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‘A Little Schizo?’: Al Sharpton to Rick Santorum About His Take on Federal Programs

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GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum faced off against Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday, with Sharpton asking the former Pennsylvania senator if it’s “a little schizo” that he’s running for president while not believing in federal programs.

Sharpton made the comment as Santorum was talking about his ideas for the U.S. education system, saying there doesn’t need to be a federal education program.

“This is the kind of a dramatic change that we need in this country, and presidents can lead on that,” Santorum said. “I’m not saying we need a federal system of education. In fact, just the opposite. I’m not saying we need federal programs necessarily to accomplish marriage — but we need a president who can talk about those things.”

After trying to interject, Sharpton asked, “When you get through talking, how do you do it if the federal government is not going to do it? And I might remind you, you’re running to be the head of the federal government. So how are you against something that you’re running to be in charge of? Isn’t that a little schizo?”

“Yeah, that’s the difference between you and me, Al,” Santorum said.

“Yeah, there’s a lot of differences but go ahead,” Sharpton responded.

Sharpton had kicked off the exchange by accusing Santorum of saying “despicable and ugly things” about President Barack Obama.

“I could argue with you about some of your ugly statements on the president and all of that, but that would probably help you in the primary if you and I got into an argument this morning,” he said.

“Go ahead, Al. Give it to me, Al,” Santorum replied, laughing.

“Well, you said some despicable and ugly things, but we‘ll do that on ’Politics Nation’ one night, don’t let me help you win the caucus,” Sharpton said, referring to his own MSNBC show.

As the pair’s brief debate wrapped up, Sharpton said, “I didn’t even tell him how I really feel about him.”

“Remember, you’re a reverend, Reverend,” fellow panelist and former RNC Chairman Michael Steele said.

Watch the full clip below via MSNBC. Sharpton’s “schizo” comment comes at the 10:50 mark:

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  • MIlitary Nurse
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:07pm

    Ya ever just want to scream REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY loud and punch someone in the face?! That’s how I feel EVERYTIME this twit opens his mouth. Must be my supressed racist feelings. Idiot!!

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    • wildbill_b
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:55pm

      Maybe someone should tell Mr. Sharpton about how much his heros the dems think of his “people”? How is that BOE working out when, supposedly, the race can’t figure out to vote dem UNLESS (D) is next to their name? Is that how our “Republican Election system” is supposed to work? Seems more like Democracy to me and we all know America Ain’t that right?

      “A U.S. District Court judge has rejected a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — filled when the Department of Justice barred the city of Kinston, N.C. from holding nonpartisan elections — reasoning that lack of access to party affiliation would discriminate against minority voters who otherwise wouldn’t know how to find Democratic candidates on a ballot.

      Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/26/federal-judge-for-blacks-voting-rights-include-identifying-democrats-on-ballots/#ixzz1hyjevIMv

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    • junior1971
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:12pm

      Please forgive me, but I hate him!

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    • SoulReaver
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:23pm

      must be an msnbc thing I get that feeling all the time when these twits ignore facts and make up rules as they go along. Like ignoring the fact that obummer went to a racist church for 20 years yet feel free to bring up the race card every time you disagree with obummer.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:42pm

      Oh good over yourself.. by my judgements Rick Santorum is a good man.. and we need a good man in the WH.. one with values, morals and character… God help us!

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:00pm

      I agree with Abbygirl. Santorum can win — in Iowa, the Repub nomination & the Presidency. Sorry, Al, the Marxists have had their day. Time for a genuine conservative.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:13pm

      Sorry I thought you were talking about Rick, not Al….

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:20pm

      Rick Santorum will never get my vote. He is not honest and supports Israel’s enemies. Rick is also a big spender. Big on spending and big on war and world government-the definition of a progressive. 

      If we are to bless Israel to be blessed and cursed if we curse Israel than Rick aiding Israel’s enemies would put us on the curse side. 

      Rick is for aid to Muslim countries who hate Israel.
      Rick is for selling weapons to Muslim Nation who hate Israel
      Rick is for intervening and defending Muslim Nations who hate Israel.

      Rick is not being honest when he says he is pro-Israel because Rick is for helping Israel’s enemies. 

      Spending wise simply look at his record in office. He always voted for spending bills. 

      Anyone standing for Israel could never vote for Rick Santorum. 
      Anyone standing for Taxed Enough Already could never vote for Rick. 

      My fellow Christians, be honest about this. You aren’t standing with Israel if you are helping her enemies. Plan and simple. 

