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Photograph of Hiram Monserrate at the National Action Network by Jason DeCrow/AP
Over the weekend, State Senate Democrats met at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters in Harlem to discuss sharing power with the Senate Republicans. Senator Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) also spoke on Sharpton's radio show—and compared himsel to Jesus. The Daily News reports that besides saying he was the target of a political jihad, Monserrate also said, "You know, I'm never gonna compare myself to anyone in the biblical context...I remember Jesus himself, when he saw that in the temple there were merchants setting up shop, [he] began to turn over a few tables along."
He also said, "If it costs my election one day because I decided to turn over a table or two and say business gotta be done different, then so be it. That means I’m going to be here seven days a week, volunteering at the National Action Network." PolitickerNY, in a post titled "This Is the Cup of Hiram's Blood, Which Will Be Shed for You and for All," has video:
Sharpton said, "Always remember that when Jesus turned over the table, he knew he could be crucified, but he knew he could get back up. Always make sure you got the resurrection guaranteed before you start getting crucified."
Anyway, we don't think throwing the Senate into chaos like turning over tables—it's more like setting the house on fire, but whatever, Monserrate got his way—since his enemy Malcolm Smith is no longer the Democrats' internal conference leader.
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How do idiots like Monserrate and Espada jr. get elected? The people who live in these communities will elect anyone who looks like them even if they are thieves and thugs. It's sad that they don't think better of themselves.
They're elected by other idiots.
They're elected by their own kind, even if they're totally incompetent.
What sharpton said about Jesus has always bugged me. The dude knew he was immortal everafter and had a better healing factor than wolverine so if you really think about it his so called "sacrifice" and "dying for our sins" wasn't really a sacrifice at all if you know you are gonna come back from the dead all glowing like you used herbal essences and came back from an aces train from atlantic city.