Sharpton to Murdoch on chimp cartoon: Apology not accepted
posted at 3:31 pm on February 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
Has anyone put a question about this fiasco to The One yet? A polite “I can see why people were offended but I consider the matter closed” would cut the legs out from under Sharpton and endear Obama to the majority of the public who are exhausted from his years of demagoguery. Assuming, that is, that there is a majority.
Come on, champ. Don’t be cowardly.
“[Murdoch] says in his statement this will never happen again. Well, he does not say how he intends to see that it never happens again,” Sharpton said in front of supporters holding signs reading, “Yes we can shut you down NY Post!” and “How do you spell racism? New York Post.”
“Is he asking the community to trust those that did it, to trust their judgment in the future?”
Sharpton called on Murdoch to come up with a plan for increasing diversity in his newsrooms. He said he’s meeting with Federal Communications Commission members Wednesday to discuss the waiver that lets the Australian tycoon own several media outlets in the city.
He’s got a point there. Per Monday’s post, there’s no way Murdoch can guarantee it’ll never happen again even if he could theoretically guarantee that his newsroom will be free of racism. Whether bigotry is present depends entirely now on the victim’s perception, not the author’s intent, so if Al Sharpton says you’re a racist, you’re a racist. Doesn’t matter what you meant. No wonder The One doesn’t want to challenge him. Exit question: Will the good reverend still be getting his regular invites to appear on the Factor after this? Probably, right?
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I wish that Sharpton’s limo would take a plunge into the Hudson river, that race baiting little POS.
Murdoch should have never replied because the monkey in the cartoon was Congress not Obama – and wasn’t meant as racial, and EVERYONE with a brain knows it – and so does Sharpton.
worlok on February 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Love it!
ladyingray on February 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM
I see a cabinet appointment:
Sharpton for Race Czar
Dpet on February 25, 2009 at 4:27 PM
The Post should print a couple of pages full of those.
Brat on February 25, 2009 at 4:29 PM
You can take a chimpanzee out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the chimpanzee. Dress it up in a suit and it’s still a chimpanzee.
I say this because chimps are known for being “perpetual adolescents” as one well-known zookeeper put it.
Dark-Star on February 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Of course Al “the race-card shark” does not accept the apology. He stands to profit much more to draw this thing out. I would never compare Obama to a Chimp because as far as I know, Chimps don’t lie.
mindhacker on February 25, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Sharpton won’t rest until his demagoguery kills yet more innocent people.
Maquis on February 25, 2009 at 4:39 PM
This event gets him back in the limelight and can set the tone for commentary throughout Lord Barry’s reign. Sometimes a chimp is just a chimp.
But of course, the left will never recognize nor accept their role in turning peaceful discourse into slanderous vitriol during the last eight years. Equating President Bush to Hitler, a chimp, the devil, etc.
keyboarddude on February 25, 2009 at 4:39 PM
I am going to have to see if you can subscribe to the N.Y. Post in Florida.
Cindy Munford on February 25, 2009 at 4:44 PM
Chimp LOLOLOL, what a friggin joke .
How did rev sharpless ever make it through the sixies
or even part of the seventies with a chip that large.
This race card thing has worn itself out or will shortly.
The only ones getting upset anymore are the thugs and they
they’re even getting sick of it.
Texyank on February 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Al Sharpton five minutes alone in a room with an angry chimp. Please!!!!!!!!!
MaiDee on February 25, 2009 at 4:48 PM
America should likewise refuse Sharptons apology for not paying his taxes.
Where is the outrage!?!?
DannoJyd on February 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM
If anyone told this race baiting poverty pimp to his face, to go “f*** yourself your absolutely worthless piece of rotten garbage”, he would be a national hero.
If he pimpslapped him so hard, Sharpton starved to death rolling, the pimpslapper would be eligible for the all time great guy Hall of Fame.
NoDonkey on February 25, 2009 at 4:53 PM
I don’t know if anyone’s brought this up yet, but, does Sharpton know about the brutal beating given to a young black woman named Rihanna recently? Does he only work the east coast?
Scott_in_Simi on February 25, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Until Sharpton does a mea culpa on the murder of a Jewish man and other 11 deaths in riots that he instigated back in the 90′s I say one thing to him….. die in hell you piece of pig excrement
MNDavenotPC on February 25, 2009 at 5:00 PM
Then there’s the Tawana Brawlex hoax.
