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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:41 PM Original message |
OH Good Gawd; Sharpton says that Jacko Respsonsible For Obama's election |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, I've heard him say that before. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I thought it was Bill Cosby. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought Bill Cosby was responsible . . . . . |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. When will folks realize that Sharpton is just a charleton? nt |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. He's funny, though, you gotta give him that |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. True. I ran into him at the Brooks Brothers on Conn. Ave. a few years back. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Give the man some poetic license... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. There's some truth to it |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Oh course it's true. What's next Michael Jackson invented the internet? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. That was Gore. nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. In a country where entertainment |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sharpton is not the first to make that argument. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. You know, not that long before Jackson died, I was going to ask, |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. No, you are not. |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. You are NOT. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Oh, I still have nightmares about being forced to sing it when I was 4. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. It was also a "Me too!" act after Band-Aid, in a co-opted cause. |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. You're right. Sharpton was definitely wrong to say "BEFORE LIVE AID". |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't totally disagree with that. To some extent I think he's |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Me neither |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. How many times has Sharpton run for president? |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'd say he's more right than wrong |
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TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Hardly ever heard black groups on the radio? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I listened to Milwaukee and Chicago radio stations all the time growing up. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. But, you would never go to a concert |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I was too young and too far away from any venue to go to concerts |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is this how Jesus started? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wouldn't read history books in the future if I were you. |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Al, it was Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Michael was a big influence on many children growing up in the 80's |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. Avtually It was Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. What a fucking pantload. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. The article title is misleading... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. Gee... I thought it was Truman when he desegregated the army... |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Nope. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. I thought Oprah. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. I get what he's saying |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, please. WHO in their right mind listens to a word that old fool says? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yeah, but where would MJ have been had it not been for the kid on the left.... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. He was another step on the path |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's not what he said |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yep. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. I agree. Sharpton is right - somewhat |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Jacko = Elvis II |
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Empowerer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Michael always acknowledged his debt to those who helped pave the way for him |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. Michael did help by helping break racial barriers in entertainment. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. Don't know about that, but... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. I'd say the GOP had much more to do with Obama winning than Jackson. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. One of the reasons for eulogies is to boost the memory of the |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. The effect of popular culture |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. So very true |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
49. Sharpton...........what can one say? |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. and I agree with him |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I agree with him also |
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