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(AP)   Today's mangled metaphor award goes to Al Sharpton for this gem: "We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is an even playing field."   (apnews.myway.com) divider line
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bitteroldman
2007-10-01 3:17:23 PM  
Nice find/headline Subby.
 
filth
2007-10-01 3:25:45 PM  
Mixed metaphor. Mangled syntax. Minced words.

/I don't know why; that's just the way it is
 
robsul82
2007-10-01 3:29:55 PM  
Well, he DID come up with a good one at the 2004 convention.

[on why many blacks vote Democratic]

"We never got the acres and we never got the mule, so we decided to ride this donkey as far as it would take us!"
 
Redwing
2007-10-01 3:37:34 PM  
This needs the "ironic" tag. Just 'cause.
 
chemical_angel
2007-10-01 3:38:18 PM  
"We never got the acres and we never got the mule, so we decided to ride this donkey as far as it would take us!"

I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples of black leaders.
 
Savage Belief
2007-10-01 3:41:34 PM  
chemical_angel
I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples exampels of black leaders.

/rtfy

//pet peeve.

///MLK rolls in his grave every time one of these asshats speak in public.
 
Kilted_Dude [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 3:46:12 PM  
This guy needs to go away.
 
robsul82
2007-10-01 3:48:05 PM  
chemical_angel: "We never got the acres and we never got the mule, so we decided to ride this donkey as far as it would take us!"

I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples of black leaders.

/manples
//sorry, pet peeve
 
Diogenes [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-10-01 3:57:38 PM  
"We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is an even playing field."

Well, duh. It's a plain as the nose on your sleeve.
 
Hollywood Cole
2007-10-01 4:00:06 PM  
What a douchebag.
 
OhTeddyWhy
2007-10-01 4:07:04 PM  
"We still have mountains to climb, but at least this is closer to an even playing field," said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who helped organize last week's protest.

How about we start with what he actually said...Not that having the actual quote will change any minds here.
 
NikolaiFarkoff [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 4:09:49 PM  
Nagga, please.

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/sincerely, Ed "nappy head" Hillary
 
helchose
2007-10-01 4:09:56 PM  
Why doesn't he make like a tree and get outta here?
 
dillenger69
2007-10-01 4:21:18 PM  
Hey now, it's no use crying over spilled rabbits.
 
Smallwoody
2007-10-01 4:29:23 PM  
queue grammar police...
 
Weaver95
2007-10-01 4:47:41 PM  
Al Sharpton - I swear he's a shill for the KKK. He's like...every terrible caricature every southern racist jackhole ever came up with all stuffed into one blowhard.
 
Chuck Wagon
2007-10-01 5:14:48 PM  
chemical_angel: I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples of black leaders.

A guy I used to work with went to Obama's senate inauguration. According to him, Jackson approached the stage to speak. Obama's staff did not allow Jackson on stage under direct orders from Obama.

/Of course I don't have sources, so don't ask.
 
amazing_live_seamonkeys
2007-10-01 5:36:24 PM  
Al Sharpton does not care about white people.
 
wolfzr2
2007-10-01 7:02:06 PM  
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skinink [OhFark]
2007-10-01 7:05:12 PM  
"Son, your problems allow me to do two things: raise more money for my organization/bank account; and ignore the real problems that hinder minorities in life, but are much more difficult to address and solve. Bless you."


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whyarefartslumpy
2007-10-01 7:05:32 PM  
Savage Belief: chemical_angel
I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples exampels of black leaders.

/rtfy

//pet peevepeave.

///MLK rolls in his grave every time one of these asshats speak in public.

Ginger, please.
 
GodsTumor
2007-10-01 7:05:50 PM  
I want some more iced-tea MFer!
 
WFern
2007-10-01 7:05:58 PM  
chemical_angel: I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples of black leaders.

"Jesse Jackson is not the emperor of black people!"

"...He told my dad he was."
 
bucketOjeff
2007-10-01 7:06:11 PM  
if stupidity were transferable to ugly then this guy would be gary beusy, on the gary beusy scale of ugliness.
 
hooneybayer
2007-10-01 7:06:27 PM  
"Well, I'll tell ya - I don't know what to tell ya."
 