There’s more.
Sharpton is dead in my eyes. He has no standing to say anything. He causes real death. He’s a despicable fraud and fiend.
JiangxiDad on February 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM
ya know…that POS does look like a chimp…how about that…
Murdoch should never have responded…didn’t need too…
areseaoh on February 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I join you in wishing him dead.
JiangxiDad on February 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM
When I look at Al Sharpton, it reaffirms my belief in Evolution. He looks as if he is still evolving from the Chimp.
JBrad on February 25, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Maybe Sharpton needs to chill out over lunch with Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg.
Murdoch should never have apologized. Then again, I guess that Murdoch couldn’t have told Sharpton to lighten up.
onlineanalyst on February 25, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Exit questions 2 and 3: what animal most resembles a self-important prick and when can we start drawing cartoons of Sharpton?
James on February 25, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Geez, lighten up. Sounds like DKos.
And Big Al has entertainment value.
swede7 on February 25, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Maybe Mr. Murdoch should contact the Mayor of the “Chocolate City” to help him figure a way to apologize that Mr Sharpton would accept. He could call it a Bi-Racial answer to the Chimp Problem.
Guest1.1 on February 25, 2009 at 5:13 PM
The weapon Obama has is that any caricature of him no matter how clever or accurate can be washed under the bridge by the race card. Obviously the ‘NY Post’ cartoon was targeting a bill sponsored by Nancy Peolsi not Obama. However, it would be an insult to compare Obama to a chimp. We would need to apologize-to the monkey.
MaiDee on February 25, 2009 at 5:14 PM
You forget that shit floats.
roux on February 25, 2009 at 5:17 PM
America has a ‘monkey on it’s back’…I guess that should be ‘plural’. You count ‘em and name ‘em. I’m afraid Al (King Kong) Sharpton will have me arrested. I so enjoy fried chicken, bananas and watermelon…they probably don’t serve that in prison.
JoeySlippers on February 25, 2009 at 5:19 PM
It’s always a mistake to apologize to Al “the chimp” Sharpton.
pabarge on February 25, 2009 at 5:25 PM
Al Sharpton is a charlatan and a pimp.
He pimps out people of color. Then he makes a tidy profit from it.
I do not listen to him. If blacks in this country need a “voice” they can and already do supply it for themselves; individually and successfully.
Sharpton is a parasite.
Montana on February 25, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Allah,
FINALLY, a post of yours I completely agree with. No snarkiness. No “mandatory” reference. No slamming Palin. No slamming Thompson. Heck, we might just make a REAL limited government conservative out of you yet.
Charles Martel on February 25, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Who gave these idiots the right to claim any denigration of a chimpanzee as an insult to black people? I don’t remember ever reading anything about this in the anti-discrimination legislation. If there is a valid comparison, it’s that they both seem to be out of control.
Cybergeezer on February 25, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Murdoch blinked, and Sharpton is now trying to find out how much that blink is going to profit himself.
unclesmrgol on February 25, 2009 at 5:51 PM
You know I might be more open to the whole man-descended-from-apes theory if Sharpton would admit that he’s the missing link.
Guardian on February 25, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Murdoch should run a picture of a Chimp with the little balloon coming from his lips: “Apology not accepted!”
PappaMac on February 25, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Murdock should of never apologized, there was no racism therefore apology not needed.
Conservative Voice on February 25, 2009 at 6:01 PM
He’s an accessory to murder. He also destroyed the life of Steven Pagones.
You’re making a mistake about Sharpton. He has no value at all.
JiangxiDad on February 25, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Does Murdoch actually think Sharpton will accept an apology out of the goodness of his heart?
A better reaction might as well be, F’em if he can’t take a joke.
Apologizing is exactly what Sharpton was looking for, its part of adding insults to Murdoch’s lawsuit injury later.
Speakup on February 25, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Everyone should mail Sharpton a banana and tell him to sit down and shut up…
right2bright on February 25, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Who cares what Shaprton thinks.
JeffVader on February 25, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Murdoch should offer Sharpton a job with the paper and watch him runaway. Friggin parasite hasn’t ever held a job. For some reason he just exists, kinda like herpes
allahallahoxenfree on February 25, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Sharpton is an ass in every sense of the word.
