Sharpton - "New Generation of Uncle Toms"

MSNBC ^

[jmcclain19]

‘NEW GENERATION OF TOMS’ Sharpton made some of his most inflammatory remarks of this campaign season Thursday night, disparaging front-runner Dean’s record on race issues and mocking African-American leaders who endorse white candidates as a “whole new generation of (Uncle) Toms.” Some of Sharpton’s remarks drew standing ovations, despite the fact that he showed up about two hours late to the 38th Annual NAACP Connecticut State Conference where he was the keynote speaker. Sharpton’s attack on Dean follows the former Vermont governor’s recent endorsement by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.).

“Let’s look at Dean’s record,” Sharpton said. “I ain’t going to argue with Jesse’s son. I’m running against Dean. … Dean said that affirmative action should have nothing to do with race. He said, ‘No, I don’t believe that anymore.’ Well, good, when did you change your mind? I believe in conversions. I’m a preacher. But I want to know where you was when you fell off the horse on the road to Damascus.”

Sharpton went on to say that Dean had injected race into the campaign: “If you hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t have looked it up,” he said, explaining that Dean’s comments on race at a Congressional Black Caucus debate in Baltimore earlier this year prompted Sharpton to do some research. “Now if you change your mind, good, but don’t act like you were always there, and ignore the fact that some of us always was.

I always fought for affirmative action,” said Sharpton. After the speech, I asked Sharpton if he would bring his attacks against to Dean to a national stage, such as a debate. He said: “If he (Dean) brings it up, I will certainly bring it up.

I think he has a responsibility if he brings up race to discuss his record there and if he had not brought it up it wouldn’t be an issue. It was fair game when he particularly brought it up attacking others but not having dealt with what he claimed he had dealt with.”

African-American leaders endorsing white candidates were not only targeted, they were also mocked by Sharpton: “I’m endorsing so and so. … you are not doing nothing but playing with yourself. These people are not discussing you; they need a few cosmetic pictures to add to their profile. I’m ready to put out ads telling all Uncle Toms at least send me part of the money you get from selling out because if I wasn’t in the race they wouldn’t be offering you nothing. I put a whole new generation of Toms in business.” I asked Sharpton if he was referring to any one African-American leader in particular.

“Those that have gained from the struggle but do not participate in the struggle are who I’m talking about,” he said. I also asked Sharpton if he was personally hurt that the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson did not endorse him. “In politics, it’s not really that surprising.”

[jmcclain19]

Al doing his best to maintain "credibility"

Remember all, to support

[rhombus]

Sharpton is the biggest racist in the race.

[Mike Darancette]

Race-Baiting is alive and well in the RAT party.

[azhenfud]

"...I want to know where you was when you fell off the horse on the road to Damascus."

You ain't gonna use that race card, is you?

[dead]

I’m ready to put out ads telling all Uncle Toms at least send me part of the money you get from selling out because if I wasn’t in the race they wouldn’t be offering you nothing.

The classy face of the party.

[schaketo]

In the upcoming democratic primary (2004) ...

BIG AL NEEDS OUR HELP NOW MORE THAN EVER!
*** Register as a democrat and vote for Crazy Al! ***

During the May 3, 2003 demoncrap debate in Columbia, S.C., our man Al stated “The way to move a donkey is to slap the donkey,” and “I’m going to slap the donkey until the donkey kicks”.

Let’s help Crazy Al slap the donkey until it kicks.

GW has the Republican nomination sewn up. Its time for all good republicans, libertarians, and independents to stand up and be counted. Lets take a page from Sen. McCain’s play book. Prior to the 2004 democratic presidential primary in your state, re-register as a democrat and vote for Al Sharpton!

Lets ensure Crazy Al gets prime time speaking rights at the 2004 nationally televised democratic convention. You gotta love it. Line up, sign up, and send this to all your like-minded friends.

