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MDE EXCLUSIVE: PICTURE OF ELLISON DISTRIBUTING NATION OF ISLAM NEWSPAPER IN 1998
By Michael B. Brodkorb | September 29, 2006
This was just published on MN Publius:
"Keith was never a member of the Nation of Islam, and has never had anything to do with Louis Farrakhan. He wrote about Farrakhan in law school, and now has repeatedly said he no longer holds the beliefs expressed in that writing – it was many years ago." Source: MN Publius
The picture below tells a much different story than the bloggers behind MN Publius want you to believe:
This is a picture from 1998 of Keith Ellison passing out copies of the Final Call, the newspaper of the Nation of Islam. This picture is from the Minnesota Daily and was taken at a march to protest police brutality.
The liberal blogosphere will have a very diffilcult time writing Ellison "was never a member of the Nation of Islam, and has never had anything to do with Louis Farrakhan" when there is photographic evidence to the contrary.
Please check back to Minnesota Democrats Exposed for information on this developing story.
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September 29th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
So, Michael, I still don’t see any evidence that Keith Ellison was a member of the Nation of Islam. Is it your idea that holding a copy (or perhaps copies) of the paper is proof of membership?
I also don’t see anything to indicate that holding the paper indicates that Ellison ever even met Louis Farrakhan. Do you mean to suggest that Farrakhan gave him the copies personally?
We all know that Keith Ellison supported the Million Man March. We all know that many in the Nation of Islam also supported the Million Man March. It is, in fact, possible that the article on the front page of the paper he holds is about the Million Man March. I’m still holding my breath here. What’s new?
September 29th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Don’t you just love it. Democrats, even when presented with photographic evidence of the Con Man handing out copies of the idiots newspaper, deny it happened.
They could have him on video signing a document swearing his eternal soul to this devil and they’d say “hey, Republicans do it too” or “I don’t see anything”.
They lack all sense of moral character.
September 29th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Just remember, EvilDemocratz.
DFL stands for Distort-Fable-Lie, not Democrat Farmer Labor.
September 29th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Well, it certainly shows that Ellison hadn’t quite yet come to the conclusion that the Nation of Islam was such bad organization, enough so that he was pleased to distribute its propaganda as recent at 1998. He could hardly be said to have yet distanced himself from a group run by an anti-semite.
September 29th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
Is this a video? I see him HOLDING a newspaper, but not so much distributing it.
But nice try.
September 29th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Hmmm. I’m Catholic, but I once bought a copy of Final Call from a nice fellow in my neighborhood. I carried it around in my briefcase for a few days. Does that mean I’m in the Nation of Islam now, too? Should I ask my priest about transferring my membership?
September 29th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Sounds like he was leading a march, not distributing newspapers. Not really dressed like a newspaper boy, more like a lawyer:
CAPTION FROM PHOTO:Taking part in a protest against police brutality, Keith Ellison, right, leads more than 200 people in a march from the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis to St. Michael’s Church in south Minneapolis Monday afternoon. Ellison is representing 15-year-old Lawrence Miles Jr., who was shot in the back by a police officer last August in south Minneapolis.
September 29th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
Hmmmm, I saw him standing near a burning cross, but I didn’t actually see him light it on fire or stick the burning cross in someone’s yard.
Nice try John. Good logic.
This is a pattern of association with hate and intolerace by Ellison that exists still to this day.
It is shocking that self described liberals are so willing to turn a blind eye to hate.
September 29th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
So what? I read MDE daily. . . does that mean I support and endorse Michael’s Slash and Burn Campaign Tactics?
September 29th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
MplsSteve – I’d ask if you made that up yourself, but I know better. I’m still waiting for a response to my post from the other day, but I’m guessing you didn’t have anything to offer other than a great one-liner.
Right?
September 29th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
EvilDemocratz – I know that for you, this picture is proof positive because someone who touches anything having to do with Islam is instantly converted. Just like if you touch an Iraqi you’re a terrorist.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=rumsfeld%20saddam&btnG=Google+Search&sa=N&tab=wi
Logical fallacies are fun and profitable!
