This is what we have become?

[Sarge]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...r-al-sharpton/

[Spaz]

jebus... can't they both just die?!? please...

[FasstChevys]

What a mother-fuckin' piece of shit Al Sharpton is.........WOW.

I wonder how many idiots will vote for Obama next time around after this bullshit.




and - in Sarge's article, there's an interesting poll:

Direction of country:

Right direction: 33.5%

Wrong track: 60.7%

I'd say that's about right.

[superfastls1]

Throw Jesse Jackson in the mix and we have the perfect trifecta!

[GTP231]

Just when I thought Obama couldn't get any dumber

[doberman 152]

Not surprising, You can polish a turd but it's still a piece of shit.

[dklowrider]

ok, here's a perfect place to educate me. show me that i have been wrong when i have said that this administration's critics can only complain blindly whenever someone speaks or acts. this is a fairly short and to the point article.
two points stand out to me in this article.
Sharpton tells leaders of the black community to back off of the President. he says to them "Obama is right to craft policies aimed at lifting all Americans rather than targeting blacks".
Sharpton states that "the President doesn't need to get out there and do what we should be doing". which i assume to mean bettering 'ourselves [blacks] and our communities'.
i have never been a fan of Al Sharpton's, but badmouthing what he is saying can only mean you don't agree with him. what's the alternative? tell black leaders 'yeah, the brother forgot about us homies, he just caters to whitey and lets us fend for ourselves'?

[FasstChevys]

ok, here's a perfect place to educate me. show me that i have been wrong when i have said that this administration's critics can only complain blindly whenever someone speaks or acts. this is a fairly short and to the point article.
two points stand out to me in this article.
Sharpton tells leaders of the black community to back off of the President. he says to them "Obama is right to craft policies aimed at lifting all Americans rather than targeting blacks".
Sharpton states that "the President doesn't need to get out there and do what we should be doing". which i assume to mean bettering 'ourselves [blacks] and our communities'.
i have never been a fan of Al Sharpton's, but badmouthing what he is saying can only mean you don't agree with him. what's the alternative? tell black leaders 'yeah, the brother forgot about us homies, he just caters to whitey and lets us fend for ourselves'?

And then the article says:

Sharpton is an unlikely White House partner, given his racially polarizing history and efforts by Obama's 2008 campaign team to steer clear of the civil-rights leader.


In desperate times, are they stooping to desperate measures? Maybe, maybe not.

[dklowrider]

And then the article says:

Sharpton is an unlikely White House partner, given his racially polarizing history and efforts by Obama's 2008 campaign team to steer clear of the civil-rights leader.


In desperate times, are they stooping to desperate measures? Maybe, maybe not.

that's what i was wondering, is the problem the fact that Obama reached out to Sharpton? honestly, in the grand scope of the citizenry of this country, it made sense not to be too chummy with the likes of Sharpton if you want to be the POTUS. however when you need to reach out to a specific segment of the population with a message this scenario makes sense. you don't send a Muslim to talk to the Jews,you don't send a black to talk to the latinos, you don't send a nerd to talk to the jocks. the message isn't received the same. see what i mean?
instead of stooping, i would categorize it more as strategic planning.

[Sarge]

Sure...this is a quality individual and The President of the United States is seeking his "advice"....
Comments on Jews

During the Crown Heights Riot, Sharpton (who arranged a rally in Crown Heights after Cato's death[40]) has been seen by some commentators as inflaming tensions by making remarks that included "If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house"[62] and referring to Jews as "diamond merchants."[63]
Kean College

Sharpton was quoted as saying to an audience at Kean College in 1994 that, “White folks was [sic] in caves while we was building empires.... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”[64] Sharpton defended his comments by noting that the term "homo" was not homophobic but added that he no longer uses the term.[65] Sharpton has since called for an end to homophobia in the African-American community.[66]
Mitt Romney

During 2007, Sharpton was accused of bigotry for comments he made on May 7, 2007, concerning presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his religion, Mormonism:
"As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyways, so don't worry about that; that's a temporary situation."[67][68] In response, a representative for Romney told reporters that "bigotry toward anyone because of their beliefs is unacceptable."[69] The Catholic League compared Sharpton to Don Imus, and said that his remarks "should finish his career".[70]
On May 9, during an interview on Paula Zahn NOW, Sharpton said that his views on Mormonism were based on the Mormon Church's traditionally racist views regarding blacks and its interpretation of the so-called "Curse of Ham".[71] On May 10, Sharpton called two apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and apologized to them for his remarks and asked to meet with them.[72] A spokesman for the Church confirmed that Sharpton had called and said that "we appreciate it very much, Rev. Sharpton's call, and we consider the matter closed."[73] He also apologized to "any member of the Mormon church" who was offended by his comments.[73] Later that month, Sharpton went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he met with Elder M. Russell Ballard, a leader of the Church, and Elder Robert C. Oaks of the Church's Presidency of the Seventy.[74][75]
Tawana Brawley controversy

For more details on this topic, see Tawana Brawley rape allegations.




