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| Revs. Sharpton, Jackson downplay tea party issue |
| 2010-07-15 |
| Ay-Pee . . . "We will not be diverted or otherwise distracted by any other message except putting America back to work," Jackson said a day after convention delegates approved the resolution. "We want jobs and justice and peace." Jobs? Isn't that kind of counter to what you've been working for your whole "career" there, Rev? Sharpton was a little more direct, saying issues surrounding the tea party go beyond claims of racism. He said the civil rights movement sought to pressure the federal government to step in when states were enforcing segregation laws, and the tea party's focus on states' rights puts people at risk. More of the same at link. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #12 More of the same at link. No, thank you. |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-07-15 22:45 |
| #11 You should have done it anyway, Rambler. Then they would have beaten you to a bloody pulp, called you a cracker, told you not to vote and left you to die with your legs tied in a knot. If you survived, you could have sued them and had your case thrown out because they were black. Then all the voters would have been infuriated if the MSM even bothered to report it, but would forget next time they went to the polls. My, how Holder has helped race relations. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-07-15 22:40 |
| #10 I lived in Dutchess County, New York during the Tawana Brawley case. Years later, I happened to see Rev. Al at Reagan Airport. I wanted to "thank" him for setting race relations in Dutchess back about 20 years. Only the fact that he was accompanied by three or four aides/bodyguards/thugs stopped me. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-07-15 14:27 |
| #9 Well, because that would be...awkward. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-15 12:03 |
| #8 My question has always been ... "Why hasn't anyone interviewing Sharpton asked him about his race baiting in the Tawana Brawley case?" ... |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-07-15 11:23 |
| #7 When the elder Jackson says "jobs", he means Sopranos-style no-show jobs. He doesn't give a shit about productive working-class jobs; he just wants a dusting of extorted, bullshit parasitical "jobs" he can hand out to his clients like a good patron. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-07-15 11:11 |
| #6 "We want jobs and justice and peace." I wonder if Freddy's Fashion Mart is hiring? Ooooops...sorry. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-15 10:49 |
| #5 Sharp-tongue always asks, "when did you stop beating your wife"? |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2010-07-15 09:18 |
| #4 He said the republicans of the civil rights movement sought to pressure the federal government to step in when democrat controlled states were enforcing segregation laws written by democrats, and the tea party's focus on states' rights puts people at risk. FIFY - No Charge |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-07-15 08:39 |
| #3 "We want jobs and justice and peace." "And some Budweiser distributorships." "And a pony." |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-07-15 08:13 |
| #2 They've got their jobs, which they think is to help other people get jobs and become self-sufficient, but they don't want to work themselves out of their jobs, now do they? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-07-15 05:46 |
| #1 Employment still escapes these two hustlers does it? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-07-15 05:11 |