Al Sharpton

I read things that came out of the mouths of America's more influential blacks and shake my head in wonder.  Do they live on the same planet I do?One can't put those two sentences together without invoking the name Al Sharpton. From his hit TV show that is watched by millions dozens comes this exchange with a fellow victim of racial oppression.  (Or, more probably, victims of paranoid schizophrenia): AL SHARPTON : It seems like they...  

Police suspected singer Wyclef Jean and activist and TV host Reverend Al Sharpton of being involved in laundering drug money, Brooklyn federal court has heard. Mr Jean allegedly received a $60,000 loan from hip hop manager James Rosamond, who is currently ...  

DEA agents escort James Rosemond after his arrest on cocaine-dealing charges, in this June 21, 2011, in New York. The feds tried to get a hip hop music mogul to snitch on Rev. Al Sharpton, Sean (Diddy) Combs and Wyclef Jean while negotiating a ...  

The right-wing Mediaite site gleefully reports: In March and April, MSNBC’s primetime hosts ran with nearly wall-to-wall coverage of the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. They regularly suggested that the lack of national interest in the case was worthy...  

This weekend’s broadcast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” took up what was probably one of the show’s easier scripts, which mocked MSNBC’s Al Sharpton ... also spoke with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, played by Fred Armisen ...  

The season finale's breakneck pace meant that the Digital Short (Lazy Sunday 2) segued directly into a sketch with Kenan Thompson playing Al Sharpton on Politics Nation, and it suffered in comparison. Sharpton interviewed ...  

And in what might be the biggest projection of all-time, Sharpton claims Republicans have a “long history of fear and smear.” Via Newsbusters: SHARPTON: We start in 1988 with the attack add against Michael Dukakis. And we saw it again in 2004 with the swiftboating of John Kerry. The party has run entire campaigns on character assassination. But the latest effort, it’s about more than just winning an election. It’s about dehumanizing President...  

Four of the country's most influential African-American leaders issued a joint statement yesterday in support of President Obama's new stance championing marriage equality. Reverend Al Sharpton, president of National Action Network; Julian Bond ...  

The Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson will stand with the family of slain teen Kendrec McDade on Thursday to demand an end to gun violence throughout America. Photos:Rally at Pasadena City Hall against police shooting of Kendrec McDade  

Still waiting to see something in TalkBack that says our readers would like to have a column called "Aiken would be better if" and then you have 25 words. You need to acknowledge it. Don't be stubborn, don't be irate, it wasn't your idea to start with.  

A segment on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show deriding the findings of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s investigation of Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility shows the White House fears coming revelations, according to WND senior writer Jerome Corsi. Corsi, who has probed Obama’s eligibility for four years, said “it’s obvious that the White House is scared.” The segment by Sharpton on his daily “PoliticsNation” show April 27 was an attempt to...  

At Point of Law, lawyer Ted Frank criticizes the Obama Administration’s demand for what are effectively racial quotas in school discipline: Unfortunately, the Obama administration is proposing counterproductive policies that would reduce ...  

The third claim will be against the Martin family attorney whose professional malpractice brought a nation to the precipice of a race riot.  It was attorney Benjamin Crump who contacted  Al Sharpton. Crump called Sharpton after trying to intimidate ...  

WorldNetDaily dedicated a May 3 article to attacking a segment by MSNBC's Al Sharpton mocking birthers, in a way that defies reality:A segment on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show deriding the findings of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s investigation of Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility shows the White House fears coming revelations, according to WND senior writer Jerome Corsi.Corsi, who has probed Obama’s eligibility for four years, said...  

On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder pledged a thorough investigation in remarks before the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in Washington, D.C. At a news conference, Mr. Sharpton praised Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Ms. Corey ...