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southernloyalty
Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:01pm
What would Al do without the word “racist.” I bet Al’s first words when he was a baby was “thas waysis.”

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Rob
Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:01pm
I am not racist, I can see that white and black can be as dumb as dirt.

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matt708
Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:00pm
2 more ducebags, who haven;’t a clue. Ed probably can’t stand Al but will do anything to get attention

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Wheels141
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:58pm
Just shake your head, and think to yourself just how EFFIN STUPID these two are! Freaken amazing!

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ManThong
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:58pm
The fact that there is media shallow and ignorant enough to broadcast these two liberal clowns and that there is an audience stupid enough to listen to anything they say is proof positive that education has failed miserably in the United States.

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13thGenerationAmerican
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:57pm
I have seen this first hand from a technology standpoint. The E-Rate program and Reduced lunch program offset technology initiatives based on a percentage of matching funds the government provides for schools. The biggest challenge is getting students to sign up because most of them are embarrassed to used vouchers and as a result, many schools cannot upgrade their outdated technology.

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- franknshadow
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:00am
  That sounds an awful lot like a steaming load of crap… I think the lunch program “matching funds,” are a huge incentive for school districts to enroll as many as possible in their programs, and inflate numbers, for funding purposes and for the purpose of creating more gov’t (union) jobs…. Difficult to find? Reluctant to enroll?? Maybe just tougher to coerce.. I’m just sayin…
  
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miles from nowhere
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:57pm
Back east the schools are under performing, there is a serious drop out rate, teachers that belong to Unions that are worthless, the choices are home school and private school. I can not think of one good reason to listen to Charlie because he should be locked up for tax evasion and violations he has committed as a senator. Just another George Soros puppet that is controlled by the communist left

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restorehope
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:57pm
My head is exploding after listening to these two. They somehow tossed multiple issues into the pot and blamed them the entire mess on the Wisconsin governor all in the name of “social justice”. Will someone please tell the liberal minority in this country that we have lived by the tenets of “equal justice” for over 200 years, not social justice. That is their invention.

Just heard on Fox that it will cost 7.5 million dollars to repair the damages made by the protesters to the Capitol building in Madison. Personally, I think the 14 AWOL Democrats should pay for part of that bill. If they had not skipped town and delayed the legislative process of the state of Wisconsin, those protesters would not have been there for two weeks to do that damage.

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parkerislegend
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:56pm
take a step back and look at the big picture Ed and Al. If schools are to be judge based on their teachers, and the teachers HAVE to start teaching (not baby sitting). Then won’t the inner city schools get better? Won’t inner city children become smarter? The reason the liberals don’t like this is because they won’t be able to push their opinions on the chirldren anymore. the parents can move thei kids to school they like! and the liberals won’t be able to brainwash our future generations anymore! which is good for everyone.

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crcitizen
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:55pm
no argument, here comes the race card, Instead of helping make schools better, play the race card…Now for 60 years that card should have had an expiration date. Inner city kids won’t use them, because Rev Al and Ed and the rest want the status quo, because if that goes away, their power goes with it. DC had it and Obama was against it, they want people illiterate, they want people poor, becasue if they are not illiterate and poor they will never learn they do not need government.

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golfnutaga
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:55pm
Why do people keep referring to sharpie as a rev. That is very demeaning to the clergy the world over!

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- Stoic one
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:19pm
  then go tell it to a jihadist Muslim fanatic
  
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- ExpertShot
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:23am
  In the black community, the focus isn’t so much on having an ordained minister (one who went to seminary school), instead the preachers of most black churches are those who are very active in the church & have worked their way through the various positions in the church, eventually preaching sermons. I know several folks who call themselves Reverend but have never been ordained, it’s a cultural thing.
  
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111gecko
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:54pm
Most people have a problem with these guys when they speak…personally, I like it….it is more and more outlandish each time. You will be amazed how many people are on the fence and each word pushes them a little bit more to the right side (pun intended)…….

