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Sharpton to Bill Clinton: 'Shut Up'
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| 28 Jan 08
| Political Radar blog
Posted on 01/28/2008 12:19:35 PM PST by seanmerc
ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday weighed in on the raging debate inside the Democratic Party over former President Bill Clinton's advocacy on behalf of his wife's campaign, with two choice words for the former president: "Shut up."
On ABC's "The View," Sharpton said voters are hearing "race charges, race-tinged rhetoric" in the Democratic primary campaign, and called on the former president to cease.
"I think it's time for him to just be quiet," said Sharpton, who was a Democratic presidential candidate in 2004. "I think it's time for him to stop. As one of the most outspoken people in America, there's a time to shut up, and I think that time has come."
Sharpton didn't say which comments in particular bothered him. But many Democrats were particularly upset that the former president made an explicit comparison of Obama's campaign to Jesse Jackson's victories in South Carolina in 1984 and 1988, in an apparent attempt to explain why his wife didn't win the South Carolina primary on Saturday.
For his part, Jackson told The New York Times that he wasn't bothered by the comparison. Still, he told the newspaper that he had spoken to both Obama and President Clinton over the weekend, and told both to "take it to a higher ground."
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; blackvote; clinton; clintonistas; clintoon; enoughalready; hildebeast; racism; sharpton; tawanabrawley
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To: Larebil
We should goad Jesse Jackson into telling Bill to shut up. On the other hand, maybe we should encourage Bill to blather from the rooftops.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:25:39 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.)
To: seanmerc
The Clintons are repulsive, even more so if Sharpton now is more credible.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:26:38 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: what_not2007; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; Diplomat; ...
Re:
At this point, the Clintons can’t say anything without blacks accusing them of being racist. Gadzooks! Just like they do... 
to us Conservative Republicans!
How do ya like them apples... 
Billary?
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:27:36 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Bender2
Bender, is that you? Hugs, Danny Boy.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:28:51 PM PST
by
hoe_cake
To: seanmerc
For his part, Jackson told The New York Times that he wasn't bothered by the comparison.
How about a trip down memory lane, to a time where Bill Clinton received "private spiritual counseling" by Jackson, after Lewinsky's blue dress came out of the closet.
This was at the very moment when Jackson was using Rainbow Coalition money as hush money, to keep his bastard child out of the news.
I wonder how much cash Bill paid Jesse for that piece of kabuki theater?
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:31:43 PM PST
by
horse_doc
(Visualize a world where a tactical nuke went off at Max Yasgur's farm in 1969.)
To: seanmerc
Clinton and Sharpton should BOTH SHUT UP.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:32:36 PM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
To: steveyp
Maybe we could talk her into getting Michael Steele or JC Watts????
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:33:34 PM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
To: seanmerc
Oh my. Is the love fest over?
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:35:51 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Thanks Vets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: what_not2007
It be me...
for sure, for sure!
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:37:03 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: seanmerc
Sharpy to be attorney general.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:37:21 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: seanmerc
"Sharpton to Bill Clinton: 'Shut Up'"
Oh, oh. I guess Bill will be moving his office out of Harlem now.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:39:14 PM PST
by
mass55th
To: seanmerc
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:39:30 PM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: seanmerc
Don't listen to Sharpie, Bubba. Keep talking. We're mesmerized.
Keep talking and talking.
It'll help Hillary.
No, really...It will.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:40:51 PM PST
by
Allegra
(A chicken in every pot and a pair of new socks every day.)
To: seanmerc
It’s fun to see the race-mongers attacking democrats.
To: seanmerc
From the movie, "NIGHTSHIFT"...Bill: You tellin' me to shut up?
Chuck: I'm telling you to shut up! I will tell your recorder so that you don't forget!
[Chuck picks up tape recorder and turns it on]
Chuck: Hello, this is Chuck (AL) to remind Bill to SHUT UP...SHUT UP...SHUT UP!
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:44:07 PM PST
by
NordP
(Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
To: seanmerc
When Hillary successfully knocks Obama out of the race, by whatever tactic she uses, Obama should declare as a third-party. HA HA HA the wailing and gnashing would be priceless !!!
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:44:45 PM PST
by
AbeKrieger
(There is a special place in Hell for Lyndon Johnson.)
To: seanmerc
Still, he told the newspaper that he had spoken to both Obama and President Clinton over the weekend, and told both to "take it to a higher ground."ROTFLMAO!!!!
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:45:31 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: seanmerc
Al didn't happen to be reading Time Magazine when he made that statement about race-baiting, did he? After all, how much trouble could ol' Mr. Megaphone have with a story entitled
Obama's Rout Rejiggers The Race???
I can't understand why they printed that. I can believe that the MSM buried it.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:45:35 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(What Would Hobson Choose?)
To: seanmerc
“told both to “take it to a higher ground.”
The only *higher ground* Clinton understands is when you’re on your knees.
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posted on
01/28/2008 12:56:20 PM PST
by
wolfcreek
(The Status Quo Sucks!)
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