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http://www.nass.org/Issues/04primaries.html

Check here for the rules governing primary voting in your state:
http://www.fec.gov/votregis/primaryvoting.htm

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http://www.al2004.org/

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Oh yea, and don’t forget to call the local demoncrap party headquarters and ask them the following before the primary election:

1. Can I get a ride to the polls – help them spend their money during the primaries so they’ll have less during the national election. Have them take you the scenic route and stop off and do some shopping on the way home.
2. Are you giving anything away free for voting democrat? Cigarettes, booze, box of cigars, box lunch, etc. Ask for two of each.
3. Send 25 cents in the mail to the DNC and watch how much they spend on mailing you to give to the party. Always send their solicitation back to them with all associated literature in the prepaid envelope included in the mailing. They have to pay that postage upon return. Great way to help them spend money and keep you up to date on their propaganda.

Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

Main Phone Number: 202-863-8000

Can you think of any other questions we should ask them?

[RightWhale]

I doubt Al has read the book.

[WL-law]

The article goes on to say:

TRADEMARK TARDINESS

As mentioned already, Sharpton was late, very late for his speech Thursday night. He was scheduled to speak at 7:45 p.m. He didn’t arrive till around 10 p.m. “This is bad, this is really really bad,” said one organizer during the more than two-hour wait. At one point, the choir started singing “We Shall Overcome.” Organizers and police officers kept telling the press and parishioners “just five more minutes.” “You said five minutes two hours ago,” said one angry parishioner who left. It’s not clear why Sharpton was two hours late. A police officer told me was stuck in traffic, but I heard one of his staffers say it was because a private meeting Sharpton had beforehand. Nonetheless, Sharpton’s tardiness has become a trademark of the campaign.

Bill Clinton used to show up very late, too, on the 1992 campaign trail, and one reporter was told, on a particular occasion, that Clinton was, in Arkansas lingo, "gettin' himself a little 'strange'", i.e., of the Paula Jones variety.

[mseltzer]

Looks like he be using it.

[Republican Red]

In Atlanta, Al doesn't need my vote.

I'm a Republican for Dean!

[alrea]

Sharpton is the biggest racist in the race.

He may be the only racist in the race.

[Chi-townChief]

The interesting thing is that, one year from now, Al Sharpton will be enthuastically kissing the white @ss of whichever democrat gets the nod.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I believe in conversions. I’m a preacher.

Shyeah. Right. A "preacher" who helps to press demonstrably false rape charges against innocent victims, solely in the name of race-pimping demagoguery.

A "preacher" who knowingly, willingly preached race hatred, resulting (ultimately) in the horrific deaths of seven more blameless victims, in New York.

A "preacher" with a spluttering and pathological loathing of Jews, and of all things Jewish.

Some "preacher." Pfui.

[E Rocc]

I wonder when Tawana Brawley is going to start making campaign appearances with him.

-Eric

[jpl]

Al Sharpton is a big steaming pile of fecal matter.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Is "slapping the donkey" the same as "flogging the mule"?

[ozzymandus]

I'm not sending those creeps any money, but I loved the button with the picture of Al and Harry Truman. Didn't Harry spend some time in the Klan when he was in the Pendergast mob in Kansas City?

[Wait4Truth]

Didn't Sharpton endorse Clinton and then Gore? Is that not a black leader endorsing a white candidate? The press never asks the questions. Pathetic.

[Kenton]

I’m ready to put out ads telling all Uncle Toms at least send me part of the money you get from selling out because if I wasn’t in the race they wouldn’t be offering you nothing. I put a whole new generation of Toms in business.”

Way to go, Al.

Not sure alienating these bro's is gonna win you too many friends down at the barber shop, though.

Wouldn't you do better making all those white Democratic Dean supporters feel guilty about being closet racists instead? I mean, they already have all that experience feeling guilty, they probably would wallow in it.

Calling black men "Uncle anything" besides the name their nieces and nephews call them is just gonna piss them off an make them realize you got nothing to offer them. Throw away what little credibility you have, and your political aspirations will be as much yesterdays' news as, oh, say, Rev'rund Jackson...

[HenryLeeII]

If this idiot had any clue as to what he's talking about he would know that the Uncle Tom character was actually a strong person who tried to protect the other slaves from Simon Legree.