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:23pm

      Sometimes, like right now, it’s hard to determine who I feel sorry for in a situation. Do I feel sorry for Rick for being in the good reverend’s very presence, or do I feel sorry for Rev. Al for being such a cluelessly consistent jack@$$? Okay, I feel sorry for Santorum because he had to suffer the indignation. All good now.

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    • ZengaPA65
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:35pm

      If Sharpton really wanted to talk to a schizo he should have talked to Bachmann. She’s a LOT schizo.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:52am

      … Al ‘SubHuman’ Not-So-Sharpton.

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    • oceanbnd
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:17am

      Sharp contrast to Obama…I think not, Santorum is just another establishment figurehead. I’m so sick of the same crap that people continue to elect. RON PAUL 2012!

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    • old white guy
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 7:20am

      knowing what big al is, he, sharpton, should have been flushed years ago.

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    • gramma b
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 10:08am

      @Military Nurse. You’re not a racist. The racists are the ones who perpetuate the double standard. The guy is, himself, a racist. He has done horrible racist things in the past and has blood on his hand. If he weren’t black, his past racist actions would have made him a pariah. And he is a buffoon. If he weren’t black, he would be laughed off any set and never given a microphone. But, because he is black, people pretend he has something worthwhile to say.

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 12:56pm

      @MYHEROISRON

      F-ing Funny!

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    • smokeysmoke
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 3:02pm

      It’s peoPle like al sharpton an Ed Schultz who use ugly and hateful rhetoric daily to try and belittle their political opponents on behalf of obama… It’s just funny to hear the ****** blame others for The exact tools the progressive media uses… And Rick has not even talked bad on Obama other than his policies…. Is it racist for Ed and al to keep hating people just because they THINK DIFFERENTLY than u…. Why not debate policy instead of calling names al?

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on December 31, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Sharpton talking about someone else being “schizo”, ……..that’s like the pot calling the kettle…………oh never mind.

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  • mad_hatter_
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:55pm

    Who listens to Sharpton?

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    • Veritas Libertas
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 10:27pm

      No one with an IQ above… 30. What do I win?

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    • pamela kay
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 1:00am

      MAD_HATTER_, you know what, he doesn’t need an audience, none of them do. If they have the ballots marked clearly so their voters will know who the dems are (maybe color coded?) , they bus them to the polls, they register them, they allow illeagals to vote, they fight against ID’s, and every thing else they come up with what does it matter? Didn‘t Obama state that his followers more than likely don’t watch news related programs? Their brainwashed robots will do as they are told, to make sure that they get their government freebies. They are making sure they get the votes needed. Sharpton is spewing out of his – - -, and no one with any intelligence that takes the time to actually pay attention to what is at stake believes his lies. However, because he is considered a leader in his community he does have control over the goverment assisted voters that he makes promises to. All he has to say is vote, we will provide transportation to make sure you get what is owed to you. As far as any of them keeping up with the candidates or what they stand for, it does not matter to them , they do not have to make the effort. MSN is a joke and has few viewers. The rappers and the successful entertainers have the more influence than old Al does.

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 12:55pm

      @VERITAS LIBERTAS
      Now that funny, I don’t care who you are!

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:55pm

    The only difference between that complete assclown Al Sharpton, and a bag of dog crap… Is the bag !!!!!

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  • TRUTHandFREEDOM
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:53pm

    Santorum was really impressive. Sharpton was not.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:05pm

      Why on Gods green earth would Santorum even go on that idiotic show, more people are seeing on the Blaze than actually watch the show….. Sheeese

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:14pm

      Rick is just trying to reach the braindead, zombie crowd, and those conservatives whose TV knobs broke off when they were going past PMSNBC. If he picks up those 2 extra votes, he might have a chance.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:19pm

      Sharpton = irrelivant

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:06pm

      As rediculous as the reverend is, it’s amazing that he can actually force himself to speak on que or feed himself.

      Rick Santorum Impressive??? UMMM, the only thing that was impressed upon me is that, if you listen to what Santorum said, He was devising a controlling social engineering policy!! AND an agressive war-mongering foriegn policy!! WAKE UP!! PEOPLE!! This guy is a bigger joke than Mitt Romney. He is telling you exactly what he would want to do, TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE!! The whole fight around this election is to get BIG GOV”T OUT OF OUR LIVES! Rick we don’t need your approval and we do not want big government mandating to us how we should live, eat, spend or anything else. DEMAND A RETURN TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON GOV’T.

      WAKE UP!!!

      Santorum will not be that guy.

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  • marklross
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:51pm

    The best of Al Sharpton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJDEUOicKE

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:33pm

      Sorry…there is no way I could watch that!

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  • Zipit
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:50pm

    Resist we much!

