Al Sharpton delivered an excellent speech at Michael Jackson's Memorial today at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. Reinforcing the concept of innocent until proven guilty, he had this to say to MJ's children: "There was nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with, but he dealt with it."
"It was that comfort level that kids from Japan and Ghana and France and Iowa and Pennsylvania got comfortable enough with each other so later it wasn't strange to us to watch Oprah on television,” the reverend continued. “Those young kids grew up from being teenage comfortable fans of Michael to being 40 years old and being comfortable to vote for a person of color to be the president of the United States of America.”
Jackson did indeed help break down the barriers for the election of an Obama. Here's what the good President had to say after acknowledging the influence of the King of Pop: "You know, his extraordinary talent and his music was matched with a big dose of tragedy and difficulty in his private life and I don't think we can ignore that." On the day people worldwide were eulogizing Michael Jackson, Obama had to play politician and didn't fail to take a [unsubstantiated] jab. It was undoubtedly a game of political posturing. Stay classy, Barack Obama.
Love him or hate him, Al Sharpton is a true civil rights leader and believes in some semblance of justice for the oppressed and maligned. Barack Obama, is simply a pure politician who doesn't stand for much. And herein, lies the difference.
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