Seriously, do you guys ever record what you’re saying? I’m having a hard time believing you’re actually for real.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Not really dressed like a newspaper boy, more like a lawyer:
Have you seen Nation of Islam members distributing papers before? Driving past Chicago and Lake, I have on occassion. They don’t dress like newspaper boys. They dress in very nice suits and ties. At least the number of times I have driven past them that’s how they are dressed…
And look closely at the photo, that is not a single newspaper. It is at least four by looking at the upper left corner of the stack of papers one can see 4 distinct corners. And I am guess it’s more than that. When I grab a single copy of a newspaper I don’t carry it with both arms displaying the front cover as I walk. One would conceivably use both arms to carry an armload of papers…
September 29th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
Note democrats continue to make up excuses.
The Con Man is holding SEVERAL of the printed propoganda pieces, not just one. Look closely.
He’s not holding a newspaper like he’s carrying it home. He’s holding it like anyone does when they’re trying to hand them out. Jeez this is easy.
Best of all, why would the Daily show a picture of a random guy “holding” one of their newspapers? Because they’re not. They’re showing a picture of a guy HANDING them out. Duh.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
This is just my point I’ve been trying to make in this blog. The association with Farrakhan gave Keith an opportunity to show himself as a leader – or, at a minimum, he must have believed it would help him to have this paper when at the head of a march against police brutality in Minneapolis. Now that this past association is a liability, he distances himself from Farrakhan.
He’s obviously carrying the Farrakahn paper conspicuously for the cameras. What did this have to do with the police brutality rally? And why is he doing this when he knew the downside of the Nation of Islam years before – for example, when we confronted him on this downside during law school?
Thanks for publishing this, because the mainstream media won’t.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Final Call is a very slim paper, even slimmer than the mn daily, as there is only so much hate you can write about.
He’s clearly holding a rather large stack. If he’s not passing them out why in the world would he be holding so many of them? And just as a side note, IMO his hand placement and the way he’s holding it looks like he’s ready to distribute.
If he was just “leading” a protest, you would think he wouldn’t bring a large stack of any newspaper with him just to carry around, let alone the Final Call.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Sillies,
He clearly has multiple copies of Final Call in his hands (that, or it was a special 300 page edition in multiple sections). And are we to believe that he is carrying multiple copies of said paper while likewise just happening to be in the vicinity of this protest?
If a Jehovah’s Witness hands me a copy of The Watchtower I usually don’t ask for multiple copies and then display the cover outward for all to see while still remaining in the proximity of the JW gathering. But that’s just me.
It’s only a matter of time before photoshopping accusations begin to fly.
September 29th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
[...] Michael Brodkorb reveals a photo of Keith Ellison** distributing Nation of Islam literature as recently as 1998. [...]
September 29th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Damnit. Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good made-up republican scandal.
September 29th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Face it- he was a staunch defender of The Nation of Islam. And it looks like up until 1998, he probably still was. Fine by me- it’s a free county. It’s his deceit that is disturbing. Stand up for what you believe in Mr. Ellison.
It’s just sickening that he’s probably going to represent Mpls in Congress. We’re so progressive and cool though.
September 29th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
I count at least four copies…either he’s handing them out, or he reeeeeally, reeeally liked that edition.
Or maybe he was going to paper the walls of his apartment.
September 29th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
As the theories are flying fast and furious, I’m sure he has a copy of the StarTrib or City Pages under there. Maybe he just likes to read, unlike many posters here.
As far as I know, none of you have x-ray vision, so it’s up in the air. I could even venture by the way the paper(s) lie together that he does have multiple copies. Perhaps he had a letter to Allah published in it. Who knows.
Of course one of the new Republican mantras is ‘Guilty before proven innocent’ so we should definitely wiretap/waterboard him for the intel.
September 29th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
OK- let’s say he was holding one fricking copy of the paper- for you morons out there– what say he? “I was just reading up on my man Louis– just reminding myself of what I don’t believe in, but what I did believe in 8 years ago”– The man is a phony hypocrite. Defend him all you want. He has a severe problem with telling the truth.
September 29th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
Shozzy – You’ve already shown that you have no interest in anything that conflicts with your beliefs, but not everyone is like that. Hell, I read plenty of things I don’t believe, including the posts here.
BTW, the picture is from eight years ago. This is not a current photo where he’s carrying an eight year-old paper.
I figured I’d better point that out.
September 29th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
I once flipped through a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine while waiting for the dentist. What does that mean?
September 29th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Hey Doug-
First of all- you make no sense. I really think you may be mentally challenged.
Secondly- timeline 1990 (year of Ellison MN Daily Commentary) – 1998 (time picture was taken) = 8 years
Do you have a learning disability?