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ozzie
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:53pm
I had to stop the video right after Ed started talking because they are complete morons if they can’t understand their own contradictions-

Ed mentions that it’s racist = stupid
….but wait, there’s more

It doesn’t help those below the poverty level—- wrong! It provides an equal opportunity for them AND the next point Ed makes is completely contradictory- It forces those under the poverty level to pay for other people that will benefit from it.

They are disconnected from reality because those under the poverty level not only don’t pay income tax, but they get money back in the form of credits that are applied directly to the return and not to the taxable income.

If most people were aware of the way the tax code benefits the poor they would be driven mad because hard work is being disincentivized.

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- stargazer qmc
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:07pm
  The problem is not that the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes. The problem is that the not rich don’t pay their fair share. I am a firm believer in equal opportunity. We should all have the chance to complain that our taxes are too high.
  
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- ExpertShot
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:08am
  In most states, property taxes, not income taxes go towards the schools. Not many people below the poverty line own their own property & therefore don’t pay into the public school system…the ones that do are either elderly & weren’t below the poverty line when they bought the property or have now inherited the homes in which their families live. You think someone as “smart & educated” as Schultzie & Sharpton would know that before lecturing to us “stupid people”.
  
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paperpushermj
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:53pm
What are they talking about? Vouchers for who?

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Stonewall_Jackson
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:53pm
These two F*&&*%& nut need someone to take them on a trip out to sea, they may get to see the “light” after all. The world would be a MUCH better place then.

As the saying goes, BLOW IT OUT YOUR A$& al and ed

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vinnymac46
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:53pm
…useful idiots…

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- felina g
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 7:52am
  They are also referred to by their OWN leaders as “useless eaters”.
  
  Too bad they don`t do their own homework. All they have to do is look who their bedfellows are.
  
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commonsenseguy
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:52pm
blah, blah,blah,—— blah,blah,blah,——–these two nitwits have no idea what they are spewing ,i hope they have their shots because this crap is nasty, what a bunch of race baiting chumps,

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KEA
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:52pm
Social Justice is not part of our Constitutional Republic!

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- Showtime
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:49pm
  Social justice is not in our Constitution, either!
  
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edubble21
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:51pm
I think, at this point, MSNBC’s hosts are just saying the most outrageous things it can in hopes that someone else, with a bigger audience, will replay their clips. Because Lord knows that no one is actually watching this knucklehead during his time slot.

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gapch68
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:50pm
Ok, a plan to give inner city kids a chance to go to better schools is “racist” because they will never use them?! If this doesn’t show Al as a black man keeping “his people” on the plantation for political gain, what does? As for Ed S. – he’s just an idiot.

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- Steverino
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:21pm
  CAPCH68-
  Well put.
  It brings to mind the comments I’ve heard progressives say recently about Clarence Thomas going “back to the fields”. I don’t understand how progressives have the ability to call conservatives “racists” or “haters”.
  THEY are the ones that categorize, isolate, and offer different strategies for different groups.
  I hope and pray for a leader that will call this exactly what it is, with boldness and clarity.
  We truly need a mature, clear delineation of the pure differences in philosophy and principles between progressives and conservatives.
  Hopefully this will come to pass, and SOON.
  Steve
  http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/
  
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- Showtime
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:48pm
  What’s wrong with their schools? Their teachers are members of the UNION! Nothing wrong there!!!
  
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- ForgivenWretch
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 11:33am
  Amen to that! He is afraid the light bulb, not an incandescent one of course, will go on and inner city kids will realize what and who has really been holding them back. He would then loose his standing and power over the black community. The man is a racist and Marxist; a reverend he is not.
  
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thomas242007
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:49pm
so now somthing racist if inner city kids dont want to use it?? can we start issueing a fine for people like al sharpton, jesse jackson, and farrahkhan for making stupid obviosuly stupid comments like this?

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- KenInIL
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 3:00pm
  They are obviously not talking about DC where there is a lottery to see who can get a voucher. To me it seems like a no-brainer: $20,000/pupil in public schools; $7500/voucher for a private school. Let’s save the taxpayers $12500 /pupil !! Both systems use teachers – so no loss in employment.
  
