Posted by
Scatbug on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:49:54 PM
I have a simple request. If anyone can find a paragraph from a political news story today more hilarious than the one below, please forward the link so that I can tell you you're wrong. From FoxNews:
Rev. Al Sharpton accused Barack Obama of trying to “grandstand in front of white people” by suggesting that New Yorkers should not get violent over the acquittal of three police officers who shot an unarmed man last year, sources told The New York Post.
Alright. See if you can top it.
Hey Obama! Stop grandstanding!
An aide to Al Sharpton on Tuesday denied a report that the reverend accused Barack Obama of trying to “grandstand in front of white people” by suggesting that New Yorkers should not get violent over the acquittal of three police officers who shot an unarmed man last year.
The story, which appeared in Tuesday’s New York Post, is an “outright falsehood,” said Charlie King, acting national director of Sharpton’s National Action Network.
“Everything stated in the New York Post regarding yesterday’s conversation between Senator Obama and Reverend Sharpton is false, and is either a fabrication of the Post journalists who wrote the story or the supposed unnamed source for the story. In my view, there is a big difference between tabloid journalism and shoddy journalism. This story is clearly the latter and is unacceptable,” King said.
And the country sits on pins and needles waiting for this story to be settled. Meanwhile, the following quote from Mr. King will no doubt go unremarked upon:
"For the record, Reverend Sharpton and Senator Obama had a good conversation yesterday about the need to address both police misconduct and reducing crime. As with the numerous conversations they have, it was friendly, respectful and substantive. "