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Sharpton threatens to sue Rush over op-ed remarks
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 17, 2009

Posted on 10/17/2009 4:36:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday threatened to sue conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for writing in a column that the civil rights leader played a role in two New York race riots.

In a column published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team.

Limbaugh derided Sharpton as having played "a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot" and the "1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot."

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KEYWORDS: afroamericanahole; blowhard; bluffing; charlatan; clown; doofus; lawsuit; limbaugh; racebaiter; rush; sharpton; windbag
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1 posted on 10/17/2009 4:36:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Tell the gutter feces to bring it on.


2 posted on 10/17/2009 4:37:10 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bring it on.


3 posted on 10/17/2009 4:37:32 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

If Rush has all his information documented, then he should allow them to sue and take them out in court.


4 posted on 10/17/2009 4:38:07 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Let the Sharpton types support the NFL.

Let’s see how long that lasts . .LOL

I’m done with the NFL Goodell. Screw you bastards.


5 posted on 10/17/2009 4:38:28 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He must be even more stupid than I thought.


6 posted on 10/17/2009 4:39:42 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Discovery on this one would be really fun, especially when Limbaugh’s attorneys get to see where Sharpton’s money comes from, where it goes, and who he was talking to about this NFL bid.


7 posted on 10/17/2009 4:40:30 PM PDT by Saab-driving Yuppie
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To: Free ThinkerNY

FUAS

FUNFL

Go Rush!


8 posted on 10/17/2009 4:40:55 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Obamanos!)
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To: Iron Munro

Al Sharptongue is a rabble rouser of the lowest order. Sue me, Al. I didn’t say IMO.


9 posted on 10/17/2009 4:42:10 PM PDT by luvbach1 (Worse than we could have imagined.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is gonna be fun!


10 posted on 10/17/2009 4:42:18 PM PDT by Tank-FL (Keep the Faith - Congratulations - Albert - your Old Corps Now!- Go VMI)
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To: A CA Guy

Here is a synopsis of the riots..of course, some might be wrong given the location of the info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton


11 posted on 10/17/2009 4:42:34 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Liars are rejoicing at their NFL (No F’n Limbaugh).


12 posted on 10/17/2009 4:43:14 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Just who in the hell is Sharption?? Insect level and Irrelevant.
13 posted on 10/17/2009 4:43:55 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What this really means is “Whoops, looks like I Tawana Brawley’d this one, too. Hey, Rush, we still cool, right?”


14 posted on 10/17/2009 4:44:10 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bring it Rev. If memory serves me correctly, you were convicted of inciting a riot in that case.


15 posted on 10/17/2009 4:44:14 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rush Limbaugh’s lawyers versus Sharpton’s lawyers. I know who to bet on just so long as they don’t get an OJ jury


16 posted on 10/17/2009 4:46:02 PM PDT by dennisw (Ir's not the Wheel, It's the Carousel)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Al Charlatan doess not want to answer questions under oath which is what he would have to do should he file a suit.

It ain't gonna happen.

17 posted on 10/17/2009 4:46:17 PM PDT by South40 (I did not know President Ronald Reagan, but he knew me.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Trial of the Century.

Bring.
It.
On.


18 posted on 10/17/2009 4:46:37 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sharpton is gutter trash.

Go Rush go!


19 posted on 10/17/2009 4:47:08 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: Reagan Man
Sharpton is gutter trash.

'Gutter trash' can make its way to the White House and has. Sharpton is lower.

20 posted on 10/17/2009 4:48:46 PM PDT by South40 (I did not know President Ronald Reagan, but he knew me.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bring it race baiting, race card throwing bigot.


21 posted on 10/17/2009 4:50:20 PM PDT by cranked
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Tell the gutter feces to bring it on.

Took the words right off my keyboard

22 posted on 10/17/2009 4:51:01 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Obama's Blackberry, who's on the other end?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Yeah, Al. You do that , you walking pile of elephant dung.


23 posted on 10/17/2009 4:51:32 PM PDT by Bullfrogg
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To: mnehring

Bring it Rev. If memory serves me correctly, you were convicted of inciting a riot in that case.
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Sharpton did incite (not convicted) the fire and deaths at Freddy’s men’s store in Harlem which was Jewish owned with some black employees. Not so sure about the Crown Heights riots....prolly not

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/26/nyregion/missed-chances-harlem-blaze-owners-tenants-police-politicians-had-roles.html


24 posted on 10/17/2009 4:52:35 PM PDT by dennisw (Ir's not the Wheel, It's the Carousel)
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To: Bullfrogg

“In his eulogy at the funeral, the Rev. Al Sharpton made comments about “diamond dealers” and commented “it’s an accident to allow an apartheid ambulance service in the middle of Crown Heights.””
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot


25 posted on 10/17/2009 4:53:18 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Perhaps Rush would have been better off to mention the Tawana Brawley Fraud and leave it at that?


26 posted on 10/17/2009 4:53:23 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: Iron Munro
correctanundo..the Justice Brothers had better have their FACTS together.......RUSH has a slew of tapes....*smiles*...that it seems the MSM never ask for...isn't it car burning,window breaking,store looting,marvelous.
27 posted on 10/17/2009 4:53:42 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This man can be third in line to the presidency of the United States, but Rush Limbaugh should not own part of a football team. What priorities!