Navyret on February 25, 2009 at 6:10 PM
What a useless idiot. If he couldn’t run around the country with his nose to the ground sniffing under rocks for anything he could turn into a racism charge, what would he be doing? Name one useful thing this man has accomplished? Yet, here he is on the front page of the news acting like he’s relevant. No, he’s not. The real monkey is Pelosi anyway, that’s my take on the cartoon.
scalleywag on February 25, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I guess then that Rupert’s next words to Al Charlatan ought to be, “OK dude. I tried. Now go fook yourself, and if I see you within 100 yards of any of my buildings, its Taser City.”
Mike D. on February 25, 2009 at 6:20 PM
RACIST!!!
Maybe this will help.
right2bright on February 25, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Cool. Now, media outlets can ignore the fool. Stop feeding the troll, Murdoch & co.
tuffy on February 25, 2009 at 6:31 PM
The only one that has a problem is Al. He needs to buy a clue.
Brat4life on February 25, 2009 at 6:36 PM
I love our post racial society.
crabtree on February 25, 2009 at 6:38 PM
UPS Revrum Al a bunch of bananas. Maybe he’ll climb back up the tree…
GeneSmith on February 25, 2009 at 6:46 PM
It’s a CRISIS!!! Wan’t that bad whn The Bushman was being depicted as a dumb-ass monkey (chimp) huh?
RealDemocrat on February 25, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Actually we should apologize to the chimps at least they can be trained to work for their treats.
workingforpigs on February 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM
The election of 0bama to POTUS has resurrected racism to new highs/lows. Where there wasn’t race before is nothing but race now. Sharpton will find new ways to go after people.
cjs1943 on February 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Is it racist to suggest that the chimp cartoon is making a monkey out of Rev-Al and Julian Bond?
Captain America on February 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM
When is some one going to tell this punk to go F-himself?
If I were Murdoch, I would print that cartoon everyday.
ernie on February 25, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Free speach is free speach, the slaves were freed and so where their tongues. let them speak in other words than ” I will sue” Get together more than three words and maybe some one will listen to sharpton the biggest racist in the world.
workingforpigs on February 25, 2009 at 7:04 PM
At least MLK could think out of the box and saw the bigger picture, Sharpton and Jackson are biggot racists and actually hold down the race with their actions.
MLK would be rolling over in his grave if he knew how they are mis-representing his intentions.
workingforpigs on February 25, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Is it racist to suggest that the chimp cartoon is making a monkey out of Rev-Al and Julian Bond?
Captain America on February 25, 2009 at 6:57 PM
As far as the monkey is concerned.
workingforpigs on February 25, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Here’s a video of Sharpton on vacation;
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/4106
Is this racist? I hope I don’t offend anyone.
Cybergeezer on February 25, 2009 at 7:09 PM
The the hell out of my country!
Eyvonne on February 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Get the hell out of my country!
Eyvonne on February 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM
How’s that being a nice guy working out for ya’ there Murdoch?
try again later on February 25, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Why do we have this controversy? Why do people listen to Sharpton? If the media stopped paying attention, he’d just go away.
The phrase written by monkeys has been around for a long time…
If you had a monkey in a room with a keyboard eventually he’d produce the works of Shakespeare. That one comes to mind.
The stimulus bill is so absurd it could have been written by monkeys.
amazingmets on February 25, 2009 at 8:02 PM
If Sharpton called a press conference and nobody showed up, is he still a douchebag?
/rhetorical
sibobr on February 25, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Al, one is forced to ask, why ARE you taking this so personally? Struck a Pre-Hensile nerve?
JohnBissell on February 25, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Sharpton is a loudmouth shakedown race pimp who cashes his checks from scared white guys, period. He can trade in his warmup suit for a bespoke suit but he’s still a street thug who makes a living out of intimidation and protection.
Sorry, I gave at the office, and out of my paycheck and at my home and I’m going to be giving and giving for generations to come, weather I want to or not.
Someone needs to call his bluff, hire a private dick and destroy this guy. Those of us who work will thank you.
moxie_neanderthal on February 25, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Their is an old story that says if you put monkeys in a room and let them type long enough they will eventually produce Shakspeare just by random chance.
I think this was the whole point of the cartoon along the point that the monkeys threw enough random figures together and used what stuck to the wall. Nothing racial. Would everybody get over it. Geesh!!!
Kevin in Southern Illinois on February 25, 2009 at 8:07 PM
It’s time for Sharpton to be tried under RICO laws. He’s a professional criminal extortionist.
