Al Sharpton should pick Don King for his running mate.

[Silverhair]

I was watching Don King on TV today and couldn't resist the comparison.

[pruner]

1. LOL

your name ties in very well with this post.

:)

[KG]

2. whats the comparison?

they are both black?

[pruner]

3. they're both troublemakers

n/t

[RuB]

6. Everything I've heard from Al Sharpton doesn't say troublemaker.

He's telling it like it is. And I'd love to see him in a debate with Bushie. Bushie would get his ass kicked on national tv and I for one would love the hell out of it! Troblemaker? No.

[pruner]

10. Tawana Brawley

EOT

[GeekLife]

16. Worse than Tawana

Fredys Fashion Mart

[KG]

24. oh, i see, they should be judged by where they buy their clothes.

and here i thought it was the hair thing. :eyes:

[GeekLife]

33. Obviously

you have no idea what happened at Fredys Fashion Mart.

Do some research.

[KG]

9. sharpton's a troublemaker?

don king is a trouble maker?

[pruner]

11. yes… they're both race baiters

n/t

[KG]

18. race baiters?

care to define 'race baiter'?

[pruner]

27. do some reading on the Tawana Brawley rape (that wasn't)

Sharpton is the definition of a race baiter.

[DrWeird]

31. So you think she did it to herself?

That cop blew his brains out because of righteous indignation?

[GeekLife]

34. Tawana Brawley

was a complete and total hoax. To believe otherwise is to be someone unable to believe the truth.

[DrWeird]

A fifeteen year old girl is found raped, beaten

covered in excrement with words nigger and bitch scrawled into her skin, alleges white cops did, one of whom kills himself a couple of days later. Nope, nothing to see there. Move along. She did it to herself. No racial issues involved. So stop saying that.

[GeekLife]

41. Repeat after me

Tawana Brawley was a COMPLETE HOAX!

[pruner]

37. yes… she admitted as much

Sharpton and his cohorts were subsequently found guilty of slander & defamation of the DA (Steven Pagones).

Sharpton has never apologized for the part he played in the whole affair.

[DrWeird]

42. Sharpton has said he still believes her.

So I'll kindly ask for a link to the confession.

[pruner]

45. Sharpton can believe in the tooth fairy for all I care

that doesn't make her real.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

52. I Have Alot Of Problems With Don King

but could you cite some examples of his race baiting?


He knows one color and that color is green...

[DrWeird]

13. Ah, so they're both uppity negroes.

gotcha

[pruner]

15. I said no such thing

n/t

[LoZoccolo]

17. He said...

...no such thing.

[KG]

4. does sharpton promote boxing matches?

[birdman]

5. Mike Tyson's not available ?

[BrotherBuzz]

7. No, but...

Don King would make a great Press Secretary for someone.

[RuB]

8. Don King is an idiot. Waving the mini flag every time he's on tv.

His fake patriotism is disgusting and he's about as believble as a Republican giving heartfelt assurances of being a compassionate conservative.

[UTUSN]

12. I Just Alerted n/t

[UTUSN]

14. May You Never Come Back n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. What A Sad Thread.....

NT

[Q]

19. A very ugly thread...

...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. It's A Straight Up Puke Thread....

[Terwilliger]

21. so, you're a racist?

what a great representative of the left, eh??

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. Sad.....

Me an you....

Me and others have been back and forth on alot of things but race is the Holy Grail....

Thou shall not make racist utterings....

[KG]

28. not only that

the other racists just could wait to chime on in: 'Fredy's Fashion Mart'

in-fucking-credible

[GeekLife]

36. Since that was directed at me

I will respond.

Finding Sharpton and King to be reprehensible people does not make one a racist.

Are you supportive of the murders that took place at Fredys Fashion Mart?

[Terwilliger]

46. loosely associating them because of thir skin color is racist

get a clue

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. There You Go Again....

If you think Sharpton is reprehensible couldn't you compare him with a white person who's reprehensible....

[1songbird]

23. I think this comment needs some serious explanation

[Q]

26. No explanation necessary...

...just a rejection from the DU community and a lock by a moderator.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

30. Some Folks Have No Problem With It.....

That's even sadder.....

[Silverhair]

29. I was reffering to the style they both have.

Both are over-the-top sameless self promoters. They are a match. I can't take either one seriously.

No, I'm not racist. I will call a black person a fool just as fast as a white person, if I think they are a fool.

My wife and I were talking a Carol M Braun today. Of the nine candidates she doesn't duck questions. You may not like or agree with her answer, but you get a straight answer. I saw a lot of question ducking from the male candidates. Her positions are too far left to have a chance of winning. Clark is still my candidate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. Are Sharpton and Don King

the only two "over -the -top shameless self promoters" in America.....

That's where you got yourself in trouble.....

If you compared AS with a white "over-the-top shameless self promoter" in America nobody would be saying racism is at play....

[1songbird]

38. All politicians are self promoters.

Instead of beating up on Sharpton people should listen to what
he is saying and the manner in which he is saying it. I will not be voting for Al because I don't think he has a chance to win but he could be helpful in pulling disenfranchised voters to the polls. We will need all of the votes we can get to win. We have to think outside of the box and the norm in order to be successfull in 2004.

[KG]

39. oh, ok

and here i thought it was cause you thought they could do a nice soft-shoe together. silly me. :)

[Cocoa]

50. you're really hanging on to those preconceptions aren't you?

Sharpton has not been a shameless self-promoter during this campaign.

And he doesn't resemble Don King in the least.

[JanMichael]

32. What a wonderfully overt yet bigoted comment!

Congrats!:-)

[Q]

40. I'll be very disappointed in DU...

...if they allow this type of stereotyping and bigotry to go unchallenged.

[JanMichael]

43. What is "DU"? It's us.

And this racist shit has been dealt with.

Skinner and his minions aren't needed for pissant crap like this.

[KG]

44. didn't you get the memo, Q?

racism, misogyny, and other forms of conservative idiocy are ok and long as you got a (D) on your voter registration card.

[Q]

48. Didn't get the memo...

...but it looks like you're right.

[jayfish]

49. The Last Time I Checked, Al Had Yet To Be Indicted On...

murder, arson, dealing drugs, carring a concealed weapon or manslaughter charges.

http://www.mugshots.net/don_king/

By the way, your an ______________.

Jay

[qanda]

51. I think you should pick another forum!

Try here: www.freerepublic.com

[AnnabelLee]

53. Locking

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