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SHARPTON COMPARES RUDY TO BOZO THE CLOWN
TheTopRead | 10/1/01 | TheTopRead

Posted on 10/01/2001 8:33:28 AM PDT by TheTopRead

NYPOST September 30, 2001 -- Mark Green yesterday accused Fernando Ferrer of narrowly viewing the World Trade Center horror through "the lens of The Bronx," while the Rev. Al Sharpton slammed Mayor Giuliani for hogging too much credit for uniting the city, saying "Bozo" could have done as much. Two days after Green and Republican Michael Bloomberg accepted, and Ferrer rejected, Giuliani's pitch for a three-month term-extension, Sharpton - a major Ferrer booster - sharply criticized Giuliani for trying to stretch his term.

"We elected you mayor, not Messiah," Sharpton said at his Harlem headquarters during a rally attended by Ferrer.

"You didn't bring us together, our pain brought us together and our decency brought us together," Sharpton said.

He added, "We would have come together if Bozo was the mayor."

A spokesman for Ferrer, who has praised Giuliani's handling of the crisis, said later, "Although [Ferrer] would have chosen different words, he agrees that our city's unity" comes from New Yorkers' shared grief.

Giuliani wouldn't respond to Sharpton's jabs, which came hours before Green, who spent most of the mayoral race avoiding conflict, ripped into Ferrer, his Oct. 11 runoff foe.

Outside Brooklyn Borough Hall, Green said Ferrer has a "short-sighted" view of rebuilding more than 20 million square feet of lost office space.

"While I tried to show leadership by proposing big plans given this big crisis, I thought that the borough president of The Bronx reflected a business-as-usual and politics-as-usual attitude," said Green.

Green bashed Ferrer for "first comparing the unprecedented criminal attack on the trade center to - his word - the ‘rubble' he inherited in The Bronx 14 years ago and by being largely silent on how he would respond to needs of reconstruction and security.

"The planes that attacked the World Trade Center did not attack The Bronx, with all due respect," Green added. "The Bronx of 14 years ago has very little to do with the crisis in downtown Manhattan, New York and the world now."

Green noted he has a plan for a reconstruction authority - and chided Ferrer for saying the city's financial center should be decentralized.

"I think we have to take not a narrow borough approach, seeing it through the lens of The Bronx," said Green.

Ferrer sought to keep the spotlight squarely on Giuliani, calling the mayor's plan "unprincipled" and charging Green ditched his promise not to go negative.

"What caused Mark to abandon his principles and break his word?" Ferrer said. "I think he thinks he has to say these things and do these things to win an election, and I think that's a shame."

Meanwhile, Giuliani insisted his term-extension bid is for the good of the city and not about politics. "When you have watched 10 or 12 of the people you really care about die, you've gone to as many funerals that I've gone to . . . you really don't care about political spin," he said.


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To: TheTopRead
Bozo The Sharpton
81 posted on 10/01/2001 12:42:43 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
ROTFL!!! Very appropriate pic.
82 posted on 10/01/2001 12:54:27 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: oyez
Rudy could hold up a rod and part the Hudson River, then One way Al would read something racist in to it.

He would claim that Rudy is trying to deny blacks of the right to swim.

83 posted on 10/01/2001 12:58:03 PM PDT by careyb
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To: TheTopRead
SHARPTON COMPARES RUDY TO BOZO THE CLOWN

Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black?

84 posted on 10/01/2001 1:03:08 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty
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To: chinatlc
Hey Al. Your dippity doo is showing.
85 posted on 10/01/2001 1:07:51 PM PDT by MAWG
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To: Izzy Dunne
Real leaders don't "try to show leadership" !!!

'Nuff said.

86 posted on 10/01/2001 1:17:48 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: TheTopRead
Al Sharpton slammed Mayor Giuliani for hogging too much credit for uniting the city, saying "Bozo" could have done as much.

Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Bill & Hillary, Bozo... The Democrats' version of the big tent?

