it's the fault of those dirty dirty white people that fled the city after the riots and took ALL their money with them...
Posted on 12/03/2013 7:48:47 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
On Wednesday's PoliticsNation on MSNBC, during a discussion of Republican Mike Murphy's suggestion that the next GOP convention should be in Detroit, host Al Sharpton and Karen Finney blamed Republicans for Detroit's problems, with Sharpton referring to the solidly Democratic city as "the same Detroit that was destroyed by the Bush recession."
A bit later, guest and Oprah Winfrey Network talk show host Wes Moore suggested that Barack Obama is doing the country a favor by being President, asserting that it was "unfortunate" that conservatives criticize Obama because he "does not have to be doing this," and that there is "not a single thing" that he "could not be doing."
Sharpton brought up Detroit as he introduced the segment:
Big news today out of Washington. The GOP is talking about re-branding again. What is this? Like the 95th time? A top Republican strategist writes, "We must understand that the GOP needs fresh policy thinking, not just an update of our political tactics." So far so good. But then he says, quote, "Let's hold our 2016 convention in Detroit." Detroit? The same Detroit that was destroyed by the Bush recession? Good luck with that one.
A bit later, after Finney had been brought on board, he raised Detroit again with Finney responding:
Please, please, wouldn't that be wonderful? They could really see up front and in person the damage that their policies have done. But of course, they would, you know, they're going to blame everything and anything on Barack Obama.
A bit later, referring to a series of clips of conservatives criticizing Obama, Sharpton commented that "The name-calling and the denigrating are for those that show they don't belong on the big stage of American politics," leading guest Moore to respond:
And the other ironic thing is and the really unfortunate thing is that, you know, when you look at the president, this is a person who does not have to be doing this. You know, there's not a single thing that the President of the United States, if you look at his background, his credentials could not be doing. This is a man who chose to devote his life to public service. This is a man who instead of going off and doing anything that he could have done, he chose to be a community organizer.
After Sharpton injected, "Right," Moore continued:
He chose to go, he chose to run for state office and then eventually running for the highest office in the land. And the way we address that, and the way respect that is by calling him a thug?
Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Wednesday, November 27, PoliticsNation on MSNBC:
AL SHARPTON: Big news today out of Washington. The GOP is talking about re-branding again. What is this? Like the 95th time? A top Republican strategist writes, "We must understand that the GOP needs fresh policy thinking, not just an update of our political tactics." So far so good. But then he says, quote, "Let's hold our 2016 convention in Detroit." Detroit? The same Detroit that was destroyed by the Bush recession? Good luck with that one.(...)
SHARPTON: Now all these name calling on Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old kid, all these name callings on the President. And, as I mentioned in the intro, the GOP strategist like Murphy says, as a rebranding technique, Republicans should, quote, "hold our 2016 convention in Detroit."
KAREN FINNEY: Please, please, wouldn't that be wonderful? They could really see up front and in person the damage that their policies have done. But of course, they would, you know, they're going to blame everything and anything on Barack Obama.
SHARPTON: But they could blame the autoworkers going back to work on him, they could go on a little tour of the auto industry that was closed down by the last administration they were in charge.
FINNEY: But, you know, here's the thing, Reverend, you've talked about this a lot. A lot of us talked about this. This is a constant, consistent effort to undermine the legitimacy of Barack Obama and Barack Obama's presidency. He's a thug. He's overreaching. He's a constitutional attorney and they constantly, you know, he doesn't get the Constitution. I mean, the way they speak about him is designed to undermine him and undermine his authority as president.
SHARPTON: Yeah, and, you know, and that's a good point was, because the accomplishments of this President and a child, a 17-year-old child you called a thug, I'm sure the right-wingers calling George Zimmerman all kinds of names given the incidents and all the stuff he keeps getting into. I don't think so. And I don't think they should. I think you argue the issues. The name-calling and the denigrating are for those that show they don't belong on the big stage of American politics.
RETIRED CAPTAIN WES MOORE, U.S. ARMY: And the other ironic thing is and the really unfortunate thing is that, you know, when you look at the President, this is a person who does not have to be doing this. You know, there's not a single thing that the President of the United States, if you look at his background, his credentials could not be doing. This is a man who chose to devote his life to public service. This is a man who instead of going off and doing anything that he could have done, he chose to be a community organizer.
SHARPTON: Right.
MOORE: He chose to go, he chose to run for state office and then eventually running for the highest office in the land. And the way we address that, and the way respect that is by calling him a thug?
SHARPTON: But that's the problem, Wes.
MOORE: Yeah.
SHARPTON: He won. It's all right if he ran, but he won.
these mindless zombies sound like they’re “living” in obama’s head.
same magical thinking same insane..arrogance....same utter blindness
Im surprised obama can tie his own shoelaces.
“he coud BE a nekular sighntiss”.....Al Sharpton 2013
Ive seen him toss a baseball....thats another skill he lacks
he BS’s fairly well.....but not even that well!
It’s that time again, when the folks over at MSNBC need to change their bong water.
Holy Toledo! These people have been drugged.
Yes, Everything was absolutely fine in the bustling metropolis of Detroit until Bush came along.
Did you know that Bush also burned Troy?
Wow, industrial strength stupidity there boy.
Oh, for the sake of Pete
I say ignore Obama in 2016 and speak strictly about the future and ideas.
Make him a nobody.
Let’s see..Detroit run by liberals..yeah its the GOP’s fault LOL LOL liberalism truly is a mental illness..I dont think there are a lot drugs on the planet to help these fools there is no cure
Nothing will top Melissa Harris Perry’s excuse for Detroit, that it’s government was too small and did not have enough power.
I couldn’t agree more with the comments so far. But when I read the article, one thing sprang out at me: a “top Republican strategist” who wants to hold the next GOP convention in Detroit.
Good grief. Sounds like a Karl Rove kind of idea.
Sharpton is Sharpton. But he’d find it a lot harder to tell his kind of lies if the GOPe wasn’t so ready and eager to help him.
Talk about a bunch of people totally in love with the sounds of their own voices. Detroit and Michigan until very recently has been totally run by dems and pretty corrupt ones at that and these retards try to blame Bush. Completely ridiculous.
It really started in earnest during Chairman Young’s communist purge. He literally had people going door to door telling white businessmen to get out. From there they moved on to black businessmen who wouldn’t pay tribute.
I knew that conservatives would be blamed.
Im surprised obama can tie his own shoelaces.
Far be it from me to quibble, MeshugeMikey, but do you have proof he's ever tied his own shoe laces?
They are the blood enemies of all we hold dear. The time for conversation is over.
Yet, somehow, cities located in conservative states like Texas and Utah were immune to the Bush recession.
it's the fault of those dirty dirty white people that fled the city after the riots and took ALL their money with them...
You knew that the Democrats were going to do that,{blame the Republicans] as soon as the initial shock wore off. And you know that their, [The Democrats’]disciples, worshipers, and voters will believe them,[the Democrats]. Some things never change, Monday follows Sunday. Water is wet and Democrats lie.
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