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The First-Class, Five-Star Rev
National Review ^ | March 16, 2015 | JILLIAN KAY MELCHIOR

Posted on 03/16/2015 5:23:07 PM PDT by Steelfish

The First-Class, Five-Star Rev

by JILLIAN KAY MELCHIOR March 16, 2015

Al Sharpton demands the best when he speaks at public colleges. When he speaks at public colleges and universities, Al Sharpton flies first-class, stays in upscale hotels, travels to events in a chauffeured vehicle, and often brings a bodyguard or aide with him. He makes these demands on taxpayer-funded institutions, despite owing as much as $4.5 million in unpaid taxes and penalties.

“In terms of travel, Rev. Sharpton travels first class on flights and will require a large black SUV for transportation and, if the trip requires lodging, he will require a suite in a four/five star hotel,” wrote Sharpton’s assistant, Abyssinia Tirfe, in an August 14, 2014, e-mail to Michigan State University (MSU) obtained by National Review. “Also, Rev. Sharpton travels with [an] aide who will require [an] economy ticket and a standard hotel room (if needed).”

The records show MSU assented to these requirements and began arranging them, even e-mailing a travel agent to book a $1,469.70 first-class flight and reserving a suite. But an MSU spokesman says Sharpton ultimately covered his own travel for this particular trip. It’s unclear why.

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1 posted on 03/16/2015 5:23:07 PM PDT by Steelfish
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2 posted on 03/16/2015 5:27:59 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Steelfish

Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.

Fish don’t fry in the kitchen;
Beans don’t burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin’,
Just to get up that hill.
Now we’re up in the big leagues,
Gettin’ our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it’s you and me baby,
There ain’t nothin wrong with that.

Well we’re movin on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Movin on up,
To the east side.
We finally got a piece of the pie.


3 posted on 03/16/2015 5:28:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Steelfish

Black privilege on parade.


4 posted on 03/16/2015 5:34:02 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Steelfish
Almost every day, when I'm surfing to get the take on the days news cycles, I hit on his PMSNBC show.

I have tried and tried, but once that flipping fool comes out with the "Jernin me now is...", I turn blue and change the channel.

It's gotten to where my daughter sits down and watches me, to see my reaction to him.

I just cannot stand the fool and have yet to watch more than 3-4 minutes of his show, so, to be truthful, I have no idea what his stand is on anything.

But I am damn well convinced he is the stupidest idiot I've seen on national TV in quite a while and makes one hell of a good example at to why liberals are collective dumbasses.

5 posted on 03/16/2015 5:42:36 PM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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Funny how that classic movie “Network” has all come true.


6 posted on 03/16/2015 5:54:49 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: Steelfish
Hmmmmmm. Does Mrs. Sharpton approve of Abysinnia?

Abyssinia Tirfe

7 posted on 03/16/2015 5:56:14 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He should have to buy a row of seats, because it wouldn’t be first class for anyone having to sit next to him. What an a-hole.


8 posted on 03/16/2015 6:05:40 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: miss marmelstein
An apt comparison.

Never saw the movie, but know the plot.

9 posted on 03/16/2015 7:19:54 PM PDT by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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