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The public life and private doubts of Al Sharpton
WAPO ^ | Feb. 7, 2015 | Eli Saslow

Posted on 02/08/2015 5:56:26 AM PST by PROCON

Al Sharpton had not made news for 13 hours, and this was cause for serious concern. He climbed into the back seat of his luxury SUV, told his driver to take him four blocks to Times Square and refreshed the news feed on his cellphone. “Seriously? Nothing on Ferguson?” he said. “Nothing about my statement on good policing?” His power depended in part on publicity; the civil rights movement depended in part on his power. He ran a comb through his hair and dialed one of his assistants. “If we lose this spotlight, then our whole opportunity here, our historic moment — it’s dead,” he said.

The car pulled up to a hotel, where a security team greeted Sharpton and hurried him upstairs to a private meeting. The conference room had been arranged to his exact specifications: thermostat cranked high to help loosen his voice, hot tea waiting on the table, Dominican cigars stashed nearby in case there was time for a break. His audience was already seated, and Sharpton took his place at the front of the room. An assistant introduced him as though welcoming a prizefighter.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of our movement, the reason we are all here, a champion of justice, the people’s preacher, the Reverend Doctor Al Sharpton!”

Sharpton stood as they applauded and took his time removing his coat and scarf.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; race; racehustler
A very long puff piece describing America's race hustler as he plans his divisive racial mischief.

In the old America I grew up in, this tax cheat would be behind bars doing time just like Leona Helmsley and Paula Dean did for similar crimes.

But now, with the DOJ and the "Just-Us" brothers, he walks free to antagonize our already divided nation.

1 posted on 02/08/2015 5:56:27 AM PST by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Unfortunately, bo one in this country has the “INTESTINAL FORTITUDE” to expose this race pimp for what he really is, a “CHARLATAN”. Every one outside the “ELITES” in this country, is scared to death that should they start investigating this “RACE PIMP”, they would be faced by “INVESTIGATION” from the DOJ, headed by Eric Holder, and the rest of these “BLACK LEADERS in Washington.


2 posted on 02/08/2015 6:05:05 AM PST by gingerbread
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To: PROCON
The Hair has changed...the body mass has changed...but there has BEEN no change in the SOUL of Revrunt Sharpton

where can I join The Indict Al Sharpton Movement?


3 posted on 02/08/2015 6:07:07 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: PROCON

If people didn’t understand that Zimmerman and Wilson, trayvon and big mike were just pawns in this game they should now


4 posted on 02/08/2015 6:08:28 AM PST by SPRINK
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(Sniffle) really nice that Rev Al's taking time-out from his duties for Obama (sob).


5 posted on 02/08/2015 6:19:31 AM PST by Liz
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To: Liz

LMAO.


6 posted on 02/08/2015 6:20:06 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: SPRINK

“trayvon and big mike were just pawns “.......

“Never let a good opportunity go to waste” seems appropriate for “Tax Heat” Al and his kind.


7 posted on 02/08/2015 6:20:43 AM PST by DaveA37
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THIS JUST IN When she made disparaging remarks about Obama, Sony's Amy Pascal ended up apologizing to Al Sharpton. Al called an emergency meeting to act on Hollyweird's racism (Stepan Fetchit was seanced from beyond the grave).

Now Amy's out as Sony VP---and she's got a new Sony gig.....but her new gig probably doesn’t include a hefty budget line for Al shakedowns.

So....the Brian Williams fiasco looks tailor-made for Sharpton’s greedy clutches. If Brian goes, Al's primed to jump in.....he's got a low-rated show at MSNBC, he’s a convicted liar, he doesn’t pay his taxes and he has President Obama’s ear.

He’s perfect for the Peacock network (so says Michael Goodwin, NY POST sage).

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THE AL MO: he “earns" money through calling other people racist.

‘We cannot be silent while African-Americans spend hard-earned dollars with a company that does not hire, promote or do business with us in a statistically significant manner.’ - Sharpton's 2003 e-mail to Honda.

Sharpton raised $1 million for NAN at his 60th birthday bash in October, with donations rolling in from unions and a corporate roster of contributors including AT&T, McDonald’s, Verizon and Walmart.

Companies have gotten in line to pay Sharpton. Macy’s and Pfizer forked over thousands to NAN, as have General Motors, American Honda and Chrysler.

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I sincerely hope "payments" to Al were properly disclosed to shareholders of publicy-traded companies.

8 posted on 02/08/2015 6:21:22 AM PST by Liz
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I happened to notice that the writer made a serous, possibly fatal mistake. When he wrote. “ Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., and when Eric Garner died after being placed in a chokehold” he forgot to use the adjective. “unarmed” before Michael Brown’s or Eric Garner’s” names. A mighty rallying cry.


9 posted on 02/08/2015 6:28:13 AM PST by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan by the day)
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To: PROCON

Doctor? Since when?


10 posted on 02/08/2015 6:31:18 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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Idi Amin gave himself all kinds of crazy titles as well; Sharpton probably got an honorary doctorate from some urban toilet or Ivy League school that wouldn’t otherwise give him the time of day.


11 posted on 02/08/2015 6:35:02 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: PROCON

The first sentence made me think: “Satire”.

But this moron is serious.


12 posted on 02/08/2015 6:50:19 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: PROCON

How many words does this article devote to Tawana Brawley or Crown Heights???????


13 posted on 02/08/2015 7:07:30 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: PROCON

And the comments at the site? Bwahahaha!


14 posted on 02/08/2015 7:30:01 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: WayneS

“But this moron is serious.”

The Reverend Al is the P.T. Barnum of the race hustle. He will do and say and pay anything to stay relevant.

Ultimately, though, he’s going to lose his base to the kidiot anarchist types.


15 posted on 02/08/2015 7:35:54 AM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: PROCON

Sounds like AL does a whole lot of NOTHING everyday


16 posted on 02/08/2015 8:00:08 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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