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Rev. Al Sharpton with James Brown...what is it about Sharpton that when we see a picture of him the song "Carwash" always comes to mind? Let's play it.

There. We said it. WE LOVE AL SHARPTON.  It’s finally out in the public. It feels so good to just shout it out. We’ve been keeping this secret for so long. Talk about waiting to exhale.

See, our feelings about Sharpton weren’t always this way. Matter of fact, we didn’t have any feelings for Sharpton. Pretty much up til this year we kinda thought of him as an opportunist, a boob and a slime bag.  But all that changed. Al Sharpton suddenly became this dignified senior elder statesman of sorts. We don’t know when it happened. It’s all been so sudden. It’s as if he blossomed into a demigod of justice and fantasticness completely overnight.

We don’t know if it’s because finally Jesse Jackson lost what three fourths of a shred of credibility he had when he was busted on that news show saying he wanted to cut Obama’s nuts off.  And with Jackson outta the way we’re able to see Sharpton more clearly. Because if anyone has noticed we don’t see much of Jackson these days—-especially in matters that relate to the White House. Well, actually in any matters.

But Sharpton? You can’t turn around without seeing this guy plastered all over something, somewhere—marching in protests,etc.  The guy has always been pro-LGBT rights.  It’s like we’re actually discovering who Sharpton is for the first time. And he’s been around for ages. Should we be ashamed?  Okay. No. Truth is, our love affair with Sharpton started when he all but cussed Tavis Smiley out back in March in that infamous debate they had about whether or not the President should have a black agenda.  Sharpton was crowned heavyweight king of black leadership after that round is our assessment. Right from the gate when we heard about Smiley and his ridiculous claim against Obama, we felt his take was foolish to say the least. It just didn’t sound like the point of view of an educated man. But we had yet to hear anyone else’s opinion on it. And then Smiley made the mistake of aiming his gun at Sharpton.

He won’t be doing that again.

Please humor us by listening to the audio of that fateful conversation between Sharpton and Smiley that took place for all ears to hear on Sharpton’s radio show. This has to be one of the finest oratory moments in black history.  Just bitch slapping Smiley senseless. It’s total zen on Sharpton’s behalf, we think. We love a brotha who knows how to work with the spoken word when he’s mad. Just listen to this:

Yea, so after this confrontation—conversation—hearing Sharpton punk Smiley like that—he’s all good with us.

What Sharpton did to Smiley in this debate is what we did to that fool Nii-Quartelai Quartey in the written word this weekend when he tried to front us with that silly-ass doofus blog post of his talkin’ crazy about how protest is outdated in terms of blacks and HIV misinformation. Neeegro please. What an embarrassment. How do you try to attack black people for loving and caring about other black people?! We’re pretty clear the fool didn’t realize the depth of his ridiculousness. And still doesn’t. HIV/AIDS is a humanity issue. Not a political try to one-up someone else issue—-JACKASS.

Yes, lawd.  When it comes to having to smack down an ignunt Negro when occasion calls for it, we feel Sharpton’s pain. Maybe that’s why we’re liking him so much these days. Newsweek did a big ole spread on him. Good story on his rise to decency. Check it below:

Newsweek: The Reinvention Of The Reverend

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