A lot of this is Sharpton’s presence. I honestly believe that. Limbaugh has constructed this portrait of Sharpton as the race-baiting avatar he holds up to his minions as a sworn enemy, and the right is desperate to paint Obama with the same brush. A nod of respect or empathy towards Trayvon Martin or his family is seen as a surrender, a sign of weakness in the right-wing “war” of words going on in the blogs and on the radio every day. Yes, Al Sharpton showing up to talk somewhere is worse than a kid getting shot. Way, way worse to these clowns.