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RUSH: A lot of people are asking the question, ‘Is it religious bigotry?\u2019 We mentioned this to you yesterday. In a debate at the New York Public Library — that will be ‘liberry<\/emphasize>‘ for those of you in Sacramento that watch Channel 13 — Al Sharpton, debating Christopher Hitchens, said this…<\/p>\n

SHARPTON: As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don\u2019t worry about that. That\u2019s a temporary — that\u2019s a temporary situation.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And there was a little laughter out there from the gallery in the debate. The Reverend Sharpton was saying yesterday, ‘No, no, no, no! I was talking about the Republicans in general. I didn\u2019t mean Mitt Romney. I wasn\u2019t talking about Mitt Romney at all,\u2019 he said. Well, let\u2019s listen to this again. Again, this is at the Celeste Bartos Forum at the New York Public Library.<\/p>\n

SHARPTON: As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don\u2019t worry about that. That\u2019s a temporary — that\u2019s a temporary situation.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, on MSNBC today, Joe Scarborough during their morning show today, was talking to former governor Mitt Romney, about whom Sharpton made the comment, and obviously Sharpton\u2019s view is that Mormons don\u2019t really believe in God. At least that\u2019s the way Mitt Romney took it. Here\u2019s what he said…<\/p>\n

ROMNEY: I can only, hearing that statement, wonder whether there\u2019s not bigotry that still remains in America. That\u2019s an extraordinary thing for someone to say. I can\u2019t imagine what prompted him to say something of that nature. It\u2019s an extraordinarily bigoted kind of statement.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I don\u2019t know. You assume from Romney\u2019s reaction here that he\u2019s offended. Does he sound a little offended? I\u2019m not sure. But Reverend Sharpton, on the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer back on April 9th, had this to say about The Offended…<\/p>\n

SHARPTON: If there is no punishment, if there is no policy enforced to continue to go there is to endorse the policy that it doesn\u2019t matter how vile you get and who is violated, that an apology will do. It\u2019s strange to me that none of them will stop to talk about the offended. It is easy for people that have not been offended to forgive people that didn\u2019t offend them. I think that\u2019s arrogant and insensitive. I would think that everyone, especially those running for president, would first say, ‘Wait a minute. Has there been some punishment and acknowledgment by those who were offended here? How can I forgive somebody for something they didn\u2019t do to me?\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, now, it sounds like Reverend Sharpton is suggesting that people who are offended have a right to be offended, and there needs to be some punishment, not just an apology here from anyone. He hasn\u2019t apologized. He\u2019s claiming that he didn\u2019t insult Mormons nor Mitt Romney, that he was talking about Republicans. I guess we could say the Reverend Sharpton today is acting, ladies and gentlemen, and asking for some respect. Should he get some? <\/p>\n

(Playing of Al Sharpton Respeck<\/emphasize> spoof song.) <\/p>\n

So Mitt Romney sounded like he might have been offended; the Reverend Sharpton thinks The Offended should get more than an apology. So we\u2019ll see how this comes out. I don\u2019t expect the Drive-By Media to do much with this, but we\u2019ll see. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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