Sharpton: At Least The Diamond Merchants Believe In God

Self-appointed monitor of alleged hate speech in media, Al Sharpton comes out in support of the Diamond Merchants, I guess. At least as compared to those Godless Mormons.

“As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don’t worry, that’s a temporary situation.”

Don't wait for the mainstream media to make a fuss, Don Imus wasn't available for comment at post time.

Comments

[crust]

Charles, our conduct is way better (not just slightly better) than WWII Japan, etc. I was responding to seekonoros whose rousing defense of recent actions was just to say this. But my point is that still leaves a lot of room for shameful conduct.

[charles]

hr - he'll just be back tomorrow saying the same things over again, doesn't matter what facts you provide to the contrary

it's well documented standard operating procedure

there's a very good reason i only respond to the words of their comments

or usually just go straight to troll bashing, it's quite evident they aren't here for debate

[charles]

ok crust - i'll spend more time trying to decipher your comments ;)

[Crust]

Dan Riehl re "do some responsible study of the Mormon religion. Maybe you are afraid" ... "so what exactly is your point?"

Note I was quoting a letter writer to KLo at the Corner (that she said was representative of much of her inbox on this). I wasn't calling you afraid. Someone else was calling Romney booster KLo afraid (though presumably incorrectly as if she was really afraid, I doubt she would post the comment).

I have no interest in defending Sharpton here (or elsewhere for that matter). I just thought it was interesting that a lot of evangelicals -- and presumably a lot of Republican primary voters -- apparently agree with Sharpton on this.

[Hard Right]

"...it's quite evident they aren't here for debate."

It's like talking with a parrot that has been taught only a few words. The parrot is smarter, however.

[TomB]

Why argue with nowinger? After the other thread where he stated that there had never been a terrorist attack on the US before 9-11, he's obviously proven himself to be utterly clueless. The fact that he hasn't been embarassed enough after being proven wrong to disappear for a while shows he is beyond stupid and has crossed into willful ignorance.

[charles]

reposted to get back on topic

"in all lefty the discussions of a politician being a mormon why is the first Mormon to serve as Senate Majority Leader completely ignored?"

and since hr already said this better than i could:

"BTW, unless the candidate is a radical religious...anything I don't care what their religion is."

so why are all the lefties ripping on the repub mormon and giving harry a pass?

are there different branches of mormons? like one branch is some bad evil religion, but harrys' isn't?

one of you retards want to explain this to me? because i just don't get it

[nowinger]

Speaking for myself I don't like Romney because he's a political opportunist, once he flip flopped and then back flipped on abortion, he lost all credibility. Having worked with several mormons, they appear quite able to function normally in society. I personally am suspicious of any extremely religious person, catholic, jew, methodist, mormon, muslim, who wants to hold public office since most of them are unable to draw a line between private religious beliefs and the rule of law and that whole separation of church/state thingie.

[charles]

"Having worked with several mormons, they appear quite able to function normally in society"

bwahahahahaha

well aren't you the tolerant one

you oughta give it a rest

[TomB]

Hey, some of my best friends are nowingers......

He's very well spoken for a nowinger...

You don't sweat much for a nowinger....

Nowingers are very musical people....

[charles]

reposted for irony

question:"in all lefty the discussions of a politician being a mormon why is the first Mormon to serve as Senate Majority Leader completely ignored?"

answer:"I don't like Romney because he's a political opportunist"

somehow i already know you don't like romney

but what about harry?

[nowinger]

The problem with Romney isn't his religion, get it. That's why there is no problem with Harry Reid.

[Zifnab]

The classic conservative rationale.

"GITMO IS LEGAL BECAUSE YOU ARE RETARDED! I EXPLAINED THAT! TERRORISTS ARE LIARS! RETARDED!"

hehe. Credit to your constituency guys.

[charles]

"The problem with Romney isn't his religion, get it"

ok fair enough

"That's why there is no problem with Harry Reid"

really?

what has the first Mormon to serve as Senate Majority Leader accomplished since november?

according to the left they have a mandate, so it should be relatively easy to compile a list

no?

