Posted on 04/28/2010 4:30:08 PM PDT by jazusamo
Staging this campaign will cost money. But "the Rev" doesn't have many worries on this score. His New York-based nonprofit group, National Action Network (NAN), continues to receive financial support from some of the nation's biggest and most well known corporations and unions. This was very much in evidence at NAN's four-day 12th annual conference, his biggest fundraising event of the year, held earlier this month in New York City.
Sharpton in recent years has revamped his public image in an effort to attract mainstream support. That he has become in short order a confidante of President Obama says much about the success of this makeover. The ‘old' rabble-rousing Al Sharpton, say defenders, is a thing of the past. In its place is a "new" Sharpton, more mature and pragmatic, willing to search for common ground among people of different viewpoints. But as I argued in my Special Report of last year, "Mainstreaming Demagoguery: Al Sharpton's Rise to Respectability," his menacing brand of "social justice" remains just beneath the surface, ever waiting to erupt at a perceived provocation.
The following is the full list of 45 sponsors of National Action Network's 12th annual conference, all of which are named in the conference program:
1199 SEIU (i.e., Service Employees International Union Local 1199)
32BJ SEIU
Advent Capital
AFSCME
All Stars Project, Inc.
American Honda
American Postal Workers Union
Anheuser Busch
Ariel Investments
Black Entertainment Television
JPMorgan Chase
Citigroup
The Coca-Cola Company
Colgate-Palmolive
Comcast
Czar Entertainment
Denny's
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Entergy Corporation
FedEx
GlobalHue
The Home Depot
Johnson & Johnson
LawCash
Macy's
McDonald's
NASCAR
National Education Association
NBC Universal
News Corporation
Omnicom Group Inc.
Pepsi
Perennial Strategy Group
Republican National Convention
RLJ Companies
SAS
SEIU
The ServiceMaster Company
Toyota
TV One
United Federation of Teachers
UPS
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The Williams Capital Group
The leaders of these organizations, whether consciously or not, are bankrolling Sharpton's pending Arizona campaign. According to NAN, sponsorship requires a minimum contribution of anywhere from $5,000 to $100,000. Thus, these sources are highly significant.
Related:
'New' Al Sharpton Draws Praise from Obama, Top Officials
Are Republican National Committee Donors Now Bankrolling Sharpton?
RNC Chair Steele Refuses to Cancel Speech at Sharpton Event
RNC Chair Steele Should Withdraw From Sharpton Event
Wall Street Journal Is Wrong About New, 'Pragmatic' Al Sharpton
I hope you’re right but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him show and make make a big deal at the Capitol, he’ll get camera time.
I think you’re right friend. Out here in the NY/NJ metro area we know Al like a book. Anything that means he has to travel outside of NYC is usually the point at which he punks out.
Amen! I don’t understand why these companies bow down to these blackmailers.
You answered your own question friend, ‘’blackmail’’i.e. racial extortion.
Union thugs and race pimps are personna non grata here.
If Sharpton shows, he will do a photo op, and leave 10 minutes later. (with 6 bodyguards)
pusssssssssssssssiieeeeeeeeees.
Yep 10 minutes for camera to get tape to Katie’s evening show and Matt Laurer’s morning swoon, then he is outta there.
I’d bet you’re right, he’ll play the bigshot for a few minutes then mouth off about it for the next three weeks to everyone that’ll listen to him or put him on their show.
“I’d bet you’re right, he’ll play the bigshot for a few minutes then mouth off about it for the next three weeks to everyone that’ll listen to him or put him on their show.”
Sharpton is easy to figure ;-)
The Unions, on the other hand, are simply fools who OWN the White House puppet-usurper, and can only GAIN MEMBERSHIP if all the illegals are given Amnesty, and subsequent Union Cards.....count on it.
God bless you folks in AZ.
People will argue there is a difference between the Republican party and the Democrat party but with actions such as these along with the Republican leadership and several of the Republican membership condemning the Az. immigration law with the same talking points used by the Dumbocrates, it is hard for some to see the difference. Thus the tried and true RINO label.
Wow, Sharpton’s Army!
VIOLENT LEFTISTS WIELDING TORCHES Riot, Smash Windows, Burn a Coffee House After Immigration Protest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2505201/posts?page=1
Thug-0-crat hit list on Al Sharpton [several murder victims]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464640/posts?page=134#134
I’d wager those rioters make hustler Sharpton proud.
What ever the guy uses, “a big gob will do ya.” :-)
Aren’t there laws against blackmail? since Sharpton threatens corps and etc with protests and demonstrations if they do NOT contribute? can’t Sharpton be taken to court?
also, it is beyond me why Fox news keeps him on as a consultant. He should have been fired a long time ago.
Thunder90 offered some shocking photos of the riot from zombie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2464035/posts?page=201#201
[In Loony Left thread — flagged with warnings.]
In the end...its about the bodies...for Wall St..scams...that are used to drain the Treasury.....
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