Bashing Al Sharpton (Was: Re: Chomsky News Network)

[Brad DeLong]

>Brad DeLong wrote:
>
>>Is there anyone who does not believe "the very worst" about the 
>>Brawley affair? I didn't know that Sharpton had any defenders on 
>>that--anyone who would say anything but, "That was a long time ago; 
>>he's changed..."
>
>The Transition interview is very impressive, but I'm kind of a 
>Sharpton fan anyway. The guy is very smart, and lots of white 
>liberals and leftists seriously underestimate him. The Brawley 
>affair was disgraceful - race relations in NYC in the late 1980s and 
>early 1990s were pretty toxic. But it was a long time ago, and he 
>has changed. From reading the interview, it sounds like he believed 
>Brawley's story at first, and then got so wrapped up in it that he 
>couldn't retreat.
>
>Doug

Ah. In other words, "That was a long time ago; he's changed..."

I first heard that when I was 8 years old. About Richard Nixon.


:-)

Brad DeLong