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fertlmind
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:48pm
Ed Sharpton and Al Schultz
There,….problem fixed!
Is THAT racist?

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stargazer qmc
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:48pm
The race card. What a shocker.

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- JD Carp
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:15pm
  These two have less than a whole brain between them. Kids WANT to learn, that was proven in Wisconsin last week when the kids complained about being out of school. SIN = Switch subject, Ignore the truth, Name call the 3 basics of liberalism.
  
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- franknshadow
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:49am
  It is a good thing that al, and ed, can be so epically wrong.. Imagine if kids like young Herman Cain, or Rep. Allen West, or Thomas Sowell, had been poisoned by these bigoted plantation mentality hate mongers..
  
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peezee
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:47pm
Both of these parasites are beyond pathetic. They best get the hell out of the way.

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- Ironmaan
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:57pm
  I recall seeing several news stories of black kids and parents in DC lamenting the fact that vouchers were taken away from them, so the notion that they would not use them is absurd.
  http://guerillatics.com
  
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- sayangku
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:34am
  Ironman this is about who gives them out more than anything. As long as the money is funneled through Sharpton and company there is not a race issue. Control man control! Master Sharpton knows whats best for the b l a c k community!
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:59am
  Monopolies are never a good thing. Someone tell the two dummies
  
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- smithclar3nc3
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:30am
  So Sharpton complaint isn’t that Black kids wouldn’t be offered vouchers ,THAT WOULD BE RACIST.
  No his argument is that black kids wouldn’t use them…THAT’S NO RACIST THAT’S A CHOICE.
  Black America wake up and look at those who are supposedly supporting your community. He would deny black children the option of gettingh out of a failing public school and into a better opportunity in a private school. He’s doing this to support the democratic public teachers unions.
  
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JohnAdams4Prez
Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:47pm
I give up. This is like Dumb & Dumber

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- GBMBulletsSKNRD
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:50pm
  Not even worth my time……
  
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- thepatriotdave
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:51pm
  Nah, this is alot worse. At least those guys were a little funny. These two jokers are pathetic.
  
  “A racist budget” What a stupid comment!
  
  http://www.americasteapartynews.com
  
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- Cherished Emblems
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:54pm
  Home school is the answer! Take your kid out of “public school” and they will divert the funds to a home school program. There are many to choose from with online teaching, and video conferencing. It’s great! The best part? No one teaches your child this liberal B.S.
  
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- BreeZee
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:54pm
  Why is it a conversation in which Sharpton is involved cannot be had without the word “RACISM” or “RACIST” being used?
  
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- Dakota
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:55pm
  These two are like the little circle flies that circle around a horses ass. Have respect for their beliefs…but you can’t fool those circle flies…
  
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- Steverino
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:56pm
  Just when I think I have any clue about these people, they throw a major kink in the works.
  I know, it “fits” into the progressive creed, but it still makes the mind wobble. The idiocy truly knows no bounds. Too many contradictions to keep track of. For me, anyways.
  Steve
  http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/
  
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- CyberJocky
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 10:57pm
  I honestly believe Al Sharpton could find racism in a cup of coffee.
  
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- grandmaof5
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:09pm
  Those two morons! School vouchers were working great in DC before Obama cut them off. Just continue to keep that foot on the backs of inner city kids, Al, so you will have the Republicans to blame for their failure. You are the devil, Al, you just hide behind “the cloth”.
  
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- NickDeringer
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:09pm
  A racist and a race hustler.
  “You know, Al, Black Americans are too stupid to think for themselves.” “Yes, Ed. That’s why they need me to tell them what to think and how to live.” “Without me they would be duped by the man.”
  
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- thepatriotdave
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:10pm
  BreeZee
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:54pm
  Why is it a conversation in which Sharpton is involved cannot be had without the word “RACISM” or “RACIST” being used?
  —————————————————–
  
  Because he is a racist!
  
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- nptden
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:10pm
  Then hire the inner city kids in blue collar jobs.
  
