During the 2008 primaries, Sharpton broke ranks with a lot of the Dem political establishment by dumping Hillary and backing Obama.
“I said, ‘I’m gonna do whatever I gotta do to help you. Hillary Clinton has never done nothing for us,’” said Sharpton, recounting a conversation with Obama for his followers at his group’s weekly rally.
Obama rewarded Sharpton by effectively making him his spokesman to the Black community.
Now it appears that Sharpton is still at war with Hillary.
On Friday’s Morning Joe program on what remains of MSNBC, Al Sharpton, completely ignoring how late appearances in Maryland and Illinois by President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle coincided with significant deterioration in the situations of Democratic Party gubernatorial candidates in Maryland and Illinois, blamed Bill and Hillary Clinton, and not the Obamas, for Tuesday’s Democratic debacle.
The idea of a news network inviting political analysis on national elections from Al Sharpton is ridiculous enough, but it’s MSNBC and they gave Racist Al his own show.
It’s not just that Sharpton is defending Obama. That’s his job. But he’s also attacking the Clintons. That’s a risky move since he loses his ties to the Dem establishment if she wins.
But then again he probably lost them anyway.
The Clintons, especially Hillary, go long on grudges. They have enemies lists and they never really forget being sold out. Sharpton could have done what some Obama endorsees did and try to broker a truce, but instead he’s going for broke.
His old strategy was to make so much trouble for a politician that they would have to cut a deal with him. That’s probably his plan for Hillary. The question is does Sharpton, who has become a joke even in the Black community under Obama, still have what it takes to make life bad for Hillary





