BottomLine5 on February 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
His a CHuMP!
TheSitRep on February 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Does this mean he won’t be on Fox News anymore? Awesome!
Cr4sh Dummy on February 25, 2009 at 8:21 PM
he’s
TheSitRep on February 25, 2009 at 8:30 PM
The so called “Reverend” *cough* Sharpton is a racist. You know this because he does not defend all American’s rights regardless of race. He only defends the black man, regardless of whether the man was wronged or only suffered a perceived wrong. For him to advance racism in his neighborhood, but condemn it in others is disgusting. I hate to say it, but his actions will eventually force the White man to also take to the streets in mob fashion as he has done so successfully. When the White public grows a spine and stands up for right, against wrong. I thought that we had progressed on racial issues, but it seems that a part of our society doesn’t want fairness, they want supremacy. This is going to come to a head unless we get rid of racist groups like the NAACP, Congressional Black Caucass, UNCF, Rainbow coalition, ACORN and the list just goes on and on…
SGinNC on February 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Screw Sharpton . . . who gives a rat’s backside what that dirtbag thinks?
rplat on February 25, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I thought it was supposed to be nanci. Isn’t she the one who wrote the pork bill? I guess they should’ve put a dress on bobble head nanci and maybe they would recognize that is was
her.
If I never see sharpee again it will be toooooo soon.
Bambi on February 25, 2009 at 9:27 PM
I guess he can print another apology in the NYTs after he buys it for penny’s on the dollar. Maybe Sharpie will buy an apology from there.
hawkdriver on February 25, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Al’s not only NOT in the game, but I am sure I saw an expiration date on his relevance as being pass due.
Ditto with Jackson, the new AG, and all of their like minded ilk. Boneheads.
Excuse me while I return to the 21st century. Those haters can stay back there in the 60′s.
itzWicks on February 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Murdoch should send Dullton the following
1) Tickets to the funeral of the chimp
2) 2 Cases of bananas
Cromagnum on February 25, 2009 at 10:27 PM
swede7…. kiss my butt
MNDavenotPC on February 25, 2009 at 10:38 PM
This is Sharpton’s whole reason for being! If we ever get beyond political correctness (which seems highly doubtful) then he’d be out of work! (Sort of like Al Gore with MMGW.)
Christian Conservative on February 25, 2009 at 11:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9OS55b4e8
RealDemocrat on February 25, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Sharpton is just one of ChimpyOThadeus’ useful tools.
csdeven on February 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Me thinks thou protest too much, Mr Sharpton. Wanna have a talk about “race” and “racism”?
The thought police strike again, and nobody in their right mind is listening. You’ve spent the last of your “money in the bank”.
hopefloats on February 26, 2009 at 1:20 AM
“Lipstick on a pig”
Dr. ZhivBlago on February 26, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Al “Silverback” Sharpton. How’s that for humor, Al???? You’ve been milking victimmhood for way too long buddy…
adamsmith on February 26, 2009 at 7:44 AM
The “Rev’s” Jackson and Sharpton…shakedown artists, clowns, race-baiters, poo-flingers. Real credits to their race.
Were I black, I would devote considerable energy to marginalizing those bastards. Unfortunately it seems that many blacks seem empowered by such men as these…note the black racist church that Obama, Oprah and other notables attended.
trl on February 26, 2009 at 8:32 AM
“The Tawana Brawley Hoax”, starring Al Sharpton and now the “I Hate Monkey Cartoons Because I Am A Politically Correct Baboon“, starring Al Sharpton. What’s next? Ugh!
Think about actually working a 9-5 job and then run along, Al.
sinsing on February 26, 2009 at 8:46 AM
PETA should examine this POS…for impersonating a chimp…
areseaoh on February 26, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Shartonngue is at it again. He was offended by a cartoon and is seeking to use political power to racially castrate the publisher, not the cartoonist.
Socialist Swedish people went after the cartoonist (bomb headed Mohamed) not the publisher.
Sharptongue needs to get his fears under control least he become more paranoid than he already is.
MSGTAS on February 26, 2009 at 9:28 AM
You couldn’t sell the media makeover and toned-down demeanor, so get back into your tracksuit and gold rope neck chain if you’re going back to race pimpin’, Al!
Keep It Real!
Teddy on February 26, 2009 at 3:52 PM
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