Sharpton just said that "PERSONAL" conversations IMUS has had have come to light...

and in knowing about THOSE makes this firing from MSNBC a must.(paraphrased) They will be going after CBS next.

What personal conversations? Has anyone heard about those? They must be as bad, if not worse, than what he said on the air. Has anyone heard about those conversations?:shrug:

not sure of what you meant in the message line

and he said Imus HAD to be fired from MSNBC. Is that any better?:)

"shut your mouth."

It's in a movie, I'm pretty sure.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton

In the Tawana Brawley case, a 15-year-old black girl was found smeared with feces, lying in a garbage bag, her clothing torn and burned and with various slurs and epithets written on her body in charcoal. Brawley claimed that she had been assaulted and raped by six white men, some of them police officers, in the town of Wappingers Falls, New York.

Alton H. Maddox, C. Vernon Mason joined Sharpton in support of Brawley. A grand jury was convened; after seven months of examining police and medical records, the jury determined that Brawley lied about being assaulted by the police. Sharpton, Maddox and Mason were later successfully sued for statements made in connection with the case, and ordered to pay $345,000 in damages. All three falsely accused the case prosecutor, Steven Pagones, as being among those who abducted and raped Brawley.<6>The jury found Sharpton liable for making seven defamatory statements about Pagones, Maddox for two and Mason for one. <7>

Crown Heights Riot

The Crown Heights Riot occurred after a car accident involving the motorcade for the Lubavitcher Rebbe killing a young boy Gavin Cato. A riot was sparked after a private Hasidic ambulance came to the scene and, on the orders of a police officer, removed the Hasidic driver from the scene. Gavin Cato and his cousin Angela were picked up soon after by a city ambulance. Caribbean-American and African-American residents of the neighborhood then rioted for four consecutive days fueled by rumors (in part driven by Sharpton), <8>, <9>, that the private ambulance had refused to treat Cato. <10>

Al Sharpton became the de-facto representative for the Cato family. During the funeral he referred to "diamond merchants" considered a code word for Hasidic Jews <11> <12>, for shedding "the blood of innocent babies" leading marchers shouting "No Justice No Peace". Sharpton did not start the riots but his rhetoric was seen as inflammatory and unhelpful in easing the tension between the black and Jewish communities. A visiting rabbinical student from Australia by the name of Yankel Rosenbaum, 29 years old, was killed during the rioting by a mob shouting "Kill the Jew". <13>

the guys a huckster.

at the conversation being diverted from trashmouth Imus to dissing sharpton and jesse jackson. What are these men expected to do but to go after imus?

the threads on this here and elsewhere always seem to veer off to going after sharpton and jackson when that isn't the point of it all!

:argh:

he is not a good representive for anybody.

have a winner.:headbang:

I'm reminded of how people bring up Byrd's history with the KKK, regardless of it being completely irrelevant.

other people out there who have the background to do so.

Usually, they're not Democrats, and they're not even from West Virginia.

How about you?

spouting like Sharpton is.

And Byrd's claim to shame happened when he was a young man; Sharpton's latest (that I'm aware of) is a bit more current.

This article is eye-opening, though I'll admit to not having read the whole thing.

http://www.nationalreview.com/lowry/lowry200312030840.asp

“If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house."

Those were the immortal words of the Rev. Al Sharpton during the Crown Heights crisis in New York City in 1991.

And for the record, yes, I like Byrd, and yes, I liked Sharpton, liked him campaigning and think he's very smart, smarter than most fools who are foisted on us.

I'm just tired of him being the poster boy for righteous indignation.

We can always agree to disagree.

there's a wholly unbiased source for you. :sarcasm:

christ....I never thought I'd see the day when the fucking National Review is quoted on DU to attack a Democrat fighting to get a racist off the air.

that popped up on google. :hide:

Rich Lowry is a disgusting Hitler Youth whose life is devoted to propping up the * Regime. The National Review is a worthless piece of shit RW rag that I wouldn't even wipe my ass with.

Here's a National Review cover story from 2005 that should clue you in on the National Review's relevance:




edit: by the way, what were your keywords in the Google search? "Sharpton" and "uppity"?

by the way, what were your keywords in the Google search? "Sharpton" and "uppity"?

I'm shocked at this coming from babylonsister. I've NEVER seen anti-Sharpton posts that I didn't consider racist on their face -- without merit or relevence -- esp. since they always mirror the rightwing's "criticism" of him. The very same applies to the other black leaders DUers love to hate: Cynthia McKinney and Jesse Jackson.

I still love him.

Don

Everybody loves O.J.

:hide:

I'm not a Sharpton fan, but come on!

We all know Sharpton's history. It's not a damn secret.

the Rutgers team, aren't I? He's not exactly unscathed himself, and after paying his fines, 'found' forgiveness.

But, everytime someone posts Sharpton's name, TAWANA BRAWLEY, shows up on the thread. We know the story.

In fact, it was only because of the noise he was making that this even saw the light of day. Had Al Sharpton not banged the drum, this would have receded to the vaults of obscurity with all the rest of Imus's racist, sexist taunts.

Every time Sharpton says anything whitey doesn't like - up pops Tawana Brawley. The Constitution isn't written only for the perfect you know.

I'm just saying, he's not the image of righteous indignation I'd pick to front his mug everywhere.
And this 'whitey' did like him; I'm now sick of him.

Or where he personally stabbed Yankel Rosenbaum to death? :wtf:

Makes no difference to me...I'm not going to change your mind.

But do expect a response when you call him "the poster boy for righteous indignation" like some fucking Faux News blowhard. And then quote the National Review to make your point.

Lord knows there's enough of it around here lately.

distorted by the white media, dragged out every single blessed time the man challenges racism.

I'll tell you one thing, this episode has made it clear to me Obama doesn't stand a chance. The racism on DU alone has been revolting. And yes, dragging up one 20 year old incident to protect Don Imus IS RACIST.

underling at NBC (where they both worked for awhile) a "filthy n*****"

it may have been him, may have been Robin, may have been somebody else, but Imus has been confronted with this before, and doesn't deny it, saying he was usually under the influence of something or other at that time, and may very well have said something like that.

Me thinks.

Several of the people from MSNBC's daily shows, from both sides of the camera, spoke out about his behaviors.

Makes me sick. I'm so glad he's been fired.

They are by far the worst of the lot.

I'm going to be spitting nails if MSNBC and CBS are the only ones forced to clean up their act!

Fuck Fox.

It's all about money. And it should be all about civility and truth. Shoulda coulda woulda ..ain't so, and its a damn fing shame.