In some alternate universe, Al Sharpton would be wearing prison stripes and punching out license plates somewhere in upstate New York. Instead, he is feted as an icon of the civil rights movement and celebrated as an upstanding citizen.  He has a TV show and a radio show, he pens op-eds in leading newspapers and websites, and he is a heavy hitter in the Democratic Party. Except he's a crook, a charlatan, and a flim-flam man all rolled into one. New York Post: “He’s a crook, he’s a fraud, and that’s all he is,” complains Reggie Anders Sr., who sought out the Rev. Al Sharpton for help resolving a 2009 discrimination dispute with Verizon. “He didn’t do anything he promised,” Anders said Saturday by phone from Mesa, Ariz. “Absolutely nothing.” Anders reached out to Sharpton early last year on the advice of his own minister, the Rev. David Wade of Phoenix. Wade knew Franklyn Richards, the chairman...(Read Full Post)