March 12, 2007: Jealous Al - Does Barack Need Him?

Al Sharpton says no way is he jealous of Barack Obama ...

What set Sharpton off was a published report that he is trying to hurt Obama's campaign because he's jealous. Sharpton says that claim is untrue, charging the story came from the Obama camp to pressure him into an early endorsement.

It is so, if you think so... My guess is the truth here is the arrival of Obama signals the end for Sharpton and his ilk (Jesse Jackson, etc.). And naturally those race-based pols are scared and angry. Barack doesn't spend a lot of time playing the race-card and has already dared to ratify the Bill Cosby line that African-Americans, like the rest of us, should spend more time doing things for themselves than waiting for handouts. This puts Al & Co. out of business.

Of course the handwriting was always on the wall. That first "black President" Bill Clinton was one of the first to cut entitlements. Still, Sharpton has nowhere to go but the Clintons. I think it's pretty obvious he's desperately looking for a way to back Hillary. If Obama beats her, Al's a dinosaur. He probably already is.

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Al Sharpton is a demagogue. Plain and simple. He helps no one but himself.

Posted by: Terrye at March 12, 2007 4:46 PM

Yes, Sharpton is a demagogue. With a very receptive audience. The notion that a hate whitey black demagogue is in any danger of going out of business any time soon is a naive notion, naive in the extreme.

Posted by: ricpic at March 12, 2007 4:58 PM

He should've been toast after the Tawana Brawley hoax, about which the MSM gives him a continual pass.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 12, 2007 5:21 PM

The following is the opening summary for Al Sharpton on DISCOVERTHENETWORKS.ORG

Racial agitator and Founder of the National Action Network
Incited an anti-Jewish riot in Crown Heights in 1991 in which a Jewish student was lynched
Convicted of libel for his role in the Tawana Brawley hoax
Incited anti-Semites against Freddy's Mart which was burned by one of Sharpton's followers killing seven people
Democratic Party presidential candidate, 2004

Posted by: fred at March 12, 2007 7:02 PM

Sharpton is just doing the standard shakedown, Jesse won't be too far behind him.

Obama obviously hasn't kissed enough Black leadership aspes.

Posted by: Neo at March 12, 2007 9:43 PM

Obama seems to have a lot of class. Good for him.

But classiness is only one thing I would look for in a president. Being other than a Democrat is another.

Posted by: Bostonian at March 13, 2007 8:14 AM

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