Al Sharpton’s Pollution
I guess the media is tired of Sharptons big mouth. He is doing more college speakings where young minds can be influenced as the older minds are too smart for him. Recently February 11, 2009 he spoke at Middlebury College, in Vermont. Too bad we cant clean up old shriveled up wasted Reverends that cant stop preaching the broken attitudes that they infect our youth. At least Jesse Jackson has given his mouth a rest, welcomed relief. Yahoo summarizes: MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized Democrats on Wednesday for “diluting” education portions of the economic stimulus bill in order to get re-elected. In a speech at Middlebury College, the civil rights leader also encouraged collegians to become vocal advocates for change. “I am a civil rights activist and advocate,” he told a packed house of 675 people. “I do not seek, as many who seek political office, to be appreciated or liked. I do not seek approval as opposed to clarity, unlike some politicians. I was concerned to see that some of the Democratic members of the Senate took out the portions that gave real vision and strength to president Obama’s stimulus plan and diluted educational funding. It seems they were more concerned about midterm elections than vision.” In addition to those who got into the campus chapel to hear him, another 700 students crowded satellite venues on campus to watch him speak on a closed-circuit video feed. Jeanine Busily, 21, who helped organize the event, said Sharpton was invited to the exclusive private college to speak because of growing student interest in activism. “People wanted to hear from a sort of political figure that also dealt with issues of social justice,” Busily said. “We wanted to be able to speak with someone about how Obama being elected changes the fight for social justice.” She wouldn’t say how much he was paid for the appearance, but that the fee and production costs combined were about $20,000. Sharpton said that despite the election of President Barack Obama, the civil rights fight isn’t over. “Many feel because we made this huge, historical step forward, we no longer need advocacy,” Sharpton said. “We won the right to change, but we did not win the change. There is work yet to be done,” he said, citing equality gaps in health care, the justice system and the economy. Stressing the need for advocacy, he used the analogy of a thermostat — which changes or pushes temperature — and a thermometer, which merely records it. One student asked him which applied to Obama. “I think he’s a politician that has been a thermostat and has a thermometer agenda,” Sharpton said. “And he had to have that kind of agenda to get elected. I’ve known President Obama for many years, we don’t agree on everything. But I think if he at least holds to what he said, probably he can still make a dramatic difference.” Of newly appointed Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, the first black to hold the position, Sharpton said: “He’s a likable guy. “I think he will try to bring some people — particularly from the black church — over to the Republican side, with his right-to-life and anti-gay messages. And I will resist. Is he a nice man? Yes. Will I smile while I fight him on those issues? Yes, but fight I will.”
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I respectfully disagree with your characterization of Rev Al Sharpton. While years ago, back in the Tawana Brawley days and for years before that, the criticism had some merit, but something about the good Reverend has changed over the years. His last run for President in 2004 showed me a more studied, careful and matured Al Sharpton. I believe him to have grown up as an activist and a communicator, to the point where I’m now willing to listen to him and give some weight to what he’s talking about. I say, “Give credit where credit is due.” He’s grown and I noticed!
Thanks for listening,
Al Sharpton is a poor excuse for a man of the cloth. His agenda is himself and not anything to do with God or country. He is a credit to wackos around America. I have watched ‘REAL’ reverends and he is very far removed. He is an activist for anyone or anything that gives HIM status and attention. He is one of the worse excuse for wearing skin Ive seen. Sorry but that is my opinion.