Controversial ties continue to surround the Obama family as yet another odd coincidence surfaces. First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate Toni Townes-Whitley, a senior vice president at CGI Federal, seems to be the center of a web of scandal associated with the presidential family. While Townes-Whitley was recently found out to have celebrated Christmas with the Obamas in 2010 from pictures she released on her Facebook profile and revelation surfaced that Townes-Whitley was involved in a no bid contract to build the $678 million Obamacare website Healthcare.gov, there is yet another puzzle piece that deserves speculation. Michelle and her classmate were active members of a radical black student organization that supported a Marxist activist. Michelle Obama promoted a “Black Solidarity” event for lecturer Manning Marable held by the Third World Center (TWC). According to Cornel West, Marable was “the best known black Marxist in the country.” The campus group was exclusively reserved for minorities, for which Michelle Obama was a board member. The radical activities don’t end there, however. Both Michelle Obama and Townes-Whitley were members of the groups the Organization of Black Unity (OBU) and the TWC, which engaged in a confrontation on campus with Jewish students. The confrontation was brought on by the two groups’ invitation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Hassan Rahman, deputy UN observer, to appear on campus. Rahman prompted a spectrum of reactions by reiterating that “the Palestinians deserve a homeland and that they are entitled to use terrorism to achieve their goal, just as American revolutionaries did against the British. We have the right to kill them if they are traitors and negotiate with the Israelis,” Rahman threatened non-PLO supporting Palestinians attending the event. “The OBU met with Jewish students to discuss the event, and Hillel leaders affirmed Rahman’s right to speak on campus… As about 400 students poured into McCosh 50, tension replaced this short-lived calm. The entire center section of the auditorium had been reserved for TWC members, most of whom are black. The remainder of the audience, mostly Jews, filled the outer sections. OBU’s Murphy stepped to the microphone, but instead of giving a standard welcome and introduction, he noted the ‘subdued controversy’ surrounding the speech and noted that disruptions ‘would not be tolerated.’ He even mentioned the possibility of disciplinary action or prosecution. Patrolling the room were a dozen OBU members wearing security badges, a supplement to the university proctors manning the doorways. Before Rahman had said a word, hopes of a congenial atmosphere were dashed.”
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:47:08 +0000