The party of Al Sharpton
My new column is up: Five reasons to fear the Democratic Party.
Well, six if you count Al Sharpton, who will speak tonight, believe it or not, to reinforce the Democrat theme of a “Stronger More Secure America.”
Here’s a quick refresher course on Law-and-Order Al’s record on cops, crime, and security:
1) Sharpton’s post-September 11 attacks on Rudy Giuliani.
2) Heather Mac Donald on Sharpton’s efforts to sabotage NYC’s crime-fighting efforts.
3) Sharpton caught on tape talking about laundering drug money with former mobster Michael Franzese, a Mafioso-turned-undercover-FBI informant posing as a cocaine dealer.
4) Jeff Jacoby on Sharpton as the Democrats’ David Duke
5) Sharpton, the Tawana Brawley hoax, and the smearing of New York prosecutor Steve Pagones. Asked by a Salon writer if he was “ever sorry you got involved in the Brawley case,” Sharpton replied:
No. I think if I had to do it again I’d do it in the same way.
The party of Al Sharpton, tonight’s grand finale speaker, promises to give us a “Stronger More Secure America.”
Is Jon Stewart in charge of the convention schedule or what?
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I’ll go with six, Al scares me. Thanks for the updates, we aren’t getting much coverage of the DNC here in Afghanistan.
Michelle,
What’s the matter, are you afraid to mention Barack Obama? He was on last night also.
You have alot in common with him, except he doesn’t have your hatred. Also, he write and speaks better than you do and…nevermind.
Yeah, Big Al as a spokesman for the Party of “Uniters”.
Your comments on Al sharpton are exactly on-point: The democratic party has morphed into an under-the-table band of deception artists. What happened to making decisions based upon what is best for the country’s direction, and defending the Constituition? That a character like Al Sharpton is promoted as a trail-blazer for the US is very disappointing.
Did I see that your post went up before 6:00 am?? Could that be a combination of kid-care and dedication? Good job, and keep up the good work.
Dan Patterson
Winston-Salem, NC
“Also, he write and speaks better…”
And your qualifications to judge are?
“What’s the matter, are you afraid to mention Barack Obama? He was on last night also.”
Uh, you must’ve missed this in the previous story:
Best description of Hot New Democratic Young Thing Barak Obama: Jim Geraghty over at the Kerry Spot calls him “Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford 2.0.”
Please send along my best wishes and thanks for service to Sgt. Hook; a firewall at my office now blocks the Sgt. Hook site, so my sincere thanks to all who serve and support the armed forces of the United States.
Dan Patterson
Winston-Salem, NC
bjuneau
The way you fawn over this man is close to that of a 7-year-old girl and her pony. Except for the standard liberal hate that is attached to everything. You must be a white liberal because only they can make a grown man sound like a puppy.
I think the liberals have found the next speaker of all things black.
The fact that the DNC had Al Sharpton as an actual candidate for the Presidency of the United States, says a lot about where this party is today.
Don’t pay bjuneau any attention. He is a confused little French man who sorely wants the same thing Bin Laden wants….John Kerry as President.
Sgt Hook - thank you for all you do!
Al should change his name to “Dimton”. He’s just another example of the fleecing of the civil rights movement.
Barak Obama is the new kid on the Democratic block. The liberal news media is quite taken with the soon-to-be junior Senator from Illinois . He has already received a good deal of coverage for someone who has experience only with state politics. Obama made the rounds of the news channels and state delegations last night and plugged himself to any that would listen. If he wants to appeal to a wider audience than Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton has, he will have to avoid the ‘African-American’ label and push himself as an ‘all-American’ candidate who just happens to be of mixed race.
Okay, Mrs. Malkin, I couldn’t even get past the third paragraph of the column in which Sharpton bashes Sir Giuliani. I’m a Democrat and royally embarassed that fat nut is even allowed in Massachussetts, much more on the stage!
The DNC has contorted itself to appear moderate yet remains so tone deaf that is doesn’t realize how polarizing a figure Sharpton remains. The same can be said of its embrace of Ted Kennedy but that wasn’t done on a night when the networks will look in.
This should be a comfort to us all.
Many of your reasons for fearing the Dems are valid. I myself used to be terrified of Dems & Libs until I saw “conservatives” govern; especially those in the current administration. Under the Bush adminstration, Iraqis have suffered the dozens of terrorist attacks that amount to several 9/11’s; in spite of the fact that we used torture.
Your out of your mind on the immigration issue. Cowardly Republicans who remain silent about Bush’s amnesty plan will oppose out of partisanship if nothing else.
