To: FJB who wrote (826309 ) 12/28/2014 11:30:59 AM From: joseffy Respond to Giuliani: Obama Backing Police w/Sharpton Next to Him Like Promising to Fight Mafia Next to Lucky Luciano The National Review ^ | December 28, 2014 | Patrick Brennan the president’s frequent meetings with Sharpton. “You make Al Sharpton a close adviser, you’re going to turn police against you,” Giuliani said. “I saw this man cause riots in New York; I’ve heard his anti-police invective firsthand. To have a man who hasn’t paid $4 million dollars, to have a man who’s spent his career helping to create riots and phony stories about police, to have that man sitting next to you speaks volumes. Actions speak louder than words.” “You put Al Sharpton sitting next to you,” Giuliani said, “you just said you’re against the police.” “If I talked to you about fighting the Mafia . . . as I did in the 1980s, and I had [Mafia boss] Joe Colombo sitting next to me,” Giuliani said, “you would say I was a big hypocrite. It wouldn’t matter what my rhetoric is: ‘Oh, I’m fighting the Mafia.’ There’s Joe Colombo. ‘I’m for the police?’ There’s Al Sharpton. Every cop in America’s going to say, give me a break.” sending “representatives to funerals of people killed in the act of committing a crime.” Politico Magazine that Sharpton has been a key liaison for President Obama on race issues, frequently exchanging texts and e-mails with Attorney General Eric Holder.
