The New York Post (which I don’t trust already) has reported that Rev. Al “Captain African-America” Sharpton had a verbal altercation over the phone with Sen. Barack Obama regarding his plans to protest the acquittal in the Sean Bell case.Chuck Bennett and Kavita Mokha quote sources as saying Sharpton was “infuriated” by Obama’s petition to protest nonviolently and subsequently accused the Illinois Democrat of trying to “grandstand in front of white people.”

Regardless of whether that was said or not. How could individuals so disloyal as to leak this type of information to the press be so close to either Obama or Sharpton. It is not clear from which side the source came however I wouldn’t doubt given the Post’s track record that it didn’t originate from somewhere inside the Post’s newsroom. “IT’S IN MY NOTES GUS!!!”

“Everything stated in the New York Post regarding yesterday’s conversation between Senator Obama and Reverend Sharpton is false, and is either a fabrication of the Post journalists who wrote the story or the supposed unnamed source for the story,” claimed Charlie King, Acting National Director for the National Action Network. “In my view, there is a big difference between tabloid journalism and shoddy journalism. This story is clearly the latter and is unacceptable.

“For the record, Reverend Sharpton and Senator Obama had a good conversation yesterday about the need to address both police misconduct and reducing crime. As with the numerous conversations they have, it was friendly, respectful and substantive.”

According to King, Rev. Sharpton was alone during his telephone conversation with Sen. Obama. So unless there’s a mole in the Obama executive camp or someone’s tapping the phones…I’m finding very little credibility in this story. This is what happens when a black man runs for president. He has denounce everyone until he’s blue in the face and read in the newspaper everyday about things he supposedly did and said. Imagine when he wins the election…read my posts on the nooses and the racists cartoons. Believe me racism is alive and well.