their comrades and teammates innocent. White America in turn show a black man one black panther video and now he proclaims with authoritative conviction that: the New Black Panthers is a racists group that has been proving with video. Voter intimidation that has been prove as well. DERRICK BRADLEY The "New Black Panther Party" is a joke in your town. AndyClyde Every group or nationality sticks together and refuses to allow another outside race or group to divide and conquer them but the black man exhibits no such loyalty. 100% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

AndyClyde's  Inc.		7/19/2010 4:17:14 PM So what are you trying to say. Because I don't spit racism and claim I am something I'm not I am not part of my race? Why can't they be loyal to me? 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

Enoch Mubarak		7/19/2010 4:39:29 PM I don't spit racism and claim I am something I'm not AndyClyde Specifically who or what black group is spitting racism? What are they saying? What black group is claiming to be something they are not? In which way or manner are you being betrayed by The Black panther party? How can they be loyal to you? There is no reason for treason. DEAR BLACK AMERICA Listen to the statements from the man that Andy Clyde is siding with: People I beg you please stop telling people that Jesus sacrifice his life this lie must stop. He did not sacrifice his life. According to the the bible or as I call it "the ancient text" he knew that in 3 days he will live again. So how can that be a sacrifice. That's like me wanting to go on a 3 day getaway knowing that my rent is due but I also know I will get pay in a few days as well. So did really make a sacrifice I think not. DERRICK BRADLEY 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

AndyClyde's  Inc.		7/19/2010 11:51:05 PM You are exactly right. Now you are trying to start a movement against me. You are so full of hate that I don't even listen to you anymore. You know I am right but in the twisted mind you cherish you have real issues with right and wrong. Yes I feel betrayed, I don't think this so called "New Black Panther Party represents me. They are working hard to throw us back into the dark ages. The one thing I do like about your spit is you give me a chance to get my point across. I guess if you really wanted to help you would purchase a three day getaway from me and so some support for Black business. Thank you Bro Enoch Mubarak 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...

Enoch Mubarak		7/20/2010 12:28:14 AM "You are so full of hate that I don't even listen to you anymore." Andy Clyde What gives me away? Is it possible to love your people and not hate some other race in the process? How has the Black panther party or any black activist organization actions, plans or agenda threatened to throw you back into the dark ages? Why do you feel betrayed? I guess if you really wanted to help you would purchase a three day getaway from me and so some support for Black business. Andy Clyde I will send my request for your services to the same address we have on file from when you ordered UNDERCOVER SMART. One year ago you said you would buy the book but your address is not listed in our files and that can only mean one thing. Are you listening now because if you are then you know that actions speak louder than words. Order your book from: www.mubarakinter-prizes.com 0% agree with this post 0% disagree with this post 0 people have marked this as spam You must be logged in to rate this posting Please Wait...