When it comes down to it. Both the leadership of both parties care only about power. To believe otherwise is to delude yourself.
Comparing Sharpton to Bush, I’ve come to the conclusion that Sharpton has about as much integrity as Dubya.
And that isn’t much.
They both have told whoppers in their lifetimes.
The difference is when Bush lied….
Help me complete this sentence, folks.
I’ll help you…”People…” it rhyme with “lied”!
Thanks for the comments on Big Al. I am amazed at how he keeps hanging around. How does he not just get run out of town?
Ben
Clark - “Iraqis have suffered the dozens of terrorist attacks that amount to several 9/11’s; in spite of the fact that we used torture.”
Wow…where do I start? By “Iraqis” do you mean the civilian population? The civilian population that supports the United States overwhelmingly? The Iraqi civilians (not the insurgents from Syria and Iran or former Baathists thugs) that are volunteering for police and military positions that are being targeted? The Iraqi civilians who the US military went to such extents to avoid collateral damage that we probably lost many of our own men?
And torture? Are you referring to Abu Gharib? Here’s a tip…that is called humiliation. Wrong? Yes. Torture? Not even close. For a better idea of torture, tune in to what the keepers of the religion of peace do when they capture civilian foreigners.
Iraq has been liberated. A murderous dictatorship hell bent on acquiring nuclear and bilogical weapons has been deposed. Millions of Iraqis will now decide their own fate. Why do these things not make you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside? Why does your hate for George W. Bush and America run so deep?
And I hate to say it, but there is probably no better authority on the illegal aliean issue than one Michelle Malkin. Read her book, it would do you some good.
Surge,
I see you are back to your usual high standards. I have heard the Bush lied mantra so long and so often that it is becoming stale. Again one must ask if you have ever quoted a fact rather then a talking point?
As far as Al Sharpton…he is just a race hustler like his big brother Jessie Jackson and was never a serious contender for the nomination
Surge:
You can’t really say Sharpton lied when he used anti-Semitic and racist slurs. He meant them.
Enjoy the true face of your party tonight.
OK, Surge, how’s this: “When Sharpton incited a riot against what he called ‘white interlopers’, people died”. Like jack white said, since he meant it, it’s not a lie, but people did die. I’m sure the owner of Freddy’s Fashion Mart will appreciate seeing Sharpton tonight.
As far as Obama, he gave a really good speech but jeebus, judging by the reaction, i’m waiting for him to walk on water next.
Even when a partisan hack like Kevin Drum said something to the effect of “it was a damn fine speech but had zero policy, which is fine for a keynote convention speech” his sheep in the comments turned on him like you wouldn’t believe.
“Iraq has been liberated. A murderous dictatorship hell bent on acquiring nuclear and bilogical weapons has been deposed.” Marshall
Hell-bent, huh? Where’s the evidence of this? The only bio weapons we found were the one’s we gave them in the 80’s after when we SUPPORTED this MURDEROUS DICTATORSHIP. And Bush Sr., along with the U.N. found those and destroyed them in the Gulf War.
You want proof? Here ya’ go:
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/
“Surge,
I see you are back to your usual high standards. I have heard the Bush lied mantra so long and so often that it is becoming stale. Again one must ask if you have ever quoted a fact rather then a talking point?” James Kotthoff
James,
I’ve backed up most of my talking points with documented research. Check my post above.
You and many of the bloggers who don’t have valid answers to my “talking points” are the one’s who are lacking in facts.
Surge,
Don’t be a moron; too late. Don’t you want to see people free? Freedom comes with a price remember, we’ve lost 900 soldiers; Iraq has lost millions.
“Surge,
Don’t be a moron; too late. Don’t you want to see people free? Freedom comes with a price remember, we’ve lost 900 soldiers; Iraq has lost millions.” Joseph Finley
Ah yes….This is a perfect example of the typical eloquent and informed conservative responses I get when I present FACTS. Very classy indeed.
It’s a FACT that REAGAN was SUPPORTING Saddam in the 80’s, when Saddam was SYSTEMATICALLY gassing MILLIONS of Kurds, Joseph.
If presenting FACTS makes me a moron to uninformed conservatives, I’m more than happy to accept the title.
Marshall:
Yes, those Iraqis, who have been killed in suicide attacks, including several dozen today. While I take every poll by an American company of Arabs with a grain of salt; every one that I have seen shows overwhelming opposition to the occupation.
What ever you call what happened at Abu Gharib, if the goal was to gather intelligence in order to stop terrorism; it is a spectacular failure.
I am aware that Malkin is very knowledgable about the immigration issue; which is why I am surprised that she thinks a Democratic administration would be somehow worse than President Bush.
