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Ex-mentor: Sharpton Is Obama's Link To The Streets
http://news.yahoo.com/ ^ | April 18, 2010 | Verena Dobnik

Posted on 04/18/2010 4:19:30 PM PDT by Biggirl

NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton is a "lightning rod" for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem. But Sharpton, who led the event, told The Associated Press that America's first black president "has to work both for us and for others," and that if Obama were to push a race-based agenda, "that would only organize the right against him."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: articledate04172010; ny; obama; sharpton

1 posted on 04/18/2010 4:19:31 PM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Is that not a Racist comment?? Us or others??


2 posted on 04/18/2010 5:05:34 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (i)
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To: screaminsunshine
Sharpton is the quintessential race racketeer..
3 posted on 04/21/2010 10:21:08 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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