Posted on 08/22/2014 11:21:47 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
MSNBC host Al Sharpton has become the White House's de facto liaison to events on the ground in Ferguson, Mo., our colleague Glenn Thrush reports. After several reincarnations, the former Brooklyn protest leader has positioned himself as an ally, though not close friend of President Obama:
"And the White House, as the crisis following Brown’s death seemed to flare out of control, worked extensively behind the scenes to maximize The Rev’s doing what he does, using him as both a source of information and a go-between. After huddling with Brown’s family and local community leaders, Sharpton connected directly with White House adviser and First Friend Valerie Jarrett, vacationing in her condo in the exclusive Oak Bluffs section of Martha’s Vineyard, not far from where President Obama and his family were staying. Obama was “horrified” by the images he was seeing on TV, Jarrett told Sharpton, and proceeded to pepper him with questions as she collected information for the president: How bad was the violence? Was it being fueled by outside groups—and could Sharpton do anything to talk them down? What did the Brown family want the White House to do. . ."
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
When you have to pick from the bottom of the barrel ,just as will go deep
What a pile of crap!!! If anything they were working on how to instigate more violence.
This WILL get me in trouble... Isn’t Obama just another black man hellbent on assaulting white America? Bill whittle points out in his latest video that blacks are 200 times more likely to assault whites than whites are to assault blacks. Is it possible that this paradigm is acceptable at every level?
Standard operating procedure when you are dealing with a bunch of radical racists who hate America.
If anything, the Ferguson crisis has underscored Sharpton’s role as the national black leader Obama leans on most, a remarkable personal and political transformation for a man once regarded with suspicion and disdain by many in his own party. It’s a status made all the more surprising given that Obama, America’s first black president, ran on a platform of moving beyond the country’s painful racial divisions while Sharpton is the man who once defined those divisions for many Americans.
Yes, indeed! In January 2017, America will find itself on the ground when it starts regaining consciousness. At first, America will see stars and birdies floating around. Then, it will realized it was just a participant (the Receiver) in a Knockout Game.
The news media constantly defends Sharpton. Even on FOX News (token bottom feeder) Geraldo Rivera praises Sharpton as being on the same level as MLK Jr.
WHY do Blacks need “leaders”??? I have NEVER heard of a WHITE “leader”!!!! They are convincing me that they are INCAPABLE of taking care of themselves.
Excellent and true.
True and excellent.
SOP for an administration largely run by criminals anyway.
Sharpton has actually gotten people killed in the past so I can see their reasoning on this.
A melanin-challenged “reverend” would be persona non grata if he had accomplished the equivalent of Rev-’em-up Sharpton.
Otherwise known as Al Sharlatan
Al the FBI Stool Pigeon.
turds of a feather flock together
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