87 posted on 10/01/2001 1:44:41 PM PDT by Rocky
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To: TheTopRead
Does anyone have a picture of Bill and / or Hillary posing with the "man with the dark tan" Sharpton? If so, why not post it on this site!!!!!!!
88 posted on 10/01/2001 1:47:28 PM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: Grampa Dave
G.D.: "Follow da money"--wiser words were never said.
89 posted on 10/01/2001 2:14:54 PM PDT by TheTopRead
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To: nutmeg
VRWC<I'm glad someone finally said this. Thanks.
90 posted on 10/01/2001 2:16:01 PM PDT by TheTopRead
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To: lowbridge
Thank you Low for making my day.
91 posted on 10/01/2001 2:20:26 PM PDT by TheTopRead
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To: Rocky
Rock, I think the Democrats' version of the "big tent" is Fat Al's pants!
92 posted on 10/01/2001 2:23:21 PM PDT by TheTopRead
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To: TheTopRead
You posted, "G.D.: "Follow da money"--wiser words were never said."

With the super rich, mass murdering Arabs who direct and train these mass murderers, they want "new" money for their ops, so they can invest their old money to make more money! Following the money before and after this mass murder here in America, in Europe and in the Middle East will be very revealing. There are many in this country, who should be heading out of this country before the data starts to come out! That is re who has given the money, knowingly to mass murderers for over two decades and those like the professional so called peace niks who have received money to to fund the phoney peace trails!

93 posted on 10/01/2001 2:28:09 PM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: chinatlc
Royal Crown Pommade? Red Devil Lye? C'mon, gimme a hint.
94 posted on 10/01/2001 2:29:00 PM PDT by MAWG
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To: Grampa Dave
Heck Dave, all you got to do is check the Klintoon's campaign contribution list for the names of terrorist organizations. Can't wait til the lamestream press finds out what we've known for years. NOT!
95 posted on 10/01/2001 2:37:03 PM PDT by TheTopRead
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To: OneidaM
He added, "We would have come together if Bozo was the mayor."

WE would have come together? Where the heck was sharptongue during the first two weeks of this ordeal? He was conspicuously absent while Guiliani comforted the mourners while boosting the morale of the rescuers.

As God is my witness, I vow to do whatever it takes to defeat this worthless thing in ANY and ALL campaigns he undertakes WITH ME ALONG SIDE YOU!

96 posted on 10/01/2001 3:16:17 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: DJ88
I say we start sending our letters of outrage to Ferrer and tell him exactly what we think of Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton and his race-baiting, idiotic remarks. I'm with you, but I think our first letter should be a condemnation to Ferrer who appears the puppet while his ventriloquist (sharptongue) dictates his words and actions. Better yet, let him continue on this road to insure a quick defeat.
97 posted on 10/01/2001 3:22:33 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: TheTopRead
saw Sharpton on Hardball the other week and he's still saying there's no evidence Tawanna made the whole thing up I hope Steven Pagones, Esq., wasn't watching. Hey Big Al, do innocent men usually pay a default judgment?
98 posted on 10/01/2001 3:32:50 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: Labyrinthos
For someone who has been a member of the Free Republic for less than 24 hours, you sure have a lot to say. Most of us with any brains will lurk around here for several weeks or even months before posting and then, when we do post, we will try to choose our words very carefully so as not to insult or personally attack our fellow Freepers. And while I certainly respect your right to express your opinion, perhaps you should choose another forum to expree it
You must explain this to me and point out to me where I insulted anyone or attack anyone. I merely stated two opinions as to two statements you made regarding New Yorkers. (I don't know where you're from, and you don't give your fellow man enough credit) If you think that is insulting or personally attacking someone, well then... My post seems to talk about the topic in which your post was related, NY'ers and Rudy. As far as being a member and how long i've been here. Yes, i decided to become a member less than twenty four hours ago, however, you don't know how long i've been lurking, so as I certainly respect your right to your opinion to anything that I say, maybe you should express it elsewhere or don't respond. I thought the definition of a forum was a place where people can come together to discuss, disagree, agree..etc. A place to agree to disagree. I have a saying that i like to tell people who dont like what i right..."Don't Read IT"!!!!
100 posted on 10/01/2001 3:34:30 PM PDT by chinatlc
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