Al Sharpton wants another scalp
I would wipe Al’s backside for a year straight if he would once, run to the defense of a white person after, say, Farrakhan said something racist. TRMarchesano
By Michelle Malkin • January 10, 2008 12:36 AM
I’m sure you heard about the Golf Network anchorwoman who joked last week that young players who wanted to dethrone Tiger Woods should “lynch him in a back alley.” The cable news networks, looking to capture some Imus-style ratings, went ga-ga over the story. Despite Woods calling the matter closed, despite the anchorwoman and Woods being long-time friends, and despite the anchorwoman apologizing for her politically incorrect words, the non-scandal lingers. She has now been suspended. But that ain’t enough for nosybody, race-hustling Al Sharpton.
He wants 15 more minutes on TV–and a scalp:
“While we believe that Kelly’s choice of words was inadvertent and that she did not intend them in an offensive manner, the words were hurtful and grossly inappropriate,” Golf Channel said in its statement. “Consequently, we have decided to suspend Kelly for two weeks, effective immediately.”
Woods and Tilghman have known each other 12 years. She was picked to host a club demonstration with Woods in south Florida when he talked about new products from Nike Golf.
Tilghman was helped when Mark Steinberg, Woods’ agent at IMG, said it was a non-issue and considered the matter “case closed.”
“Tiger and Kelly are friends, and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly,” Steinberg said Tuesday night in a statement released by Golf Channel. “Regardless of the choice of words used, we know unequivocally that there was no ill-intent in her comments.”
That should be the end of it.
It’s not, of course:
Before her suspension was announced, Sharpton spoke earlier on CNN’s “Prime News” and continued to push for her firing, saying he wanted to meet with Golf Channel because the comments were “an insult to all blacks.”
“Lynching is not murder in general, it’s not assault in general,” Sharpton said. “It’s a specific racial term that this women should be held accountable for. What she said is racist. Whether she’s a racist … is immaterial. She’s a broadcaster. The channel has to be accountable to the public.”
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Woods directly addressed Sharpton and his ilk and told them to bug off and pitch their circus tents somewhere else?
8 responses so far ↓
in2thefray // January 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm
It was a stupid comment in the context of a professional broadcast but one has to stretch to think she was advocating hate. Professionals imo are to be held to a higher level in their speech. I hold though that apologies and explanations of
what was really meant suffice as a defense. Al S has got to find a better way to pay his bills.
New(er)Leftist // January 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Sharpton was right to bring the issue forward to begin with, but he should know when he has won. Let the poor woman keep her job. She made an embarrassing mistake and she learned from it. This was nowhere near as bad as what Imus said, and the reporter did the right thing by apologizing for her mistake. That should be enough for him.
It’s things like this that turn otherwise nice people into conservatives. Actually, I have a theory that most of you are just leftists that have been so traumatized by Al Sharpton speeches and Al Franken jokes that you have developed a harmful political form of amnesia.
in2thefray // January 10, 2008 at 5:53 pm
@New…There’s a much older theory and proven often that Liberals are just Conservatives that haven’t been mugged or taxed enough.As far as amnesia…Lberty and Lberal. Root word identity but long long seperated.
wickle // January 10, 2008 at 6:55 pm
It was a poor choice of joke. Who among us, though, has never told a poorly-timed joke or said something in front of the wrong audience? Certainly, Sharpton doesn’t have that kind of a perfect record.
But if you’re a professional malcontent like Al, honesty and integrity can’t figure into such considerations.
TRM // January 10, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I pray for the day that someone just says, F you Al, I aint bowin’ to ya…
NewLeftist, Al had NO business putting his nose in this at all. She said something stupid, apologized to Tiger himself and it was handled betweeen them like adults,,,,, It’s people like you that keep him in his $5,000 suits….. Liberalism is a mental disorder…
rick in avon // January 11, 2008 at 12:03 am
Blacks are going to have to get over it. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jacksooon, and sniffling demos have been “stickin it to the (black) man” for years; say about 40? People should stop supporting these “sheep in wolves’ clothing” and make them “get a real job” It still bothers me that Al thinks of himself a “reverand”. Well, how about forgiveness and mercey. Should I leave out …turning the other check? What kind of man takes advantage of his color and uses it for his pawn and personal gain? U think about it.
dan // January 11, 2008 at 2:45 am
I have reached my limit with the self imposed leader of blacks Al Sharpton. He is so quick to come out and decry comments made by just about anyone who says something that he does not like, regardless of whether or not he knows the facts. This latest incident is so typical of this man. What I want to know is; did I miss his apology to the lacrosse players from Duke or did he not do so? If not then there should be equal publicity and perhaps he should be reprimanded for his comments he made prior to the facts coming out. I can assure you that if the tables were turned he would demand whoever did the same as he should be fired or taken out back and shot. I AM SICK OF THIS MAN!!
Brenda // January 12, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Al Sharpton needs to step back and begin to offer positive comments instead of keying in on the negatives and inciting issues that don’t offer any good to anything