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- snidley-whiplash
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:16pm
  The racist won’t even give the inner city kids a chance. Keep the votes for yourself Al#ole
  
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- Chris G
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:19pm
  Cherished is RIGHT! Home schooling is where it’s at. We should insist on the complete separation of School & State.
  
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- Steverino
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:26pm
  Also, it baffles me that they could TRULY believe this gibberish.
  And Trumka REALLY believes that conservatives create a “false reality”.
  Maybe I’m not that bright, but I just don’t understand.
  Steve
  
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- cheezwhiz
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:34pm
  Thats all it always comes down to for anti-white marxists:
  1. Fascist
  2. Racist
  
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- CatB
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:35pm
  These guys are so ______ (fill in the blank) .. it is the “poor” who want vouchers .. who will stand in the rain or snow to get them for their children .. the “rich” don’t need them they already send their kids to their school of choice (example OBAMA) and vouchers help the middle class to do the best for their children (less financial burden on the family should they choose to send them not to the public indoctrination center.) .. MSNBC should have mental help for these mental midgets.
  
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- Showtime
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:43pm
  @BreeZee
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:54pm
  Why is it a conversation in which Sharpton is involved cannot be had without the word “RACISM” or “RACIST” being used?
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“`
  Because Sharpton is stuck in the 1960s.
  
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- Showtime
  Mar. 3, 2011 at 11:46pm
  @grandmaof5
  Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:09pm
  Those two morons! School vouchers were working great in DC before Obama cut them off. Just continue to keep that foot on the backs of inner city kids, Al, so you will have the Republicans to blame for their failure. You are the devil, Al, you just hide behind “the cloth”.
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  That’s too simple a solution, school vouchers. But then, inner city kids couldn’t be victims…of Republican racisim!
  
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- wildjoker5
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:04am
  Cause these inner city kids use the public schools so well as it is now huh? What was that? 40% drop out rate for blacks?
  
  And for Ed, he really thinks only poor inner city kids are black? Wow, talk about racial profiling.
  
  On one hand, Al tries to call whites racist, on the other, he is trying to say he is standing with people “working people” (except the TEA party).
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:10am
  Great Googely Moogely:
  This is like Daffy Duck taking over. How many times is he going to be shot in the face and his bill turned around until he gives up. Ed, you are wrong, how many times have you been proven wrong, and yet, here you are.
  This whole thing smells like Sharpton, oh wait, it is Sharpton. I stepped in Sharpton the other day, and had to scrap it off my shoe. Dang people not picking up after their dogs and leaving Sharpton all over the place.
  Maybe after Ed and Sharton prove themselves right just once, we could all listen, until then, please pass the butter knife, I have Ed and Sharpton to get off my shoe. Pick up after your dogs people.
  
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- colt1860
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:10am
  Oh, now they’re worried about public spending.
  
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- cheezwhiz
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:17am
  So why are inner city schools so rotten ?
  How about running them like successful schools ?
  They keep telling us that if we give them more money, the schools will improve.
  They don’t. Then we are told if we give some more money, they will improve. Yet the kids are still illiterate and rates of garduation are shameful. So we give more money.
  If it had been a money / funding problem, wouldn’t there have been SOME improvement ?
  Instead the reverse is happening.
  We keep giving them more money, and public schools keep sliding into the cr@pper …
  
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- sayangku
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:29am
  When is the b l a c k community going to get rid of this guy? Please find someone who has something other than race to add to the discussion. 40 years of this guy is enough already…gezz
  
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- home_of_the_brave
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:35am
  Their argument was flawed from the beginning because those who are truly below the poverty line do not pay taxes therefore, their tax dollars would not be diverted to pay for private school vouchers. But I’m sure what I just said is probably racist.
  
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- home_of_the_brave
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 12:38am
  I’m sorry “The poor will never use them” Tell that to the woman who went to jail just for trying to get her kids into a better school district. I’m pretty sure she would have used it but good ol’ sharpton won’t give her a chance.
  
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- A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:02am
  Education isn’t a right, so the government doesn’t need to attempt to guarantee access to it. Those who want to buy a teacher’s time, will; And those teachers who want to accept students for profit or not, will.
  