28 posted on 10/17/2009 4:53:43 PM PDT by BigLittle
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bring it on. Suit and countersuit. Who told the truth and who was lying?

But also, isn’t this story a bit odd. Could anyone but a race baiter like Al Sharpton call up AP and get them to print a story that he was threatening to sue?

Is that APs job? To publicize empty threats? It’s not a real story until he sues.


29 posted on 10/17/2009 5:00:10 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Al and Jesse show up when TV cameras appear!


30 posted on 10/17/2009 5:00:53 PM PDT by Doctor Don
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To: A_Former_Democrat

From a former lifelong Redskins fan, AMEN


31 posted on 10/17/2009 5:01:11 PM PDT by rushmom (l)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Al Sharpton - proof positive that @holes exist in all races.


32 posted on 10/17/2009 5:01:11 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sharpton is blowing smoke out of his butt. If he sures, Rush’s lawyers would get at HIS secrets thru discovery. Sharpton would know better than to expose his sorry hind end to that kind of scrutiny. No telling what kind of CRAP those legal anal inspector’s would find!


33 posted on 10/17/2009 5:02:26 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No class.


34 posted on 10/17/2009 5:03:21 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Does the Rev deny starting the Freddy’s Fsshion Mart riot? Or the Tawana Brawley fiasco?


35 posted on 10/17/2009 5:03:31 PM PDT by submarinerswife ("If I win I can't 't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
LOL...

Sharpton, who arranged a rally in Crown Heights after Cato's death, has been seen by some commentators as inflaming tensions by making remarks that included "If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house" and referring to Jews as "diamond merchants."

Sharpton marched through Crown Heights and in front of "770", shortly after the riot, with about 400 protesters (who chanted "Whose streets? Our streets!" and "No justice, no peace!"), in spite of Mayor David Dinkins's attempts to keep the march from happening.

36 posted on 10/17/2009 5:07:38 PM PDT by nhwingut (The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rush is damaged by the lies Rev Al spreads.

Rev Al stands to make millions off the truths Rush spreads.

Any questions?


37 posted on 10/17/2009 5:12:10 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

screw him, and I’d rarther use the other version of the word when it comes to the Justice Bros.


38 posted on 10/17/2009 5:16:30 PM PDT by The Wizard
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To: BigLittle
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39 posted on 10/17/2009 5:17:42 PM PDT by skimask
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To: BigLittle

That’s a photoshopped image.


40 posted on 10/17/2009 5:18:25 PM PDT by TChad
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To: South40
Al Charlatan doess not want to answer questions under oath which is what he would have to do should he file a suit.

You have reason to believe that the Least Reverend Al is above perjury?

41 posted on 10/17/2009 5:18:51 PM PDT by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Go ahead Al, and keep some starving lawyers working. Bet Rush can get better ones and feed them longer than you can.


42 posted on 10/17/2009 5:19:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh geez the nappy headed bro is upset. Too darn bad you low life scuz.


43 posted on 10/17/2009 5:21:31 PM PDT by Pilated
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To: Pontiac
You have reason to believe that the Least Reverend Al is above perjury?

Above it? Not even close. Would he want to avoid having to do it? You bet.

Charlatan may be a race-baiting POS but he's smart enough to avoid putting himself in the position of having to lie under oath.

44 posted on 10/17/2009 5:26:50 PM PDT by South40 (I did not know President Ronald Reagan, but he knew me.)
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To: South40
Agreed... There will be no lawsuit from this slug.

In my many years of experience in business, I have ALWAYS witnessed one constant - when someone threatens to sue, he really has no case, and knows it. A person who really has been damaged and has a real clear cause of action doesn't’t threaten suit, he simply brings it and sues.

Sharpton’s gross inability to keep his pie-hole shut is only exceeded by his manifest irrelevance in all things political, social and financial or anything else of any significance in our world.

45 posted on 10/17/2009 5:32:25 PM PDT by SterlingSilver (If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck... its a duck!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Reminds me of my dog’s philosophy. If you can’t eat it or screw it, piss on it. What a maroon.


46 posted on 10/17/2009 5:35:43 PM PDT by Samizdat
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To: RummyChick
“it’s an accident to allow an apartheid ambulance service in the middle of Crown Heights.””

A JEWISH CHARITY ambulance service tried to HELP the mortally wounded black child.

Sharpton is the definition of moral inversion.

47 posted on 10/17/2009 5:48:39 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Support college football.

Boycott the NFL.


48 posted on 10/17/2009 5:57:46 PM PDT by bigoil
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Bring it on, sharp *ss. You’ll get your big stupid butt handed to you.


49 posted on 10/17/2009 6:06:18 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What does he have to prove, he has NOTHING,Sharpton. Rush will mop up on Sharpton!


50 posted on 10/17/2009 6:30:00 PM PDT by Biggirl (I believe in THE BOOK that promises VICTORY OVER THE WORLD!:)=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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