I think it is wonderful anytime a dictator is out of job and in jail. I don’t think it is the job of the U.S. to eliminate them; especially, when they present no threat to our country, which Saddam did not.
My hatred of Bush, like my similar feelings toward Bill Clinton, is very superficial. It will dissapear when he is out of the Whitehouse.
My hatred of America exists only in your imagaination. I imagine that you are one of those who confuse support for the Republican party with love of country. How pathetic.
P.S. Malkin’s book sits on my bookshelf at home, unfortunately mostly unread.
Clark
Clark-
Then the first thing you need to do is read her book.
What polls are you referring to? One’s done by that pillar of journalistic integrity, Al Jazeera? Most Iraqis are opposed to the occupation, true. Who wouldn’t be? But they support the United States in what they have done (liberate them) and do not want them to leave until there is more stability. These are from polls done by Western companies yes, but Western companies that hate Bush and want to see him fail, so they have no benefit in showing our liberation of that country as anything close to a good thing.
If you can not understand why a Democratic administration would be even worse than the poor Republican administration when it comes to immigration, I suggest you read Ms. Malkin’s original article again, “Five Reasons to fear the Democratic Party”. Summary - because they are run by organizations in this country that have no desire whatsoever to take the steps necessary to protecting our borders. Are the Republicans doing any better? Not really, but if you think it’s bad now, wait till President Kerry appoints the head of the ACLU as the new head of the INS!
Michelle Malkin = Imelda Marcos
Surge:
“It’s a FACT that REAGAN was SUPPORTING Saddam in the 80’s, when Saddam was SYSTEMATICALLY gassing MILLIONS of Kurds”
What does this have to do with the price of cheese in France? Because of Cold War decisions of past administrations (Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton), GWB cannot do anything to Saddam now? That makes absolutely no sense.
Oh, and the gassing of the Kurds happened AFTER Desert Storm. But then this is not really an issue since the Dems don’t think poisonous gas is really a WMD. You know, those things everybody in the world knew Saddam had but have not found yet?
Clark:
“While I take every poll by an American company of Arabs with a grain of salt; every one that I have seen shows overwhelming opposition to the occupation.”
Like this one, done by a partisian Democratic polling firm?
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28160.htm
“I am aware that Malkin is very knowledgable about the immigration issue; which is why I am surprised that she thinks a Democratic administration would be somehow worse than President Bush.”
Did you actually read her article? It says quite plainly to me why Kerry would be worse than Bush on this issue.
Oh wait, my mistake, you actually are not interested in what she has to say, after all: “P.S. Malkin’s book sits on my bookshelf at home, unfortunately mostly unread.”
Maybe if you read it, you would not be surprised by her opinion.
What I find so funny about this is, you guys keep trying to beat up Bush regarding his foreign policies when it is on the domestic front that he is weak. If Kerry was actually will to AGGRESSIVELY go about the war on terror, he would be a shoe-in. But no, you want some guy who is the ‘anti-Bush’. Yah, and the Repubs put out an ‘anti-Clinton’ in the form of Dole… who won that election, btw? I am sorry but the plank ‘He’s not Bush’ is not enough to get MY vote. Bush’s foreign policy is very good IMHO, but he has a soft domestic underbelly and you guys are just too dumb to go for it. Pathetic.
Kong:
I am skeptical of American polls of Iraqis because I doubt the ability of American companies to gather date from a vastly different culture and interprate it proplerly.
I think Malkin’s view that the Kerry would be worse on immigration because the current administration is so bad. In addition the Republican congress will be much more vigilant in opposing the Kerry administration on immigration. Not because of any principles, of course–they have none. But because they will oppose almost every thing that the Kerry administration does.
Obviously, since I shelled out some twenty bucks for her book, I am interested in her views on the subject. Alas, since I read dozens of books a year, I don’t have time to read all that I would like.
I beat up Bush’s foreign policy because it is a disaster. Even if I worried about Saddam, the occupation of Iraq has been marked by arrogance and incompetence–the failure to stop the looting, the dismissal of the army (creating an armed class of insurgents), the failure in Fallujah, the perversion of Abu Gharib. This all guarantees that there will be an endless supply of terrorists
As I’ve stated before I can’t vote for
Bush:
* Grutter Decision
* Gigantic expansion of welfare state
* Amnesties for illegals
* Expansion of the NEA
* Capitulation to ICC (Int’l Criminal Court)
* Sabotaging of Pat Toomey for Arlen Spector
* Hispandering
* Ted Kennedy’s Ed. Bill
John Kerry didn’t execute these decisions,
GWB did.