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- paperpushermj
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:28am
  What where the chances of the two of them getting together and the word RACIST not coming up
  
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- WTH
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:02am
  Hey Ed try having someone on besides your go to guy Al Sharpton. Your ratings reflect your lack of integrity, knowledge and overall uselessness. Sharpton has never had credibilty and Ed has never had a rational thought.
  
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- avenger
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 6:11am
  ahhh..the poverty pimps are at it again….well if they are too stupid to use them..then so be it…
  
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- BehindBlueEyes
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 6:45am
  @Dakota
  I had a good laugh the gadfly metaphor. Their minds are truly programed. It must be in the genes.
  
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- Ruler4You
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 6:54am
  Al Sharpton has lost all credibility. This “Ed” clown never had any.
  
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- tobywil2
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 7:47am
  PROPAGANDA TACTICS
  
  There are some words in the English language that almost all citizens consider evil or bad. Some of these words are a racist, conspiracy, steal, fraud, thief, crook, rapist or terrorist. Rich, socialist, communist, fascist or charlatan have bad implications with many citizens. One tried and true propaganda tactic to discredit an adversary or agenda is to link the subject with one of these words. It is not necessary to prove that these words actually apply to the adversary, with propaganda you only make the accusation and repeat it until the public links the adversary with the evil word.
  
  The wannabe tyrants have invested considerable time and money to make the word “RACIST” so dreaded, feared and terrible. They have been so successful that is only necessary to mention something in the same sentence with the word racist to demonize it.
  http://commonsense21c.com/
  
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- felina g
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:05am
  “Know what I`m sayin’………..know what I`m sayin ???”
  
  Uhhhhhhh……………NO.
  
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- tobywil2
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:09am
  These 2 must have studied Joseph Goebbels. Mr. Geobbels instructions on propaganda:
  
  “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,
  people will eventually come to believe it. The
  lie can be maintained only for such time as the
  State can shield the people from the political,
  economic and/or military consequences of the
  lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the
  State to use all of its powers to repress dissent,
  for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie,
  and thus by extension, the truth is the
  greatest enemy of the State.”
  
  http://commonsense21c.com/
  
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- Hugh Williams
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:12am
  Yeah, yeah, yeah it is all racist to the left. I snowed a lot this winter because of racism. It is supposed to rain today and tomorrow here. It is must be racism to have rain on the weekend. All the minorities look so forward to the weekend and the man makes it rain just to spite them. The left works very hard to expand the divide between the races. If we all just along Al will be out of a job and have no source of money.
  
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- REDPILLREADY
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:24am
  Vouchers are a threat to Sharpton’s constituency in that they would significantly reduce it. That’s why he and the other fiendish race pimps are outraged. Please tell me America is in the process of sweeping all this non-sense away so freedom and prosperity can return in this great land!!!!
  
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- ADNIL
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:29am
  VOUCHERS FOR ALL STUDENTS: to be used in the school of your choice. If you want to stay in public schoo,l fine. YOUR CHOICE. Make public schools compete a little. Maybe quality would improve. If you want to send your kid elsewhere or home school, YOUR CHOICE. I don’t get the racism part except that seem to be the liberal mantra these days, ever since WE the people have been complaining about how poorly this administration is doing. As far as inner city families not being able to use vouchers, you can make the same argument for poor white kids of uneducated parents who live way out in the country where there aren’t many choices, either. Nothing racist, just a fact.
  
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- drbage
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:45am
  Actually that is an insult to the movie, “Dumb and Dumber.” I wonder if either of them have ever spoken to anyone who took part in the bussing programs of the 60′s and 70′s and asked them if it was a benefit to have an extra long school day to get a better education. Have they ever spoken with anyone who has partaken of the school voucher program or followed up with those students to see where they are now? Have they ever stopped and figured out who/what has consistently led the fight against voucher programs everywhere in this country? Of course not, since their pockets are lined by the same unions which have so stridently fought against the program.
  
