Jonathan Capehart on Morning Joe

  I am not a fan of Jonathan Capehart on “Morning Joe” he seems to me like sort of a light weight on the show.  It might just be that he is easy going and soft spoken and that does not work very well with all the other egos on that show.

But this morning Jonathan Capehart made a short statement about the Trayvon Martin shooting and why it is causing so much pain and with black people, Capehard is black, and why it is effecting black males so much.
It was a very moving statement and from the heart and makes it more understandable for old white men like me.

  Then on “Morning Joe” they said that Al Sharpton’s mother just passed away but that Al Sharpton said he was going to the FL protest today for Trayvon Martin.
  I have said it in ShowMeBlog and in YouTube videos for years that I think that Al Sharpton is the most racist man in America.  Al Sharpton is a regular on “Morning Joe” and most of the time if he is on the show I turn off the show.  I can not stand the racist.
 

  With Al Sharpton at the protest in FL today things may become a circus. 
I feel so sorry for the father and mother of Trayvon Martin.  I think people are using them.

OH NO:  I just read over the above post and what pops out to me is that I am saying that the two only regular black people on “Morning Joe” I am saying that I am not a fan of…. That does not look good but trust me…  I do not put Capehart and Sharpton in the same class.

Comments

[GJ]

Eugene Robinson?
Capehart was right on! I'm hoping to find a video of it. I think he's pretty strong, actually.
Not a huge Rev. Al fan (I'll take Rev. Al Green.), but criitics of his take on politics and race should consider falling short of the term racist, I think. It both simplifies and overstates his problems. (Gas on the fire, also.)
Old white guy, here.

[Jim Howard]

Capehart is so soft spoken and easy going I may not pay the attention the way I should. You know sometimes how you listen to the loud person talking all the time. I will pay more attention to Capehart.
Dam..If I had recorded the show on my DVR I could have pulled out Capehart's comments and then saved it and uploaded it to YouTube.
I was not thinking..Well I did not know he was going to make such a clear and moving statement.
I did record on DVR the show each day. But then I got tired of seeing the "Rev" Al Sharpton.
You are 100% correct I should not call him a racist (he is). I can make all the points I want to make about him and issues but when I call him a racist that is the only thing others hear and they attack me and do not listen to anything I say.
So I should not call him that.. But I fucking hate the guy so much.
I will try and take your advice but not sure I can do it. I think my computer is set up if I type Al Sharpton it adds the word "racist" to his name. Smile
It also drives me crazy that blacks will say something to the effect that blacks can not be "racist." They will say that you have to be in power or control or something to be racist. I never could understand that.