Sharpton puts pundit panties in wad!

[Flubadubya]

Watching CNN... every one of the CNN talking heads is about to explode! Jeff Greenfield just called the speech "incindiary" and said it was the most "tough talk" he had heard at the convention. I swear he started to say "over the top" but caught himself.

Crowley blatantly accused Al of being "off message", and Judy Woof-Woof and Herr Blitzer were just fuming.

This is the most fun I've had since I started watching this. Oh, and they had Torie Clark on to put in her 2 cents! She spoke of "cheap shots" and "sniping". I'm so glad they're pissed... it just tickles the crap out me! :evilgrin:

[bpilgrim]

1. Read My Lips ------------------------------------------ mp3

http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/dem_convention_2004/al_sharpton.mp3

psst... pass the word ;->

peace

[juajen]

2. Hooray for Sharpton!!! He rocks!!!!!

Glad he shook'em up.

[Cha]

3. I can't imagine being able to watch those whores...

I gotta hand to ya! But it is funny to read how Al,Baby is getting their knickers in a twit!

[bluedog]

4. "cheney" them asses!

too "cheneying" bad..they just mailed out a tape of Kerry....Cheney has been bashing Karry and Edwards at all his stump speechs in the past 2 days..........and thats bashing....I say NO hold barred......they started playing dirty from the start with Kerry.then Edwards when he was choosen.............
No..we play like they do.......

[lottie244]

5. Greefield...Al's remark was incindiary....

Not so. Al's remark about Bush appointing the Supreme Court in 1954 was right on. Since Bush sent lawyers to fight the Mich. Affirmative Action Program, it's logical to assume that Bush would have appointed Justices against Affirmative Action...thus Clarence might not have gotten into law school. It's a lobical conclusion for me.

[qanda]

12. He took it literally

Said that Al was saying Bush is a segregationist-- I was like HUH?????? :shrug: How did you get to *that* conclusion?

[qanda]

6. Candy Crowley about lost her mind

Trying to indite Sharpton for going off message and over the time limit. Sharpton put her in her place real nice.

[Sugarbleus]

7. I'm a C-span addict myself (hehe) but I'm sorry I missed that

:eyes:

I posted in another thread about the media's reaction:

CRY ME A RIVER

As if our opponents don't and won't do the same thing. LOL

[thinkingwoman]

8. ROFLMAO at the cnnwhores!

Wow they are peeved! How dare Sharpton deviate from the script they were given! LOLOL

GO AL!!

[Renew Deal]

17. One second they bitch that it's too scripted

Then they bitch that it goes off script. :crazy:

[thinkingwoman]

24. ain't that the truth?!?

They don't know WHAT they want do they? I love it! This is great fun tonight!

[Renew Deal]

31. I think the media pretends it's opposite day.

And they say the most backwards shit at every opportunity.

[DaveofCali]

20. those pundits....

>>Wow they are peeved! How dare Sharpton deviate from the script they were given! LOLOL<<

See how they nitpick and criticize character to try to take away attention from his message. This is typical right wing strategy, where they take something small and make something big about it so that itd take away attention at the larger and much more positive part (they did it with Clinton, they did it with the Bush whistleblowers, they did it with Gore, and they are doing it now)

[newyawker99]

23. Hi DaveofCali!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[thinkingwoman]

25. yup!

typical, predictable, and usually infuriating but, somehow tonight, Al made it hilarious. Watching him smackdown crowley after the speech, repeating that he had spoken with the kerry team before giving his speech, was incredibly satisfying.

[Flubadubya]

26. No Bush Bashing...

What is it about these media people? It's like their trying to protect "The King".

Wouldn't it have been nice if they had taken that attitude about the presidency when Clinton was in? Naw... only Rethugs get the "protection".

[thinkingwoman]

29. it's ok if you're repugliklan

Make no mistake about the media--they have their orders from on high. Every once in a while they show signs of rebellion but then they fall back in line.

Think they get an anonymous email that says "remember the anthrax"?

[thebigidea]

9. sickening that they let a Rumsfeld PR stooge act like a "journalist"

Clark is repulsive... Blegh.

[Wind Dancer]

18. And that is putting it mildly!

So thankful for C-Span, can't watch the regular media during this.

[Misunderestimator]

10. Well thank goodness I'm watching C-SPAN then.

[DaveofCali]

11. I hate those pundits

They deserve it, those talking heads are being such @ssholes in trying to dilute the effect of the DNC and the message that its giving out. I believe they are clearly using Republican talking points and sneaking them in in many corners to deliver them (heck, Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw have sounded like Republicans in the past few days....)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

37. welcome to DU Dave

:hi: Agreed.

[DemoTex]

13. MSRNC cut Sharpton off and excoriated him.

Racist bastards. They haven't a clue. We like the speech ..., they decide that we can't hear the end. Mothergodamnfuckers. I'm pissed.

Mac

[Renew Deal]

14. I thought Greenfield was right with that specific wording.

He was dead on and diplomatic about it. The others were whoring as usual.

[Generator]

15. Ding ding. Winner for best thread subject title line

You have more guts than I listening to them. They couldn't understand PASSION, or REAL LOVE OF COUNTRY if it was stuffed into those panties with a forklift. Gawd, let's clone Jon Stewart. Please?!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

16. Hi Flubadubya!

Way to go!! You beat me to the post.

[Flubadubya]

19. Gergen just made me puke...

He said of the Democrats just now:

"They are trying to put a person in the highest office of the land and they are taking the lowest road to do it."

Gergen... EAT MY SHORTS!!!! :puke:

[indigobusiness]

21. The "lowest road" has been occupied by the right-wing

for some time now. I doubt they'd let the Dems use it, not that they'd really want to. Gergen is a stuffed shirt.

[Sparkly]

27. THAT quote really bothers me -- and here's why

I am almost *positive* I saw an AP article saying that's something Edwards is planning to say tonight.

I just got home, didn't see Sharpton (will definitely catch the re-run)... And I'll look for that article.

[Sparkly]

28. HERE!!!

The vice presidential candidate was to accuse Republicans of trying to take "this campaign for the highest office in the land down to the lowest possible road," and urge the rejection of "the tired, old, hateful, negative politics of the past."

Gergen stole that line. (Will they say Edwards stole the line from Gergen, who said it first?) Talk about a low road.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20040729/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp

[lumpy]

35. David "Gurgle" glug glug...

really has an ego problem. Bet he stuttered when he was a kid. He is so imperious his throat muscles won't respond. glug glug

[silverweb]

22. The image is a delight!

I'm picturing various RW heads turning red, then purple, then swelling and exploding one after another like a bunch of balloons overinflated with hot air.

:D

[Zen Democrat]

30. I emailed Wolfgang von Blitzer and asked him if he's auditioning

for Rupert Murdoch. Told him not to worry, he's a
shoo-in for FoxNews.

[AmerDem]

32. I loved it and did you catch Nazi Wolf comment and reaction ....

before going to commercial break?

He was visibly upset and angry and he made a comment to effect of " this will not go unnoticed" , ...something like that.

I took it to mean that he along with the many other like-minded brodcasters and pukes were going to make sure of.

[DoomFook]

33. Not Hard Enough

Al is a showman for sure but I dont think he came down hard enough on that racist White House and the Uncle Toms Rice and Powell.

[Laughing Mirror]

34. That wasn't the purpose of his speech

and would be undignified. His purpose, as I saw it, on behalf of the Democratic Party, was to tell Bush and the Republicans not even to try taking our vote.

[AlinPA]

36. That was the best convention speech that I have ever heard. I have

seen a lot of them since the1950's.