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- sWampy
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:51am
  Cherished Emblems, no vouchers are the answer, public schools are spending close to $15k per kid per year, give parents $10k, save $5k and give it back to tax payers to grow the economy. In most of the country you can send a kid to a private school for $5K, put the extra $5k in a college fund, and your kids college is paid for, and with a nice chuck left over for a down payment on a home once they graduate.
  
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- Taquoshi
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 8:56am
  What arrogance to be able to determine what all the students in all the inner cities will do! He’s already decided the issue. Isn’t that called being a dictator?
  
  Actually, he’s dead wrong because it’s the parents that decide whether to fill out the vouchers or not, not the students.
  
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- Toastery
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 9:10am
  Two of the most useless people on the planet.
  
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- obfuscatenot
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 9:27am
  10,000+’s
  
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- GODSAMERICA
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 9:46am
  @JohnAdams4Prez
  You really should not insult the dumb or the dumbers in the world.
  
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- stifroc
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 10:17am
  So is soap racist too? They sell that in the inner city even though it’s not used.
  
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- lillymckim
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 10:36am
  Well … at least we know what the 2012 campaign will be all about don’t we?
  
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- kreese
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 10:42am
  No, DUMBEST & MORE DUMBEST—if that’s possible.
  
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- ForgivenWretch
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 11:07am
  “Life’s tough. It’s even tougher when you’re stupid” – John Wayne
  Do yourselves a favor and never refer to Sharpton as “Reverend”, he is nothing of the sort. He only sees people in colors and has one he hates; whites. This man is one of the most racist in the MSM. Do yourselves another favor; never use the word “reverse racism”. It implies only whites are allowed to be racist as if they have a monopoly on it. Racism is RACISM no matter who spews it.
  
  I’m gonna go now and apply to the United ***** College; do you think I’ll get it?
  
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- michael48
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 11:22am
  the sun has risen in the East….proving …everyone and everything is “Racist”…and it’s Americas fault…the science is settled…
  
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- mark7890
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 11:43am
  com’on these guys are funny
  al can’t call ed racist because he needs him to get on tv
  ed can’t say what he thinks because….well he doesn’t think
  but don’t they look alike
  
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- TexasCommonSense
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:01pm
  What about the DC kids who got their vouchers taken from them by Obama? Were these not inner-city kids? It was one of the first things he did. They were allowed to finish the current school year, but were unable to use the vouchers the next school year. I’m sure it was boon for the DC teachers’ union.
  
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- Duddio
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:39pm
  Um….. The facts are the exact opposite of these two a$$clowns statements. In DC, San Antonio, AND Milwaulkee, the voucher program pilots were OVERWHELMINGLY utilized by inner-city and minority students. In San Antonio, it DOUBLED parental satisfaction with the quality of their children’s education. In DC, the voucher families rallied and protested when congress and Obama stripped them of their freedom of educational choice.
  Vouchers have worked everytime and everyplace they have been used, and do a better job of racial and socio-economic integration than the public schools do. Read the research and get a clue Al!
  
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- KnightHaawk17
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:53pm
  If a parent does not use the voucher for the benefit of their children then they are idiots. I don’t want my money going towards our crap school system. I would love to have my voucher to choose where my kids go to school.
  
  idiots
  
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- Silent_Majority
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 2:42pm
  You can lead a horse to water but cannot make it drink.
  
  http://www.thinknerdy.net
  
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- ozz
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 3:45pm
  STOP!! with the racist claims. The vouchers have no race requirements or prohibitions. If they use them they do, if not not.
  
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- TexasCommonSense
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 4:51pm
  ozz, It’s the only card Sharpton has to play.
  
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- jackrorabbit
  Mar. 4, 2011 at 11:47pm
  Wont use them? What? They were using them in DC until that program was killed for being too successful. Face it our government is trying to keep us dumb. Why else would they have passed “no child left behind” to make all the smart ones have to sit there and do nothing all day, while little Johnny learns how to add 2+2. Two words for those with kids HOME SCHOOL!
  
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- Oil_Robb
  Mar. 5, 2011 at 12:14pm
  So because blacks are too dumb and lazy the rest should suffer?….typical
  
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