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Author    Post   twotap F L I N T O I D SHARPTON RAPS OBAMA By CHUCK BENNETT and KAVITA MOKHA AL BE DARNED: Al Sharpton, with Nicole Paultre-Bell yesterday, was furious over Barack Obama's reaction to the Sean Bell verdict, sources said. April 29, 2008 -- Barack Obama made a call for nonviolence in the aftermath of the Sean Bell verdict - infuriating the Rev. Al Sharpton, who accused the presidential candidate of trying to "grandstand in front of white people," sources told The Post. During what a source described as a "heated" phone call yesterday, Sharpton told Obama he was disappointed with the Illinois senator's words on Friday, when Obama said "resorting to violence to express displeasure" was "completely unacceptable and counterproductive." "[Obama] issues this statement and not a single rock had been thrown," said a source. "How does the candidate of change ask people to accept a verdict that is unjust?" The source said Sharpton had hoped Obama would "side with the Bell family" and not use it as an "opportunity to grandstand in front of white people." An Obama spokesman described the conversation as a chance to "hear [Sharpton's] views and to get his perspective." Sharpton ratcheted up the pressure on federal prosecutors yesterday by bringing Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to Kalua, the Queens strip club where the Nov. 25, 2006 shooting took place. "We are going to put together a federal strategy on how to deal with the case," Conyers said. Also yesterday, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman, who rendered the not-guilty verdict, refused to comment on his decision. "He said what he had to say on the bench," his _________________ "If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!! Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:26 pm  Demeralda F L I N T O I D First Obama is not white enough, now he's not black enough. The effort to destroy/derail him will undoubtedly succeed. Pity. Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:39 am  twotap F L I N T O I D What did he think was gonna happen going up against the racially biased democrat party run by queen Hillary. Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:47 am  Demeralda F L I N T O I D Yeah he messed with the wrong b*tch. Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:35 am    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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