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Rev. Al Sharpton threatens to sue Rush Limbaugh over Wall Street Journal op-ed
NY Daily News ^ | 10/17/2009 | Larry Mcshane

Posted on 10/18/2009 1:09:17 AM PDT by iowamark

The Rev. Al Sharpton is ready for a Rush to judgment.

The civil rights leader, typically impervious to insults, said Saturday that he will sue Rush Limbaugh for defamation unless he gets an apology from the right-wing radio host.

Sharpton was outraged by a Limbaugh op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal that blamed him for the 1991 Crown Heights riot and a 1995 killing spree at a Harlem store.

"I am definitely going to prove he makes reckless, unaccountable statements," Sharpton said. "Which is why he was forced out of buying an NFL team in the first place."

Limbaugh lashed out at Sharpton over the right-wing radio host's failed attempt to purchase a piece of the St. Louis Rams. Sharpton, among others, blasted Limbaugh's bid for NFL ownership.

Limbaugh replied in his op-ed piece that Sharpton "played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot ... and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot."

Seven people were killed by a gun-toting man who set a fire in the Freddie's Fashion Mart. A Jewish scholar was stabbed to death in Crown Heights three hours after a 7-year-old black boy was fatally struck by a car.

Slanderous, according to Sharpton, who denied both allegations.

"He doesn't have the right to lie and accuse people of crimes," Sharpton said. "He wants to criminalize me.

"That's what got him in trouble. He tried to criminalize the NFL players, calling them Crips and Bloods."

The hard-line conservative also mentioned Sharpton's wrongful accusations in the Tawana Brawley case, and the reverend's "blind hatred" - although Sharpton took no issue with those remarks.

Limbaugh was unavailable for comment Saturday.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afroamericanahole; alsharpton; blackbozo; jerk; limbaugh; nfl; racebaiter; rush; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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To: iowamark

Bring it on, race baiter, you might not like the result.


21 posted on 10/18/2009 2:57:10 AM PDT by richardtavor
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“Al better shut up while he can! He is heading for really deep water!”

Sadly, when Al ran for president, I thought he was the best of the Dem’s candidates.


22 posted on 10/18/2009 3:07:01 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: iowamark

1991: A Hasidic Jewish driver in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section accidentally kills Gavin Cato, a 7-year-old black child, and antisemitic riots erupt. Sharpton races to pour gasoline on the fire. At Gavin’s funeral he rails against the “diamond merchants” — code for Jews — with “the blood of innocent babies” on their hands. He mobilizes hundreds of demonstrators to march through the Jewish neighborhood, chanting, “No justice, no peace.” A rabbinical student, Yankel Rosenbaum, is surrounded by a mob shouting “Kill the Jews!” and stabbed to death.

1995: When the United House of Prayer, a large black landlord in Harlem, raises the rent on Freddy’s Fashion Mart, Freddy’s white Jewish owner is forced to raise the rent on his subtenant, a black-owned music store. A landlord-tenant dispute ensues; Sharpton uses it to incite racial hatred. “We will not stand by,” he warns malignantly, “and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.” Sharpton’s National Action Network sets up picket lines; customers going into Freddy’s are spat on and cursed as “traitors” and “Uncle Toms.” Some protesters shout, “Burn down the Jew store!” and simulate striking a match. “We’re going to see that this cracker suffers,” says Sharpton’s colleague Morris Powell. On Dec. 8, one of the protesters bursts into Freddy’s, shoots four employees point-blank, then sets the store on fire. Seven employees die in the inferno. Jeff Jacoby, 2/23/2003


23 posted on 10/18/2009 3:10:50 AM PDT by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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To: iowamark

Actually Sharpton is the guy who ought to be nervous. He is really ripe to be sued off this latest episode of lies.


24 posted on 10/18/2009 3:11:01 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Safetgiver

Ain’t diversity just grand; a tune played by Al Sharptone and his Ethnic Pimps, while do’n the race shuffle.

