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Old 12-22-2013, 06:07 AM
 
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Al Sharpton's Chicago Town Hall Erupts into Revolt Against Machine Politics

Interesting. Looks to me that even the people of Chicago, many whom are black, believe the answers to solving their gun violence should start with voting differently. Very telling. I think many of them are finally sick of the Chicago political machine.

Doesnt look like this townhall turned out the way Sharpton wanted. Hell, even one elderly black man said they need to start calling for Republican style meetings, and he specifically said its called the Tea Party. Hey, its small, it may not grow, but it is a start. Id love to see a lot of black people start waking up from their slavery to the Democratic Party and Big Government, which in no way, are they actually helping them. They are holding them down.

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“The manner in which we have been voting needs to change,” Wendy Pearson, an activist against Chicago school closings, told the room. “I’m here to say to you that we have been trained to vote in a specific manner… we need to start looking at the manner in which our elected officials have been voting… if they have not voted in a manner that is beneficial to you, yours, and your community, then you need to start voting them out.”


McKinley told the room, “Stop blaming just anybody for the violence in the city of Chicago. Blame the right people, not just white people, but the right people. Because it’s not just white folks a part of this, but it is on the fifth floor. The fifth floor took your schools, the fifth floor just took your jobs that he said that he gave to the ex-offender… and every single alderman was a part of this criminal process.”
Al Sharpton's Chicago Town Hall Erupts into Revolt Against Machine Politics
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Old 12-22-2013, 06:10 AM
 
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Id like to echo one comment in the youtube comments. Dear Chicagoans, black, white, purple, etc...., welcome to the Tea Party. You are welcome to come on over any time you want. You finally want change, you finally want to turn around your communities, you need to let go of the attachment to this one party that has done you zero favors for decades. Return to thinking for yourselves and return to God even.
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Old 12-22-2013, 10:37 AM
 
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Id like to echo one comment in the youtube comments. Dear Chicagoans, black, white, purple, etc...., welcome to the Tea Party. You are welcome to come on over any time you want. You finally want change, you finally want to turn around your communities, you need to let go of the attachment to this one party that has done you zero favors for decades. Return to thinking for yourselves and return to God even.
How can this be? Leftists claim the Tea party is racists...
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Old 12-22-2013, 10:44 AM
 
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Democrats can only hold people down for so long before total failure takes place and people revolt.
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:21 AM
 
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Id like to echo one comment in the youtube comments. Dear Chicagoans, black, white, purple, etc...., welcome to the Tea Party. You are welcome to come on over any time you want. You finally want change, you finally want to turn around your communities, you need to let go of the attachment to this one party that has done you zero favors for decades. Return to thinking for yourselves and return to God even.
They aren't going to join the Tea Party. Ever.

So.
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:24 AM
 
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They aren't going to join the Tea Party. Ever.

So.
I actually agree, it's hard to join a group that has no real method of membership or system of tracking members.
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:41 AM
 
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They aren't going to join the Tea Party. Ever.

So.
Yeah, I don't see Sharpton or his supporters joining or even adopting their views
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:43 AM
 
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Should know what they say about never saying Never! In life I have learned anything is possible. When people revolt even on a small scale, the eruption can erupt at anytime.

But when they do, there is no turning back. People want to move forward, not stay stagnet, and this is starting to happen.

WHEN a party reaps of welfare and food stamps on a grand scale, I believe people want much more then this in life. Same old same old only works for so long, then people do question the motives.
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:47 AM
 
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Id like to echo one comment in the youtube comments. Dear Chicagoans, black, white, purple, etc...., welcome to the Tea Party. You are welcome to come on over any time you want. You finally want change, you finally want to turn around your communities, you need to let go of the attachment to this one party that has done you zero favors for decades. Return to thinking for yourselves and return to God even.
Only an idiot would support fascist tyranny, the teabagger's dream.
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Old 12-22-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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Only an idiot would support fascist tyranny, the teabagger's dream.
A "teabagger's" dream is just you with a job.
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