Al Sharpton interviewed in 2007 on whether he is tired of hearing about Tawana Brawley twenty years later.


On November 28, 1987, Tawana Brawley, a 15-year-old African American girl, was found smeared with feces, lying in a garbage bag, her clothing torn and burned and with various slurs and epithets written on her body in charcoal. Brawley claimed she had been assaulted and raped by six white men, some of them police officers, in the town of Wappinger, New York.
Attorneys Alton H. Maddox and C. Vernon Mason joined Sharpton in support of Brawley. A grand jury was convened; after seven months of examining police and medical records, the jury determined that Brawley had fabricated her story. Sharpton, Maddox, and Mason accused the Dutchess County prosecutor, Steven Pagones, of racism and of being one of the perpetrators of the alleged abduction and rape. The three were successfully sued for slander and ordered to pay $345,000 in damages, the jury finding Sharpton liable for making seven defamatory statements about Pagones, Maddox for two, and Mason for one.[76] Sharpton refused to pay his share of the damages; it was later paid by a number of black business leaders.[41]
In 2007 Sharpton said he would have accepted the case the same as he does today. The only difference would be he would not have made it so personal with Pagones, but he still felt Brawley had a good case to go to trial. "I disagreed with the grand jury on Brawley," said Sharpton in an interview. "I believed there was enough evidence to go to trial. Grand jury said there wasn’t. Okay, fine. Do I have a right to disagree with the grand jury? Many Americans believe O.J. Simpson was guilty. A jury said he wasn’t. So I have as much right to question a jury as they do. Does it make somebody a racist? No! They just disagreed with the jury. So did I." [11]

[mdh100]

unfortunately, it will only get worse. We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

[ibanez7]

now this is where I find this funny.... follow these points...

-blacks have killed more of their own kind, more then whites killing blacks or even KKK killing blacks.

-obama hired sharpton to control the angry mob of blacks that are turning against obama.

-many people have been waiting the crazy-cocked eyed white supremacist to land a kill shot on obama. (worried or hoping it happens)

now following the first point, one could think, if the angry mob of blacks continue to grow angry, one of them will shoot and kill what this country calls their first black president. However oprah, media, sharpton, jackson and others will call this a hate crime against the first mulatto president. In other words proving how much of a hypocrite they are and renigging on their statements, beliefs and actions. The irony of goverment mixed with celebrity and media bullshit

for those of you that do not know what a mulatto is:
Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has both black ancestry and white ancestry.[1] The term may be perceived as pejorative in some cultures and situations.[2] Its current usage varies greatly.

[86 IROC-Z]

Sharpton was quoted as saying to an audience at Kean College in 1994 that, “White folks was [sic] in caves while we was building empires.... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.”

wat

[FasstChevys]

that's what i was wondering, is the problem the fact that Obama reached out to Sharpton? honestly, in the grand scope of the citizenry of this country, it made sense not to be too chummy with the likes of Sharpton if you want to be the POTUS. however when you need to reach out to a specific segment of the population with a message this scenario makes sense. you don't send a Muslim to talk to the Jews,you don't send a black to talk to the latinos, you don't send a nerd to talk to the jocks. the message isn't received the same. see what i mean?
instead of stooping, i would categorize it more as strategic planning.

I understand your logic, but how about this:

I personally know quite a few black folks that despise Sharpton and his antics/tactics. From them, they tell me that 'most' of their friends that are black as well don't share the same views. If it's strategic, I wonder how wise it is.

[dklowrider]

I understand your logic, but how about this:

I personally know quite a few black folks that despise Sharpton and his antics/tactics. From them, they tell me that 'most' of their friends that are black as well don't share the same views. If it's strategic, I wonder how wise it is.

my grandma used to say "some shoes fit better than others, but none fit perfect". i think every choice anyone makes has good and bad points, or consequences.

[wheeliE-maxx]

Now sharpton won't shut up about Obama being a socialist and you should have known when you elected him

[FasstChevys]

Now sharpton won't shut up about Obama being a socialist and you should have known when you elected him

Love it how's that for consequences DK?