Al is what Black Rapp’n is always talking about; just be’in one o’da brothers do’n and putt’um up as fast as he can. Although, I am sure Rush will stuff Al’s three pounds of worthless human debris in a two pound brown bag, demonstrating one fact; That Al is not worth putting in a three pound bag...mmm-mmm-mmmh.


25 posted on 10/18/2009 3:55:31 AM PDT by ntmxx (I am not so sure about this misdirection!)
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To: iowamark

I don’t think Rush is worried.....


26 posted on 10/18/2009 4:05:14 AM PDT by The Wizard
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To: iowamark

He doesn't have the right to lie and accuse people of crimes,

poor asshole

27 posted on 10/18/2009 4:07:34 AM PDT by The Wizard
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To: iowamark

Al is hoping for an OJ jury trial.


28 posted on 10/18/2009 4:33:47 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (For good judgment ask...What would Obama do? Then do the opposite!)
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To: iowamark
Al Sharpton shouldn't be allowed to sue ANYBODY until he pays for the last suit he lost...

Μολὼν λάβε


29 posted on 10/18/2009 4:34:51 AM PDT by wastoute (translation of tag "Come and get them (bastards)" or "come get some")
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To: iowamark

Bring it!


30 posted on 10/18/2009 4:35:35 AM PDT by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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To: iowamark

Bring it on, Al. One of the two of you is a racist and it isn’t El Rushbo.


31 posted on 10/18/2009 4:38:46 AM PDT by altair (Obama Wa Nobel-sho Ni Ataeshinai - Newsweek)
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To: ChiMark

On Rush’s show the other day former NFL Ken Hutcherson called Jackson and Sharpton ‘race pimps’. Then he was the O’Reilly segment with Juan Williams. He was fuming!


32 posted on 10/18/2009 4:53:14 AM PDT by beefree
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To: altair

I think Limbaugh’s lawyers would love the chance to get Al under oath. Maybe find out how Al financially supports hisself...


33 posted on 10/18/2009 5:01:41 AM PDT by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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To: altair
The uh Reverend Sharpton

RACE PIMP

34 posted on 10/18/2009 5:05:45 AM PDT by Fred911 (YOU GET WHAT YOU ACCEPT)
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To: iowamark

Reverend my Ass!! sheeeze what a mo!


35 posted on 10/18/2009 5:08:37 AM PDT by timetostand
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To: iowamark

“reckless ,,, unaccountable statements”

Isn’t this who rev. al is ???


36 posted on 10/18/2009 5:46:27 AM PDT by lionheart 247365 (-:{ 0bama's dream is an American NIGHTMARE }:-)
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To: iowamark

Bring it on, punk. Rush will pulverize you.


37 posted on 10/18/2009 5:50:07 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: iowamark
"played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot ... and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot."

LOLOL

And how is Rev. Al going to prove those statements false?

Since Al seems OK with Wiki, here's what Wiki says about Al, Crown Heights and Freddie's Fashion Mart

38 posted on 10/18/2009 6:01:39 AM PDT by Tribune7 (I am Joe Wilson!)
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To: iowamark

At first I thought this had to be from The Onion!

Rush has a plan and this might be the first salvo. His goal is to force the DBM to “disown” Obama. It may be a while in development and some of Rush’s moves might not make sense at the moment, but give it time.

Maybe the idea is to just tell the truth about them, and lure Sharpton and other race baiters into suing him. Then what side will the DBM take - the side of the one telling the truth or the side of the one telling lies?


39 posted on 10/18/2009 6:01:47 AM PDT by randita (Chains you can bereave in.)
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To: iowamark
“He doesn't have the right to lie and accuse people of crimes,” Sharpton said. “He wants to criminalize me.

So sue Rush, but the light will shine on you, you cockroach............
40 posted on 10/18/2009 6:05:02 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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