Posted on 03/30/2010 8:27:58 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
During the sparring session last night between Rev. Al Sharpton and Bill O’Reilly on “The Factor,” Sharpton claimed that he saw the much bally-hooed tape of Tea Party protesters outside the Capitol building hurling the “n” word at black congressmen. The only problem is that such a tape most likely does not exist. Nor are there any credible witnesses whom have come forward to substantiate the charge. When confronted by O’Reilly, Sharpton started to back away from his claim that he actually saw a tape of the alleged incident.
Reminiscent perhaps of Sharpton’s trumpeting of the infamous Tawana Brawley rape allegations, which turned out to be a hoax?
The Left and its allies in the mainstream media are using the race card in an effort to de-legitimize the opposition to President Obama, particularly as that opposition is reflected in the Tea Party movement. The main issues animating this movement have nothing to do with race. They revolve around fiscal responsibility, limited government and reliance on private enterprise. Tea party activists are united by opposition to a mammoth federal government engaged in run-away spending.
There may be a few bigots who attach themselves to the fringe of the Tea Party movement (as there are nuts attaching themselves to other movements on the Left and the Right), but a lunatic fringe does not define the Tea Party movement’s core beliefs nor the attitudes of the majority of its members. The conservative leaders whom the Left charges with inciting violence – for example, Glenn Beck – have repeatedly urged precisely the opposite. Beck has called for protest on the model of Ghandi and Martin Luther King. His hero is George Washington.
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I’m sitting here thinking the same thing. Sharpless and his ilk need to be IGNORED and not taken for someone having good sense. Only then will they go away.
Hey Al...you racist pig...walk your talk, or shutup.
Yeah, like Dan Rather ‘saw’ the Zapruder film........Gave him cred to go brown nose, now, didn’t it.
Now, that was a telling and fun moment to watch last night. Sharpton got caught red handed telling a lie. WOOHOO!
O’Reilly did a good job of holding Rev. Al in check. I know a lot of folks don’t like BOR and sometimes I’m one of ‘em, but his earned his money last night. Rev. Al tried the usual insinuations and guilt-by-association trickery but BOR nailed him hard every time. It was like he was channelling Rush, until the point where BOR had to babble on about how he believed Cleaver to be trustworthy.
I expected O’Reilly to get rolled, but he was a “stand up guy” ;-)
They’ve had plenty of time to do a voiceover on the tapes...
The Left and its allies in the mainstream media are using the race card in an effort to de-legitimize the opposition to President Obama.Psssst we knew that.
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