https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/08/26/the-wrong-man-sir/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:03:23 -0400<![CDATA[Townhall links to a video in which civil rights activist Percy Sutton claimed he was asked by a certain &#8220;Dr. Khalid al Mansour&#8221;, supposed adviser to &#8216;one of the richest men in the world&#8217;, to write a letter of reccomendation on behalf of Barack Obama to help him gain acceptance to the Harvard Law Review many years ago.  Mansour was raising money for Obama at the time,according to Sutton, a circumstance strange enough in itself. Townhall identifies the Mansour in question as a preacher from Islam Studios. A video purporting to show Dr. Mansour exemplifies his somewhat comical style of preaching. However, it seems at first glance that Townhall may have erred in its identification of the right Mansour for the Islamic preacher featured in the video seems unlikely to have been any kind of adviser to billionaries. A search on the Internet showed another  Dr. Khalid Abdullah Tariq Al-Mansour&#8216;s whose biographical details fit the Sutton profile much better.]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:42:04 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/08/26/the-wrong-man-sir-n185993