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:56pm

      That will have to go on his tombstone. That always cracks me up.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:07pm

      Exactly what pops into my head everytime I see his face. LOL

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 1:00pm

      The only thing funnier than Al Sharpton is a white guy who thinks he is black. Or trying to be black.
      Wuh’d up hommies?

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 30, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Tiger Woods pretending to be president is pretty funny too!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:44pm

    I highly DOUBT Rick needs AL Sharpton to win anyting… hahaha Al Sharpton has a QUESTION, then he goes off on a tirad about what?? How TOUGH his loser friend Obama has had it? hahahha

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:44pm

    I’m so sick of the left and right, even people who claim to be center in that they are straddled between the left and right, because they are all so far left of me, in that they are not even in my dimension.

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  • lodgerat
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:41pm

    Al is a good barometer for the lousy programing on MSLSD. I mean could they get any lower on the crapometer.

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:40pm

    progs think if the govt cant do it no one can…or should. notice how he accused RS of saying vicious things then backs down like a coward when asked to get it out. Why was sharpton so sure it would help santorum? could it be that if brought out into the light of national television, sharptons accusations would be found to be baseless and impotent? progs esp race baiters like sharpton love to throw snide accusations out then cower when faced with someone who wont take it. Come on sharpton….you are the overseer in the democrat progressive plantation. no matter how much sharpton thinks he is one of them no matter how much he tap dances like a good lil monkey and sells out his own people he will never bee anything else but the progressives slave!

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  • AMERICA4EVER
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:37pm

    Sharpton is a carnival barker, and a racist one at that.

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    • Maji
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:43pm

      It’s been said the Lips are the “sweet end” of the intestinal tract!

      Sharpton is double ended and it“ Aint sweet”!!!!!

      Sharpton (aka Bowel Boy)

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:05pm

      I don‘t think he’s smart enough to be a carnival barker..

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  • GardenoftheGods
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:29pm

    Al Sharpton is a waste of space; everything he says is tainted by his constant use & abuse of the “race card”. I detest him and MSNBC for giving him a platform. Once Obama is gone, Al will sink back into the ooze he came from.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:29pm

    “Bring on the RIPPLE! Ain’t no party without no RIPPLE!”

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    • Dalady
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 8:04pm

      Mixed w/champagne for CHAMPIPPLE! No bu-jo-lay…

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:27pm

    WAIT? Is Santoum rising in the polls, by chance? That would explain a LOT! The left just has NO other means of explaining their FAILING policies, so attack it is!

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  • Drakkhanlord
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:21pm

    Female Soldiers from around the world

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iCmppOwVPFg

    For your viewing pleasure…
    relax your mind.

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  • hogtrashhd
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:19pm

    sharpton is what you get when you’re family for generations have eaten too much government cheese.. public school education (a few years is all you need to become a simpleton like him) and the government forcing the hiring of such idiots.. this is the end product.. and he is not a “reverend”… he is a hate mongering racist.. pure and simple..

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  • Censored_by_the_Illuminati
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:18pm

    If Sharpton had a wooden leg……………………

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:18pm

    President Obama IS despicable and ugly, Al.

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  • Bakko Bomma
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:16pm

    Rev Al if Santorum ever got elected your butt would be in indefinite detention faster than you can say “White folks was in caves while we was building empires.”

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:12pm

    Wonder if Morning Joe found it funny. I bet he won’t let him host it again!

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  • texasfarmer
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:11pm

    Go Rick!

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  • scheduler
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:10pm

    What a *****.

    http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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  • kiwiburgerwithcheese
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:07pm

    This man is not a ‘Reverend’, as in, a man of God. He is a pimp, plain and simple.

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Gee Al, I think you as a Poverty-Pimp is awfully “Schizo” in itself. Somewhere along the lines of the coastal Africans who sold the lower intellect Africans into slavery.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:13pm

      But I don’t want you to feel all alone Al. The people who in the past abused the Appalachian people are right along “Schizo” with you.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 29, 2011 at 9:39pm

      Sharpton wouldn’t make a good pimple on a pimps ass….

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on December 29, 2011 at 7:06pm

    Al Sharpton: “So, Rick, you are running for Precedence and are ready for Idaho?”

    Rick: “Al, don’t you mean President and Iowa?”

    Al: “No, that’s what the word thingy says, that’s what I mean. Answer the question or are you dogging?”

    Rick: “Al, I think you mean dodging, and I am In Iowa for the Caucas.”

    Al: “There you go again Rick, saying a Black man Can’t read, you Rapist. I am hear to tell you, I can Reab fine.”

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