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Al Sharpton's Chicago Town Hall Erupts into Revolt Against Machine Politics
Breitbart ^ | 12-21-2013 | Rebel Pundit

Posted on 12/21/2013 8:53:47 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather

On Thursday, a town hall meeting hosted by Al Sharpton and the National Action Network to address gun violence exploded into a revolt against “Chicago Machine” politics, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the aldermen in City Hall, with panel and audience members calling to vote out their elected officials.

One 82-year-old preacher even called for “Tea Party” style meetings in some of Chicago’s south side communities such as Altgeld Gardens and Trumbull Park.

“This was a historic event,” Paul McKinley of V.O.T.E. (Voices of the Ex-Offender) and former 2nd Congressional District GOP nominee to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. told Breitbart News. “Not because of Al Sharpton coming to town,” he continued. “This was first time since electing Mayor Harold Washington in the eighties that all of these grassroots groups and community organizers have come together under one roof to talk about the problems plaguing our community.”

While the stated goal for Sharpton was to bring the many different groups together to discuss solutions to the city’s violence epidemic, he may not have gotten the types of responses he was looking for. Calls for more gun control laws and getting guns off the streets were nonexistent and not mentioned by residents throughout the session.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; machine; revolt; sharpton
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WHOA!!!! Watch the video!
1 posted on 12/21/2013 8:53:47 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather
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Twitter post: Hating Breitbart ‏@HatingBreitbart 48m Just witnessed the #progressive machine's worst nightmare! Fed up blacks (Video) ==> http://shar.es/OET1a @shereedre10 @BratFrye @retfado
2 posted on 12/21/2013 8:54:23 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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This could be huge! Might even get that ‘smash the machine’ guy elected in 2014 over gun-grabber Robyn Kelly!


3 posted on 12/21/2013 8:55:54 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Rage against the Machine...


4 posted on 12/21/2013 8:56:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Popcorn!


5 posted on 12/21/2013 8:57:02 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Black people are people too who what to have a decent life , no matter how hard the Democrats try to keep them angry and on the plantation


6 posted on 12/21/2013 8:59:18 PM PST by rdcbn
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The Useful Idiots Strike Back! Coming Soon to a theater near you.
7 posted on 12/21/2013 8:59:37 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all my fellow Americans. "Whatever" to everybody else!)
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Chicago: The Next Detroit


8 posted on 12/21/2013 9:02:46 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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good stuff


9 posted on 12/21/2013 9:03:28 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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It appears some folks on the plantation are gettin’ uppity.


10 posted on 12/21/2013 9:09:17 PM PST by LaybackLenny (Sarah Palin - Last Man Standing (Ironic, ain't it?))
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Tea party should go in and connect with them.


11 posted on 12/21/2013 9:10:31 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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WHOA!!!! Watch the video!

Thanks for pointing that out. I loved the last guy!

12 posted on 12/21/2013 9:11:39 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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Yeah, I’ve long wondered when the good and decent ones will get their bellies full of it. Has to be hell to live in the inner city and no one with power gives a damn


13 posted on 12/21/2013 9:12:01 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Obamacare: We told you so)
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I agree! I think they already connect with the tea party and understand it totally.


14 posted on 12/21/2013 9:12:52 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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Their biggest nightmare is if all or most of the people can agree on something. Scares the daylight’s out of any progressive politician.


15 posted on 12/21/2013 9:12:57 PM PST by virgil
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It is enough to make a person cry to see how these people have been living.


16 posted on 12/21/2013 9:14:31 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel - Everything liberals touch, rots.
Great video


17 posted on 12/21/2013 9:19:38 PM PST by Rock Eye Jack
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Amen! It is past time but better late then never. Merry Christmas!


18 posted on 12/21/2013 9:20:27 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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Merry Christmas!


19 posted on 12/21/2013 9:24:35 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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BFL


20 posted on 12/21/2013 9:25:47 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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