>>"Rev Al is a hustler, period." - Nail on the head
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>His commentary last night is a good example of why so many view him as a shakedown artist.
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>He apparently called the new NBA commissioner (after the press conference) and talked about the possible upcoming owner/board of governors vote - and then told his TV audience that he (Sharpton) felt confident that after giving the commissioner his feedback, that they'd get 3/4ths of the vote. Implication there is that Sharpton telling his viewers that he had an influence on the commissioner's actions.
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>I don't think the new commissioner needs to hear from Sharpton in order to do the right thing.
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>On the First Amendment thing that someone brought up in a prior post - even the biggest Constitutional advocate acknowledges that most rights are contextual. He had property rights to own a team brand within the context of a larger brand, but under the contractual condition that 75% of the owners could strip him of that ownership.

Come on Kevin, we all know that the loonies are exclusively on the right. I mean, Rush! Rick Perry!