Sharpton Says Obama Showed Courage Denouncing Wright
By Azi Paybarah
April 30, 2008 | 9:42 a.m.
After speaking to reporters in Manhattan about the protests he’s organizing in response to the Sean Bell verdict, Al Sharpton was asked about a separate issue: Barack Obama’s denunciation of Jeremiah Wright.
Sharpton, a politician and reverend, said, “What Barack Obama did was a profile in courage,” and said it demonstrated the kind of leadership “I not only respect, but support.”
This, a day after Sharpton blasted Obama for "grandstand[ing] in front of white people." Go figure.
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