The June Powelineblog.com timelime on Ellison addressed all of this. If Mr. Ellison didn’t agree with Farrakhan’s idealogy in 1998, then why would he– as an attorney in a public demonstration- be holding that paper? Let’s say he didn’t agree with the Nation of Islam at that time, then he was using the Farrakhan image on that paper as some sort of “Power to the People” street cred– just as hypocritical. I simply want to know what this man believes. Is that really too much to ask?
September 29th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
“I’m warning you America. You better get rid of them neo cons. That’s the synagogue of Satan. They have made America weak. You’re a weak nation now, and your country has been taken from you by the synagogue of Satan. They own congress. That’s why the congress ain’t right.”
Louis Farrakhan 2/26/06
But most DFL’rs probably agree with him- therein lies the rationale behind defense of Keith Ellison.
September 29th, 2006 at 10:52 pm
this is really hilarious. “yeah, he’s practically cutting heads off in this photo, isn’t he?”
reminds me of when i used to go to protests and inevtiably i’d find myself carrying a bunch of socialist literature, The Militant being the most prominent. for that matter, there might well be a photo of me holding this same paper! I listened to a lot of Public Enemy in the early 90’s and they’re associated with Nation of Islam, too.
lock me up and throw away the key — quick! i’m a threat to decent society!
September 29th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
[...] MDE EXCLUSIVE: PICTURE OF ELLISON DISTRIBUTING NATION OF ISLAM NEWSPAPER IN 1998 [...]
September 29th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
Maybe you racist dipshit’s out there might find this interesting…..
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Ex-President Bush Sr. meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd on behalf of the Carlyle Group in 2000. [Source: Saudi Embassy]
Former President George H. W. Bush meets with the bin Laden family on behalf of the Carlyle Group. He had also met with them in November 1998 (see November 1998), but it is not known if he meets with them again after this. Bush denies this meeting took place until a thank you note is found confirming that it took place. [Wall Street Journal, 9/27/2001; Guardian, 10/31/2001]
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September 29th, 2006 at 11:16 pm
Shozzy – I know your pain. It seems like I’m forcing you kids to actually think – like it doesn’t come naturally.
So…
Why can’t he just be reading that paper? I could pick up a copy of Dianetics, even though I think Scientologists are crazy. I read it to see what makes Tom Cruise jump on Oprah’s couch.
If someone I don’t know sees me with it, I can see where they may jump to the conclusion that I’m working at being ‘clear’. This doesn’t mean it’s true, or that it’s reasonable to assume someone is active in Scientology just because they read about it. Of course, it doesn’t mean it’s not true either.
Thanks for the powerline reference. There’s a lot there, but I’ll find it and check it out. I agree, hypocrites should be exposed, especially when they’re running for office. Or running a blog.
So no, that is really not too much to ask. Is it too much to ask that the guy ‘reporting’ on it doesn’t actively obscure quotes, and being dishonest in general especially when ‘truth speaking for itself’ is so important here?
If you’ll read my other posts, you may infer I don’t like liars, hypocrites, and ignorance. You’d be right.
September 29th, 2006 at 11:42 pm
I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again. I did not have religios relations with that man, Mr. Farrakhan. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people.
September 30th, 2006 at 12:55 am
Forgot to include this letter, from Bush Jr’s finalcial backer James R. Bath…
Trying to smear Keith Ellison? LET’S TALK!!!!!
http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/images/documents/salem-bath-trust-agreement.jpg
September 30th, 2006 at 2:48 am
On February 12, 2000 at a Kathleen Ann Soliah/Sara Jane Olson fundraiser speech Kieth Ellison said “Don’t you remember Quibilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, was prosecuted in retribution against Minister Farrakhan – this game that was played out?” http://presslord.com/speech.htm (second paragraph of speech.). Most of the local media was at the event so this should be available on videotape.
As for the picture above, in the upper right hand corner there is a “Mumia Abu-Jamal” (born Wesley Cook)poster. Mumia has been convicted, in several trials of killing police officer http://danielfaulkner.com/
September 30th, 2006 at 3:52 am
Minor correction to above, sign is upper LEFT HAND CORNER.
September 30th, 2006 at 8:28 am
A black kid was shot in the back and Ellison is the attorney representing the family.
Strib wrote about it and quoted him.
PiePress wrote about it and quoted Ellison.
The MN Daily wrote about it and quoted Ellison.
Chicago Sun Times wrote about it and quoted Ellison.
The Final Call (a national publication) wrote about it and probably quoted Ellison word for word.
