text: While Podhoretz may be correct in his opinion of Al Sharpton , his comments regarding Sharpton and Jesse Jackson possess a thinly disguised undertone of As he castigates white liberals for assuming that Negroes could do no wrong , his discussion of Sharpton 's actions seem to say , Well , what can you expect ?
  
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  Podhoretz has no opinion of Al Sharpton .