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| Democrats Scramble to Court Sharpton |
| 2007-04-19 |
| Democratic presidential contenders are scrambling for support in what's being dubbed the Al Sharpton primary. The civil rights leader livened up the 2004 Democratic primary with his pompadour hairdo and sharp, witty oratory. This election, the high-profile Sharpton, fresh from the fight over Don Imus' derogatory remarks, is attracting all the party's major candidates this week for his annual National Action Network convention. The solid attendance—starting with John Edwards on Wednesday and continuing with Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama later this week—reflects Sharpton's prominence in the party, concern that he might run again and the Democrats' effort to appeal to the base, particularly black voters. No wonder the event was being called the Sharpton primary. "I think some people really believe that we have put these things behind us; that the civil rights movement took care of all that and everyone is on a level playing field now," Edwards said in prepared remarks in which he talked about bigotry, intolerance and the Imus controversy. ...on the other hand, charlatans make money hand over fist pretending the battle wasn't won. More at link... |
| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #7 The corrupt democrat party relies on several groups of less than honorable repute in order to get a plurality of votes. To that end, they dare not shun or insult any one of their dependent groups. Black Americans are the ultimate bottom feeders. They take a declining neighborhood and bring it on down to their comfort level. They make perfect democrats, dependent people who willingly follow the hustlers for little or no return. Sharpton is a consumate race hustler. If he could write, he would write the book. The democrats need only complain about the lack of afordable housing or trash in the streets or lack of jobs to score with the bottom feeders. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-04-19 14:53 |
| #6 mindlessly following race hustlers like Sharpton and idolizing gangbanger culture is. Give the man a Kewpie doll! While Sharpton may represent some absurd sort of focal point for race relations, any obeisance shown him marks that person for the worst sort of fool. However slick and media savvy he may be, Sharpton is nothing but a street thug and |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-19 14:20 |
| #5 "So why would Hillary and the other democrats bow down to him?" It is their best interest to have one person to kowtow to; that way they can prove their racial bona fides with only a few ass kissing sessions, versus having to actually do something more than talk, which might make someone uncomfortable. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2007-04-19 13:27 |
| #4 So this is what they've been reduced to? Kissing Al Sharpton's ass? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-19 11:35 |
| #3 AT, what 'community' are the names of the Donk party even in contact with other than their professional fund raisers, spinmeisters, and pollsters? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-19 09:43 |
| #2 From the talk radio I have been listening to, from internet comments, it doesn't seem to me that blacks feel that Sharpton represents the black community. So why would Hillary and the other democrats bow down to him? Sharpton represents a force that I just don't understand. Is it money? Is it fear? How is it that a cheap hustler has so much power? |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-04-19 06:35 |
| #1 The MAN isn't holding blacks down any longer, mindlessly following race hustlers like Sharpton and idolizing gangbanger culture is. |
| Posted by: Griling the Anonymous7578 2007-04-19 03:55 |