Like most attorneys, he probably have mulitple copies because of vanity, they took his picture and quoted him at length. Attorneys like to see themselves in the media.
The reason that makes sense because it would be hard to sell copies of a $1 paper AND lead a protest at the same time.
If Mr Brodkorb was interested in the TRUTH moreso than distorting perceptions to fit his mission of destroying people and their families by appealing to the worst in society, he would Nexis-Lexis search that particular issue of the Final Call and get the stories. I guarantee the truth is in what I wrote: That particular edition had extensive quotes from Keith Ellison as the attorney for a kid that was shot in the back by the police.
I’m through trying to contribute to this vile blog. I’ll slowly fade out, so don’t start jerking yourselves happy yet.
September 30th, 2006 at 8:53 am
I recall Ellison’s voluntary statements made on MPR and in the print media.
He claims that he was involved for the MIllion Man March and ‘organized’ for that event. He also made it clear in his own, voluntary, explanation that he was incolced for 18 months and then realized what Farrakhan stood for and is NOT a member of Islam and never was.
So with that in mind, as a voter on the receiving end of his words and expressions, I must say that this date of this activity and the willful manner in which he leads a march, with supposedly no tie to Farrakhan or NOI in basic purpose, carrying this paper, Final Call, in full frontal form, would lead me to believe that he should be confronted to EXPLAIN, in his own words, what the statement truly is that he is attempting to make here in this photo.
He clearly is not photo shy in this march. He is clearly leading the march. And he is clearly in support of Farrakhan in this march. That is not a Schwan’s food magazine or an Avon booklet in his hands.
When the LEADER of the march/event is holding print materials at the helm…that is very telling as to what his point and persuasion is for his followers.
And I will add here that the followers are following a man who is a Lawyer. An official Officer of the Court. Their representative of their thhoughts and feelings about the matter of police brutality.
For me, this bolsters Ellison’s despise of the law and officers in general.
Add his tickets and retaliatory restraining order in Hennepin County with a young woman that he had an affair with and then add the the fact that he was sued by the Attorney General…twice. And then add that he is LYING to the Jewish Community about his conduct, activites, and depth of involvement with the Nation of Islam. And we have a very troubled man. Who is not candidate material for Congress.
With photos like this one, how will he even be ablr to serve in Washington?
I can’t carry a bottle of hand lotion on the filghts these days…how can a man with ties to terrorist and Black Nationalist org’s even think for a momment that he will be given a Top Secret Security CLeaarance and ALL of that vital and secret information!!!?????
The DFL has become something that I cannot explain. To support Ellison, and by the way, even Hatc, who had to sue Ellison, isn’t even aligning with Ellison, the way the DFL has with this endorsement has caused so many staunch DFLers to bristle and withdraw from the party.
This new Party of Ellison is obviously the new party of lies and criminals.
My trust in the DFL has eroded dramatically.
I am deeply sickened at the level of filth that now represents Minnesota.
Time to put Ellison under the microscope and to see exactly what we are dealing with in him.
He has completely misled voters about himself and the NOI. Completely. This photo, and many others that can be easily accessed are evidence of his deeper involvement in a much more recent time period than he has claimed.
And to those of you, who so off-handedly, make comments here that remain in supprt of deception and for the Nation Of Islam….I advise to think aain before you speak.
Ask yourself how you can support, in your own name, a nab with such disregard for the laws of our state and citiy of Minneapolis. How can you support a man you do not really know…even at this point in the campaign? How can yousupport a man who promotes the Nation of Islam with organized marches and interactions of funds? How can you support a man who lies to our Jewish community, flagrantly?
How can you support a man, who lives so dysfunctionlly, to make serious decisions for ourselves and for our children’s futures?
You should be asking…what is wrong with yourself to find such a troubled man acceptable to serve in our US government? I ask, what is wrong with YOU?
September 30th, 2006 at 9:05 am
When I look at that picture, it looks to me like he is carrying multiple copies of the paper, unless “Final call” is the size of the Sunday Strib. I tend to read papers more than once, however I generally re-read the same copy! If I have a stack of papers, it’s very likely I will hand a few out.
September 30th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Context, Folks, Context.
