Sharpton Assures Radio Caller That Cheney's Heart Did Not Come From Trayvon Martin
Al Sharpton benefits more than most radio hosts by having listeners call his show. It lets Sharpton come across as sane by comparison.
The other day, for example, Sharpton wasted little time dismissing the latest bizarre conspiracy theory making the rounds (audio clip after page break) --
SHERRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA: I never got a clear understanding of Trayvon's heart. Was it actually given to Dick Cheney or was it not?
SHARPTON: No, I don't know anything, I don't think they gave Trayvon's heart to Dick Cheney, no.
SHERRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Did they give it to anyone?
SHARPTON: As far as I know his heart was not donated to anyone, I have not heard that from the family at all. But I know Dick Cheney didn't get it.
SHERRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA: OK, all right. Well, thank you. I'm finally cleared up on that.SHARPTON: And that's, thank you for your call. You see, that's another thing. They put out outrageous rumors that people don't know right from wrong. That's why we need to stay right on these stations and give information, 'cause people innocently can be misinformed not trying to do anything but get the right information 'cause you get inundated by these people that just sit around just fantasizing all day long.
As conspiracy theories go, this one is so lame that even Sharpton's not getting sucked in. Martin died Feb. 26, Cheney undergoing surgery nearly a month later, on March 24. Heart transplants must occur within hours of a donor's death, not weeks later. Furthermore, the six-decade-plus age difference makes Cheney an unlikely recipient of a deceased teenager's heart.
To his credit, Sharpton also refrained from suggesting that Cheney would refuse a heart from a person of color.
(h/t, Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer)
Update -- Back in June 2009, Sharpton wasn't quite so willing to dismiss a nutty theory from a caller who claimed Sarah Palin was somehow involved in the death of Michael Jackson.
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pitiful
Submitted by pockets64 on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 8:45pm.
What a pitiful, disgusting bunch of hate-filled creatures!
And Sharpton is sitting there feeding them more hate.
Crackpots!!!
Submitted by BEGRUNT on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 8:46pm.
Theater of the INSANE!!!
"A nation can suffer it's fool's, but cannot survive the traitor"
Cicero
I'm surprised it didn't happen, as ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 8:55pm.
liberals could then state that their claims of Cheney having a black heart were actually accurate prognostications.
MD
No HAHAHAHAH...Wait HAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by rgallegos on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:11pm.
Wait, this was really a phone call? Al which staffer did you tell to call? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a joke of an announcer and "personailty" to be given any show on any medium...
And we let these folks
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:15pm.
Vote?
And Al would know too,
Submitted by Boudin on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:18pm.
SHARPTON: And that's, thank you for your call. You see, that's another thing. They put out outrageous rumors that people don't know right from wrong. That's why we need to stay right on these stations and give information, 'cause people innocently can be misinformed not trying to do anything but get the right information 'cause you get inundated by these people that just sit around just fantasizing all day long.
As he one the front lines,,,,,,, what a maroon
And who would be putting out those rumors?
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 9:26pm.
Certainly not anyone on the right. He's such an idiot.
So Freaking What if it did or not?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 10:04pm.
Didn't Rev. Sharpton see the All in the Family episode where Archie got blood from a black blood donor?
Under the assumption given here, Rev. Al Sharpton must be ALL ABOUT SEGREGATION of organs from donors due to skin color. That point makes Rev. Al a racist, but we already know that. Comcast on the other hand? Nah, they LOVE the idea of instigated riots (especially if their employees are pouring gas on the fire.
Well, Cheney isn't hanging
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 10:10pm.
Well, Cheney isn't hanging around at night tackling people with guns or posing for a picture with his middle fingers extended so no, Cheney doesn't have Travon's heart.
I Think Al Sharpton
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 10:30pm.
donated his brain to the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.
all too common thinking
Submitted by frank_andrini on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 11:12pm.
The mindset that allows this type of- could it be called thinking?- runs rampant and I hear it every day. And yet there are people of all hues who recognize this for what it is. The question is are there enough and is there enough time and opportunity to combat this madness?
You know it's insane
Submitted by Ozconservative on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 2:01am.
When even "Rev" Sharpton dismisses it
Who dat?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 6:58am.
Izzat you, Randi? Are you doing research for Schultz again? No, not Debbie, I mean Ed Washerman Schultz. For Olbermann?
Research we much!
Is their a more discusting
Submitted by John21 on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 7:33am.
Is their a more discusting group of human (maybe) beings on this planet than Sharpton and the Race Pimp parade?
yes
Submitted by Agnostic on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 7:44am.
Several. But are there worse political pimps that undermine their whole constituency in the US - I doubt it.
It couldn't be Trayvon's heart
Submitted by shirtsbyeric on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 3:04pm.
Because his body sat in the morgue for 3 days and his parents didn't report him missing till the next day. The police didn't know he was 17 and he had no ID.