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The wrong man, sir

August 26, 2008 - 9:42 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-27 14:49:48

Mansour was co-counsel for OPEC with Antonin Scalia? Wha?? Maybe Obama’s the conservative’s Manchurian candidate.

I noticed that too. Of course Scalia didn’t go on to become a preacher for Islamic Studios and list himself as connected to Saudi Banks. However, it does suggest to me that Dr. Mansour was well known in certain legal circles. Sutton’s claim that Mansour was adviser to some of the “richest men in the world” acquires a surprising plausibility. But now this same Mansour is apparently into distributing videos out of supermarkets and promoting whole foods. Speculation can run riot; but I prefer facts.

I think it’s fair to say that Mansour is an interesting character, and Percy Sutton’s claim he was asked long ago to boost the “available genius” Barack Obama into Harvard Law becomes interesting as well.