Never mind the fact that he’s carrying the papers in a way that he was most likely distributing them, not simply reading them. Never mind that he was the attorney in the case at a public demonstration in which he most likely knew press would be there. Never mind that he probably even saw the camera three feet away from him. Never mind that his campaign says he was only involved with the Nation of Islam for an 18 month period in the early 90’s when he wrote in the Daily. My only point is that within the context of that statement, this picture raises questions. Please, put the partisanship aside. Use your logic. He is a fake and a phony (I don’t care if he is a Nation of Islam converted Muslim- that’s not the point)….We don’t need any more character-challenged people in office. Moving from a city where we had another character-challenged Congresswoman (Cynthina McKinney)– you will find that their true personality will eventually show itself to the detriment of the district. I’d have way more respect for Keith if he would simply tell the truth about his beliefs– he’d still win most likely. Oh- waiting for the racist statements because I dared to name two African Americans in one comment. Never mind that I’d support Condi Rice with every ounce of my being if she chose to run. C’mom. Don’t disappoint me.
September 30th, 2006 at 10:47 am
How many people do you know that just happen to be carrying multiple newspapers with the front page clearly visable. He was a walking lawn sign!!! Most people atleast fold or roll the paper so it’s more comfortable to hold.
You dims are totally full of it!
September 30th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
[...] And then we have the latest bombshell. A picture found by Minnesota Democrats Exposed of Mr. Ellison with multiple copies of The Final Call, a Nation of Islam paper, in 1998 during a protest against police brutality. [...]
September 30th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Where the hell is the Strib to cover this photo and information on Ellison!!!!????
Why are te media in the metro so weak?
This is vital to the voter base knowledge bank. People have a right to know the WHOLE story!!!
By not covering this info and photo the Strib is robbing people from having the full ability to make up their own minds about this Muslim candidate and allowing white liberal guilt to continue to keep our society ignorant and fumbline.
As journalists…if you know it you have to tell it
Or you are nothing more than a yellow rag Strib!!!!!
This is a most distrubing situation.
Ellison needs to answer for this now!
And he needs more than a five minute soundbite of lies!
ASK HIM about this photo! Do your jobs!
September 30th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Diane – I agree with you. Why isn’t anyone asking him about the pic?
I’d think that Mike would have some interest in it, as he ‘broke’ the story, but I haven’t seen anything more from him either.
Though a soundbite of five minutes plus wouldn’t be a ‘bite’, and wouldn’t get coverage of any sort anywhere.
September 30th, 2006 at 4:58 pm
[...] The liberal blogosphere will have a very diffilcult time writing Ellison "was never a member of the Nation of Islam, and has never had anything to do with Louis Farrakhan" when there is photographic evidence AND newspaper articles to the contrary. [...]
September 30th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
[...] The liberal blogosphere will have a very diffilcult time writing Ellison "was never a member of the Nation of Islam, and has never had anything to do with Louis Farrakhan" when there is photographic evidence AND newspaper articles to the contrary. posted by Michael B. Brodkorb at 5:00 pm [...]
September 30th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
As an outside observer here, not Dem, nor Rep, and not from MN, but fascinated in the ways people campaign and support campaigns, I offer my observation.
The picture shows the guy holding stuff, and the newspaper in question is visible.
I don’t see anything that can be viewed as “passing out” anything.
I can’t tell what is underneath the newspaper on top.
The context seems to be that he is leading a march, to a church, so the charge that he is there on the street to pass out Muslsim propaganda seems quite a stretch.
The certainty that some people have in believeing that this is exactly what they hope it is, is kinda creepy.
Not much here.
October 1st, 2006 at 1:01 pm
Observer:
You are nuts!
Read the actual MN Daily caption for the archived photo.
That would perhaps explain where the rest of us are getting our info for our blogging here.
Talk about too much male attitude of reinvent the wheel!!!!! Have your testosterone level checked…studies now show that too much teste will kill brain cells…finally an explanation for male attitudes!!!!
October 2nd, 2006 at 9:56 am
[...] 3. Ellison is photographed with Nation of Islam literature in 1998. [...]
October 18th, 2006 at 8:54 am
[...] 3. Ellison is photographed with Nation of Islam literature in 1998. [...]
December 27th, 2006 at 12:05 am
It is quite clear the name of the paper, and it is also clear that he is holding more than one copy, and the bundle is sure not to wipe his a*** with, most probably Farrakhan’s
Questions need asking and answering imo.
And for the people who have their heads in the sand, may I suggest you haul yourself out and take another look, or is it you just don’t want to!
January 13th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Any man that will sell the Final Call is a good man for Black People.
Lets hope that in the future he will sell the Final Call News Paper again.
Lloyd X.