[nowinger]

I don't think the Dems actually took over until January, correct? So, you want to evaluate him after less than six months? I see a lot of positive signs, Congress is finally exercising its oversight duties and starting to reign in the out of control executive branch. My pesonal favorite is the unraveling of the Republican conspiracy to turn the Department of Justice into a dirty tricks political organization. They're trying to put the Iraq 'war' on some kind of realistic footing.

You guys have been complaining about no results from the Dems since January, making your criticisms somewhat less than credible or sincere appearing.

[charles]

no less sincere than yourself there johnny

ps - i positively love it when the house and senate are deadlocked, seriously

the less they get accomplished on a day to day basis, the happier i am

i think there should be a law that says the whoever is pres the opposing party should be the majority

jorge x mckie from busab is one of my heros

because as is the case with all govts the cure is usually worse than the disease

[nowinger]

i think there should be a law that says the whoever is pres the opposing party should be the majority

I agree, it forces compromise and pushes policy toward the center and mainstream, keeps flagrant corruption to a minimum and prevents excesses from either left or right. Strict term limits for all public officials would also be a nice way of returning politics to the people and killing off the politics as profession class that has/is/will continue to ruin the country.

[BARRASSO]

Mormonism is a thinly veiled form of Luciferianism (essentially, embracing Lucifer's/Satan's lie that we can become as "gods").

The god they follow is the same as the hermaphrodite Baphometic god of occult Freemasonry, the GOATU or "Grand Architect of the Universe", who is an image of Satan himself.

COMEDY GOLD!! That is great spoofing. I love when people argue against religion with religion, it's like two loonies screaming at each other "you wierdos shouldn't drink your own urine you should rub poo in your hair like us!"

Interesting how most terrorists seem to be religious conservatives, just a coincidence no doubt.

[templar knight]

And most totalitarian maniacs tend to be atheists, BARRASSO. I'm sure your point is that religion, or lack thereof, has very little to do with the capacity to murder on a grand scale. I'm sure Attila the Hun or Ghenhis Khan were considered great terrorists of their day. And Hitler, Mao and Stalin. Need I say anything?

[templar knight]

"You guys have been complaining about no results from the Dems since January, making your criticisms less than credible or sincere appearing."

Perhaps, but we were told in no uncertain terms by you and yours that the Democrats had a mandate from the voters, and that us 29%ers were about to be swept away. If there was such a mandate as you and yours claimed, one would expect quick results, now wouldn't one?

[Hard Right]

The classic leftist rationale.

"GITMO IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE I SAY SO! I EXPLAINED THAT! TERRORISTS ARE VICTIMS!"

Hey zif, you don't realize you are just proving me and others here right. Do you? (smile)

As usual you spew more BS when getting your asses kicked.

[Hard Right]

TK, don't point out the fact that fascists like Stalin, Mao, Mussolini, and Hitler are very close to being Barrasso's kind. It causes their heads to explode. Are you going to clean the mess up after that?

[seekeronos]

"i think there should be a law that says the whoever is pres the opposing party should be the majority

I agree, it forces compromise and pushes policy toward the center and mainstream, keeps flagrant corruption to a minimum and prevents excesses from either left or right."

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I disagree. Aside from re-writing the Constitution for such a thing, it would kill voters' choice.

HOWEVER, I do think that our "first past the post" way of limiting ourselves to only two parties could stand to be re-evaluated to accomodate third parties (so that the third parties and their candidates would move beyond merely being spoilers)

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"Strict term limits for all public officials would also be a nice way of returning politics to the people and killing off the politics as profession class that has/is/will continue to ruin the country."

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Wow! I can actually agree with nowinger on something. I'd love to see strict term limits, say, no more than two six-year terms for Senators for a total of twelve years in Senate, and a limit of four terms for Representatives for a total of 8 possible years in office.

And for a real twist, have the Senators elected by the state legislatures, just like we did in the old days. In this fashion, the senators would be more bound to serve the interests of their home states, especially if they were subject to recall by those state legislatures.

And the pay raises? Those would be tied to the annual inflation index just like the rest of the US civil service, and the military.