MEANWHILE - Rev. Al provides comic relief

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REV. AL LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE

By STEVE DUNLEAVY

October 15, 2001 -- AMID anxiety, grief and anger visited upon us by lesser souls, at least we have Al Sharpton providing comic relief, no matter how cynical.

Sharpton has accused Mark Green of playing "the race card" in the runoff against Fernando Ferrer . . . which is like Donald Trump saying he was going to take a vow of poverty.

Over the years, Sharpton has had more "race cards" up his sleeve than Aqueduct.

We have seen Al the flame-thrower, the professional protester, the jailbird radical, and somehow we feel comfortable in our expectation of seeing this pavement Shakespearean at his most outrageous.

But surely none of us can feel comfortable what we witnessed over the weekend - his new role as "Al the crybaby."

He was complaining about Ferrer's apparent defeat by Green - but the defeat had a very simple cause and a lot of it had to do with you, Al.

At the heart of it was Freddy's follies.

Normally, a calm, measured pol who tried to cling hard to the center without going too far left, Freddy's mistake, first, was the declaration of "two cities."

The second mistake was wrapping his arms around you, Al.

The third mistake was Freddy not giving you a political spanking when you essentially called Rudy Giuliani a "bozo."

And fourth was when Freddy wouldn't go along with Mark Green and Michael Bloomberg agreeing to extend Giuliani's stewardship.

Suddenly, an electorate who normally respects Freddy's committed public service saw his ambitions like raw meat.

If Sharpton believes in his mindlessness that this city votes on strictly racial lines, then how the heck did David Dinkins become mayor? How does Carl McCall command such respect and votes? How is it that Charlie Rangel has the ear of some of the biggest names in politics?

If racism is systemic in this country, how is it that Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are two of the most important humans in this country?

One of these days, Al, you are going to wake up and suddenly realize you're an adult.

Being a professional "naughty boy" doesn't fit your elegantly tailored suits.

Don't worry Al, there is plenty of time for you to hijack Jesse Jackson's role of African-American leader in exile.

There were suspicions that you even threatened to throw in with conservative Bloomberg.

As a committed conservative, I would hope Bloomberg would not come within a country mile of the Reverend Al.

In the meantime, along with others I'm sure, I appeal to Sharpton's appreciable grasp of oratory to stop this race talk and come to terms with the fact that Sept. 11 proved there was only one color at ground zero: Red.

And it was blood.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

Answers

I would really like Al and Jesse to just shut up.

Can't we force them to Afghanistan for something? Maybe drive trucks into kabul with food for the innocents?

Please~???????

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001


Was that you who called and asked Rev. Jackson to go to Afghanistan? That little matter never was cleared up.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

no comment

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

If Rev. Al drove a food truck, a lot of the food wouldn't make it to its destination.

-- Anonymous, October 17, 2001

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