ScottMpls
2007-10-01 7:06:30 PM  
If Sharpton is the best blacks can do for "leadership", they're pretty much farked.
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 7:06:39 PM  
He should stick to rocket surgery.
 
iamtheoldfark
2007-10-01 7:06:47 PM  
EXAMPLES.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2007-10-01 7:07:42 PM  
OhTeddyWhy: How about we start with what he actually said...Not that having the actual quote will change any minds here.

Yeah, I didn't think it was that that dumb anyway.

Now Jessie Jackson...there's some serious senseless quotes (new window) there.
 
obeymatt
2007-10-01 7:08:04 PM  
examples ?
 
tuna fingers
2007-10-01 7:08:37 PM  
whyarefartslumpy: Savage Belief: chemical_angel
I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples exampels fiery shrapnels of black leaders.

/rtfy

//pet peevepeave.

///MLK rolls in his grave every time one of these asshats speak in public.

Ginger, please.

/sorry, pet peeve
 
ItalianVinny
2007-10-01 7:08:41 PM  
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chewtoy
2007-10-01 7:08:47 PM  
No sense beating your head against a dead horse.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 7:10:03 PM  
chewtoy: No sense beating your head against a dead horse.

Yeah. Can't make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke, ya know.
 
kilgorn
2007-10-01 7:11:54 PM  
Tawana Brawley pleeze...
 
NinjaNik
2007-10-01 7:12:20 PM  
amazing_live_seamonkeys: Al Sharpton does not care about white people.

I love that! That is hilarious, I personally don't think he cares too much about black people either
 
Jena_6
2007-10-01 7:12:28 PM  
What a Moran
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 7:12:51 PM  
chewtoy: No sense beating your head against a dead horse.

Actually, that reminds me of something my dad used to say: That some people go beyond beating a dead horse to dragging a dead horse through a knothole.

Which raises all sorts of interesting images.

/gotta go. I'm hungry all of a sudden
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-10-01 7:14:23 PM  
kilgorn: Tawana Brawley pleeze...

You know, I often lied or did other things I'm now ashamed of to avoid admitting the truth to my parents about various things. But I never hacked off half my hair, smeared dog crap in my face and crawled into a trash sack. Not that I remember, at least.
 
ne2d
2007-10-01 7:15:27 PM  
bitteroldman: Nice find/headline Subby.

No, this is just Fark's daily rip-off of Best of the Web Today.
 
SmitetheRighteous
2007-10-01 7:18:02 PM  
Sharpton is an example of those dumbasses who actually spend most of their lives as dumbasses, but at some point, read a few books, and think they're ready to edumacate the world on how we need to change.

//edumacate me oh wise one
 
Meauran
2007-10-01 7:19:43 PM  
Jena_6: What a Moran

...what?
 
Hideously Gigantic Smurf
2007-10-01 7:21:48 PM  
Somebody call Aaron McGruder!
 
MutedDNA
2007-10-01 7:22:07 PM  
ya? and i will swim to the moon.
 
JDAT [OhFark]
2007-10-01 7:23:46 PM  
amazing_live_seamonkeys: Al Sharpton does not care about white people.

All better now.
 
MutedDNA
2007-10-01 7:25:01 PM  
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kuroi
2007-10-01 7:27:40 PM  
Think of it as a terraced mountainside.
 
whyarefartslumpy
2007-10-01 7:28:54 PM  
tuna fingers: whyarefartslumpy: Savage Belief: chemical_angel
I hate him. Black friends tell me all the time how embarassed they are to have Sharpton and Jackson as the world famous exanples exampels fiery shrapnels of black leaders.

/rtfy

//pet peevepeave.

///MLK rolls in his grave every time one of these asshats speak in public.

Ginger, please.

/sorry, pet peeve

I have sevaral more exampels of pet peaves spelling and punctuation areamong those
 
MooseBayou
2007-10-01 7:29:30 PM  
Sharpton, in my opinion, is burning his bridge at both ends.
 
Meauran
2007-10-01 7:29:42 PM  
By definition: a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

Yep, that qualifies.

A couple of others:

He's a loose cannon who always goes off the deep end.

Footloose and fancy-pants.

He often shot his mouth off in the dark.

A rolling stone gathers no bird in the hand.

It was playing with fire in the belly.

/not mine, because I'm not really particularly smart, but my google-fu is strong
 
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