(Sarcasm both on her and I’s part)
Another person who see’s this “Messiahship” is Louis Farrakhan:
Farrakhan Praises Obama at Event in Chicago
Feb 24, 2008
CHICAGO (AP)
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that presidential candidate BarackObamais the "hope of the entire world" that the
Farrakhan, addressing an estimated crowd of 20,000 people at the annual Saviours' Day celebration, spent the majority of the nearly two-hour speech praising the
"This young man is the hope of the entire world that
Farrakhan compared Obama to the religion's founder, Fard Muhammad, who also had a white mother and black father.
"A black man with a white mother became a savior to us," he told the crowd of mostly followers dressed in Nation of Islam attire. "A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift
Farrakhan also leveled small jabs at Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic nomination.
Farrakhan's keynote address at
A year ago, Farrakhan made what was called his final public address at a Saviours' Day event in
In a letter to followers dated Sept. 11, 2006, he said he was seriously ill and had dropped more than twenty pounds. He said Sunday he once weighed as little as 158 pounds.
But over the past year, Farrakhan has been regaining strength and slowly increasing his public appearances, giving lectures at the Nation's Mosque Maryam on the city's South Side, speaking in churches about unity and granting occasional interviews.