Name:   architect - Subject:   Hey Wixie Date:   8/27/2015 5:51:29 PM (updated 8/27/2015 5:58:54 PM)

I have read this article and frankly find little or nothing to fault anbody or any action mentioned considering the dangerous situation.  It is hardly a marriage between Sharpton and Obama.  Seems to me it is describing reasonable people doing reasonable things in an unreasonable sitiuation.

I believe that if you delve deeper into this and extend the time frame you will find that Sharpton went to MO on his on and was actually a relatively stabilizing force in a very volitile situation.  He was not "appointed" by Obama.  Obama did ask Sharpton for his assessment of the situation...after all the Rev was on the ground and meeting with the community...I suspect and hope George Bush would have done the same thing.

At the time there were reports in the radical right blogs of Obama "secretly" meeting with the leaders of the protest and making inflamatory remarks.  These reports were completely debunked...he met "in private" (not quite the same a "secret") with leaders of the NAACP and Urban League and Al Sharpton for their input.  Now you tell me...considering what was happening in the St Louis area at the time was that an "idiotic" thing to do?