RummyTheDummy
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Wed Sep-01-04 11:38 PM
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| Why was Al Sharpton demonized by the media |
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After his hard line speech against BushCo.at the DNC yet Zell "The Racist Cracker" Miller and Crashcart are universally praised by the media for viciously attacking Kerry.
Oh wait. He's black. Never mind.
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Wed Sep-01-04 11:41 PM
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| 1. You're absolutely right. |
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The media attacked sharpton to no end for what he said, which wasn't 1/100th as outrageous as what Zell spewed tonight.
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Wed Sep-01-04 11:42 PM
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| 2. I think there is a bit |
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of a discrimination factor there. But remember, any liberal who dares question a conservative (or anything for that matter) is immediately denounced from all sides. That's just the way this country is right now.
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Wed Sep-01-04 11:46 PM
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A Bush Covert Operative Takes Over Al Sharpton's Campaign Sleeping With the GOP http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0405/barrett.phpmore... A GOP trickster rents Al Sharpton The pompadoured preacher's alliance with a right-wing operative may delight conservatives but should disgust his constituents. By Joe Conason http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/02/03/sharpton/
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