Back during the legislative session, a mail piece attacking Republican county clerks for their support of House Bill 1303, this year's election modernization bills, drew nationwide condemnation after it photos in the piece were determined to have been altered to remove African-American faces from a line of people waiting to vote. Among those who called out this botched attempt to frighten rural Colorado voters was NBC News' Al Sharpton, who noted the connection between that mailer and the former law firm of Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Gessler was the foremost opponent of the bill in question, and the incident helped reinforce his reputation as a shady partisan player–whether or not he personally approved the mailer.
Rev. Sharpton circled back Friday after Gessler was ruled by the state's Independent Ethics Commission as having "breached the public trust for private gain," after using funds from his office's discretionary account to pay for his trip to the Republican National Lawyers Association annual conference last year in Florida, which was scheduled just ahead of the Republican National Convention.
We'd say the "Honey Badger" has met his match…
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Honey Badger doesn't give a shit about Al Sharpton, and neither do I.
Agreed. Honey Badger is too busy getting his ass handed to him by the IEC to care what Al Shaprton thinks.
Al Sharpton is a douchebag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot
he could earn some redemption with an apology. and until he does I'll sgree with you Dave
First, delete and re-write this piece.
It reads as though my 4th grade son wrote it.
Second, the IEC is not at all independent is it.
(That was not a question).
First, you might want to ask your 4th grader for some grammar lessons.
Second, buy a damn dictionary. Then, get your 4th grader to read it to you.
It takes a particularly laughable public servant to be taken down by a dipstick like Sharpton. Unfortunately, with Tancredo as competition, Gessler will have to descend to cringe-worthy late night talkshow level absurdity in order to remain competitive in the primary.
That's it, you Republican apologists, kill the messenger. What Honey Badger has done is wrong in so many ways that I guess it's the best you can do. Pathetic. One of these days the election of one of your candidates will be called into question because of his antics, and the challenger will have Gessler's record to back up allegations of imrpropriety that will hurt YOUR candidate. We'll see who's laughing then.
You are so wrong. I am not a "Republican aplologist". The messenger, Al Sharpton, is
pond scumwhale shit as anyone with some knowledge of his background would understand.I agree. I've never listened to Sharpton because of his total lack morals. He rode lies to fame.
Sharpton's a liar, a charlatan, and a crook. Even we libby libs know that:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/03/al-sharpton-s-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime.html
But that doesn't mean Gessler isn't his own brand of scumbag.
Gessler has nothing to do with the comments you object to. Despising Gessler doesn't mean we have to respect Sharpton. I have no idea why MSNBC made him a host except his notoriety. If they wanted an African American host for their prime time line up they have plenty of vastly superior options. Even if I knew nothing about Sharpton I would be unimpressed with the mediocre job he does.
I believe he is, in some way, there to provide a sort of "Wolf Blitzer" persona on MSNBC, for those who prefer banality in the presentation of their news..
Banality is very popular.