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.
Detroit has been run by democrats since Jerome Cavanagh took over in the 60's. Republicans have not won Wayne County for president since probably the 20's. The democrats have run that city and surrounding county for over 50 years.
If you think that's the Republicans fault Al, then you are one dumb son of a bitch.
Obama is proud that the indoctrination of the libtard sheeple into their Two Minutes Hate process is proceeding according to plan.
Republicans are Goldstein. Everything wrong is Republicans’ fault. Ignore facts that Detroit has slid into hell over 50+ years of democrat mayors and councils.
I checked around, and apparently the “top Republican strategist who suggested this was Mike Murphy. Definitely someone Karl Rove would approve of.
Here’s the identification:
http://www.saintpetersblog.com/2016-gop-convention-in-detroit
Wikipedia says this about Murphy:
Michael Ellis “Mike” Murphy (born 1962) is a Republican political consultant.[1] He has advised such nationally prominent Republicans as John McCain, Rick Lazio, Jeb Bush, John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Spencer Abraham, Christie Whitman, Lamar Alexander, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.[1][2] He was, until January 2006, an adviser to Mitt Romney, the Governor of Massachusetts and an about-to-become candidate for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2008 presidential election.[3] He stepped down as a result of his role as chief strategist to Governor Romney as well as Senator McCain, who were both widely expected to be Republican challengers in the primaries of the 2008 Presidential election. Murphy said he had decided to be neutral in a contest between two close clients, although he would advise each informally.
The man who has proven he can do nothing. We don't even know if he's improved his golf handicap.
...I’m sure the five guys still watching MSNBC believe this...
My thought exactly. Must be a never ending supply of crack in the Green Room.
It’s like Liars Poker only without cards.
Truth is not something that these people value.
We are in a perpetual Hate Week.
Don’t forget the Chicago fire.
Mrs O’Leary’s cow got a bad rap — it was Bush.
The notion that Detroit’s problems are due to the GOP would be knee slapping funny except they are serious. Somehow rats can control a city for decades, eff it up beyond belief, then have the temerity to blame republicans for their own failed policies. Detroit. What a xxxxhole. I would rather spend a year deployed to Afghanistan than a year living in Detroit.
Carney Taken Aback When Ed Henry Asks Will President ‘Let Detroit Go Bankrupt?’
They didn’t just drink the KoolAid. They’re mainlining it.
Who are these Republicans that caused all Detroit problems? I thought the conservatives were all driven out of Detroit long ago.
It just CAN’T be 60 years of racist and corrupt Democrat rule.
That might make a Democrat look bad.
-PJ
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