A Man of Political Awareness

[leafofgrass]

Now I've been an Al Sharpton fan for some time; regardless of what others say of him, he has a point that need be acknowledged and he makes it rather well. Last night, however, he put the icing on the proverbial cake. In a time in which Democrats consider the word "liberal" to be akin to saying "fuck" on national television, and in fact have

Comments

[ex_commonpl]

I didn't hear the whole thing, but I heard the blood of martyrs part and thought it was just astonishing. I like Sharpton too; he's obviously a shark, but he's quite a compelling personality.

[madamebovary]

that quote you quoted of him is EXCELLENT! :) i saw him saying that on cnn today during lunch and it made me super happy.

[29usc151]

I missed Sharpton last night, but I heard a bunch of his speech on NPR this morning. He really rocks.