I can assure you that if elected he will
appoint RINO judges too.
Forget it.
Though, you may oppose my decision: FACTS ARE FACTS!
Bixby, If the “facts” you state are the reason that you won’t vote for Bush,how will it be better under Kerry? Every vote counts.By the way,Bush did nominate conservative judges,but Dems used low tactics to keep them out.
First off, Bixby, just screaming FACTS ARE FACTS at the end of your post doesn’t make it so.
And he didn’t “sabotage” Pat Toomey. He made the very realistic judgement that a moderate Republican was far more likely to win, and help keep the Senate, than someone as far to the right as Toomey. Toomey would’ve guaranteed a far-left liberal like Hoeffel would’ve taken the seat.
You’re so paranoid about Specter chairing the Judiciary committee. Would Patrick Leahy or Hillary or Diane Fienstein be better? Because, that’s what you would’ve got if Toomey ran against Hoeffel and Republicans lost the senate.
Michelle,
Right on regarding Sharpton. He is a hateful individual.
Surge
The US was allied with the Soviet Union during WWII. And this at a time when the USSR was under it’s worst dictator, Stalin. We went so far as to ship tons and tons of war material to them. One might even say that had it not been for US/UK support, Germany would have won the war in the east.
So…does this mean that it was illigitimate for us to fight the Cold War? That we then somehow had no right to oppose the Soviet Union once WWII had ended? According to your logic, I guess so.
What is clear is that your main objective is just to bash the US in general and George W Bush in particular.
And the there’s the charge of lying. Surge, he didn’t lie. We simply got (some of) the intelligence wrong. Hard for you to understand the difference I know. But if Bush lied,
- JFK lied about the “missile gap”
- Clinton lied about the “asprin factory”
I could go on but I think you get the point.
Sharpton is a pimping race hustler whose shtick is waning.
Surge:
Here’s some reading for you as your idiotic hyperbole lacks verifiable links to sources. Read them at your own peril, because it appears that they make a liar out of you instead of Bush. Pay real close attention to the Washington Post editorial, basically a retraction of their Bush lied position.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/jj20040712.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A482-2004Jul20.html?referrer=emailarticle
Surge isn’t interested in facts, he just wants somebody, anybody, to talk to him. Sad.
Well, give it to Sharpton, at least he didn’t hide his truly grotesque face–like the rest of the Boston cabal.
Just wanted to point out that Democrat Mr. Ford from Tennessee USED to be the up and coming star when he spoke at the year 2000 Democratic convention.
Now it’s an unelected person without an opponent named Barack Obama.
He can run saying whatever he wants and not worry about losing. He doesn’t have to define himself. He can just say things like “we are going to win” and when he wins without anyone knowing where he stands (for real) he’ll start voting.
Then he’ll have a track record of votes. Just like Mr. Ford of Tennessee.
Facts and records hurt the Democrats.
It’s a FACT that REAGAN was SUPPORTING Saddam in the 80’s, when Saddam was SYSTEMATICALLY gassing MILLIONS of Kurds, Joseph.
Millions? Got a reliable link to that number, Surge?
I’ll go with the Human Rights Watch’s numbers. See any 7 digit numbers there?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/news/20030404-1.html
“If presenting FACTS makes me a moron to uninformed conservatives, I’m more than happy to accept the title.”
Accept it.
Don’t respond to Surge. It feeds him/her/it.
Ms. Malkin’s article on Al (”if they’ll buy it, we’ll riot”) Sharpton contains half truths. Had she told the whole truth she would have included Sharpton’s 1991 incitment of the Crown Heights riot following a tragic car accident. The riot resulted in at least one death, many injuries, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. She would have also included his 1995 incitement to riot at a white (Jewish) owned Harlem clothing store, freddy’s fashion mart. His comments during two months of demonstrating (inciting to riot) bore fruit when a gunmen finally shot dead four light skinned employees and and set fire to the building. All told, 7 people died. more here:
http://www.nationalreview.com/nr_comment/nr_comment090701.shtml
Thanks, Dave, for pointing out two of Sharpton’s more outrageous actions. The “Rev.” (who was proclaimed spiritual leader at the age of 8 apparently) ought to be cooling his heels in the big house.
Just shows the level to which things have descended.
“Millions? Got a reliable link to that number, Surge?
I’ll go with the Human Rights Watch’s numbers. See any 7 digit numbers there?”
I stand corrected, onecent.
But I’m still correct about U.S. military/ financial support for the murderous Saddam Hussein regime that killed HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Iraqis.