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Alan Colmes Calls Out New Black Panther Chief On His Praise Of Osama bin Laden

by Tommy Christopher | 9:59 am, July 28th, 2010

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Shortly after my interview with New Black Panther Chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz, during which I confronted him about a number of inflammatory statements by NBPP members, a video surfaced of Shabazz praising Osama bin Laden. I never got the chance, then, to ask him about it, but Alan Colmes remedied that situation on his radio show on Monday. Shabazz tried to re-cast his remarks as cold news analysis, and denied praising bin Laden. It was a stark departure from the honesty he displayed in our interview.

Here’s the clip (the full podcast is available here):

In case you missed it the first time around, here’s the video in question:

As you can see, Shabazz does, indeed, praise bin Laden, saying he deserves “respect,” and calling for a round of applause, as if bin Laden had just delivered a killer stand-up routine. My favorite part, though, is when he says bin Laden “will not die a punk. He will not die like some kind of sissy… Standing up!”

The guy has been hiding in a cave for almost ten years, putting out the occasional audiotape message like some kind of low-tech Sarah Palin Facebook wannabe. There are many qualities you could attribute to Osama bin Laden, but bravery ain’t one of them.

Part of Shabazz’s defense relies on his group’s investment in 9/11 Trutherism, one of a number of controversies that undercut his group’s credibility. Shortly after the attack, the NBPP advanced the theory, made famous by then-New Jersey Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka, that the Jews who worked at the World Trade Center had been warned of the attack.

Like him or not, Malik Zulu Shabazz was remarkably honest when I interviewed him, willing to own his words, and the words of his brethren. He should own this, too.

Alan Colmes, Malik Zulu Shabazz, New Black Panther party, Osama bin Laden, Sarah Palin

Some_Dude

Wow
http://apostrophejones.com Apostrophe jones

What a twisted guy Shabazz is , and he’s the leader . He thinks he’s a news analyst ? Praises Bin Laden . Defends him for standing up to America , and praises him more “if” he did it . There’s a videotape of Bin Laden after 9/11 , exultant about his accomplishment and praising Allah . Praise Allah and kill the innocent . Insanity .
Bootleghaircut

“The guy has been hiding in a cave for almost ten years, putting out the occasional audiotape message like some kind of low-tech Sarah Palin Facebook wannabe”

Oh my Tommy the palinistas are going freak when they see that!!!!! LOL!

Anyways Alan Colmes if the freaking man! Can’t fox team him up with geraldo or something? He’s on the O’Reilly factor no often enough.

As far as this moron praising bin Laden that is quite frankly beyond the freaking pale and that really makes me mad!!! This guy needs a wood shampoo with some lead pipe conditioner.

I think its pretty clear who the “punk” and the “sissy” is.

You better hope you don’t run into me shabazza cause you’ll have to cancel Christmas mother-F.
lonestar77

Hah. Only Tommy Christopher could find a way to throw in a Sarah Palin attack while writing about Osama Bin Laden. Well, Tommy and Keith Olbermann. How very douchebaggery. Keep up the good work there, Tommy Boy! It’s no wonder the vast majority of the American people hate the left-wing media. This crackpot actually gets a seat in the WH press room. Un-freaking-believable.
Bootleghaircut

Called it.
Tommy Christopher

If you pay attention to what I wrote, it’s not really an insult to Palin, but rather an acknowledgement of the outsized influence of her Facebook account. While I don’t pretend to be a supporter, I’ve actually been a consistent defender of Palin, and other conservative women, against unfair or sexist attacks. You can look it up.
lonestar77

Give me a break. You compared Bin Laden to a Sarah Palin wannabe and said neither of them were brave. I honestly don’t know how lefties find a way to use every situation to throw a jab at Sarah Palin. It boggles the mind. I would think it would be difficult to somehow throw Palin into the mix while writing about Shabazz and Osama, but apparently I’d be wrong. I’m not a big Palin fan but the continual attacks on her from the left-wing media make her into a sympathetic figure. I never was a fan of Hillary Clinton until the Obama media attack dogs went after her. You people actually transformed her into a sympathetic figure and managed to transform my feelings of her from disgust to sympathy. Don’t pretend like you weren’t insulting Palin. You know you were. It’s just more typical garbage from the hysterical far-left. But, thanks for the response.
Tommy Christopher

lonestar77 said:
Give me a break. You compared Bin Laden to a Sarah Palin wannabe and said neither of them were brave.

No, I said that bin Laden’s sporadic audiotapes were a poor attempt at Palin-esque influence. I said nothing about Palin’s level of bravery.

As I said before, I have consistently defended Palin against unfair/sexist attacks, and have also consistently pointed out how these undermine legitimate criticisms, and make her a sympathetic figure. You could look it up.
Bootleghaircut

Tommy-

you are awesome man but you still haven’t realized that even the slightest hint of a snub towards Palin will be met with derision and claims that you are a commie-I don’t make the rules for Palinistas-that’s just the way they are. Yesterday some palin fanatic wrote “there are NO legitimate criticisms of Palin.”

You waste nothing but your own time trying to defend yourself-they will hear nothing of it.

I did not accuse you of bias and know your history-but I also know how these zealots think having spent WAYYY TOOOO MUCH TIME on conservatives sites like hotair townhal and malkin.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-LaRue/1698443393 Lars LaRue

o.k. Bootleghaircut you can get off of Tommy’s leg now… Nov. is coming soon enough and THAT! is a good thing…
errxn

So, I guess Alan Colmes is a racist too, now?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-LaRue/1698443393 Lars LaRue

sshhh… Not too loud, Howard Dean and the Lame Stream Media might have to grab your post and RUN into the street shouting just how racist you are! Oh, right… Alan Colmes… He’s not a Racist, just mis-informed. (most of the time… anyway)
FearMonger

97 days….ninety-seven days….
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gary

Tommy, you keep writing this trash and the left will only use you for a Boy Toy.You trying to pass yourself as a defender of Palin could hurt you with your friends that like to eat their own.Berating Palin is the national pasttime for the academic elite. They can’t understand how she can write a book and it sells more than all of them put together. Just like Adult depends man, Mr. Ed the talking horse, the over 50 Eddie Munster (please don’t attack my college education) , and SheMan over at MSNBC YOU CAN NEVER SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT SARAH PALIN. IT’S FORBIDDEN!!!!!!! Claiming Shabazz was honest and upstanding during your interview is like comparing you with somebody who is objective and knows how to write.
http://none pyrope

This remark from Mr. Colmes will be difficult for his liberal followers to defend. Next thing you know, the libs will start calling him a conservative plant.
FearMonger

And a racist. Don’t forget racist….