haha! Well, I understand that one, too, actually. ;^D
Sharpton revs up against Dean
(Click here or on the pic for entire article)
At stake for Sharpton is control, both of his home turf and the African-American wing of the national party. He won't look kindly on any presidential candidate, including Dean, who doesn't recognize his primacy. In fact, he's threatening to sit out the 2004 election. "I'll just go back to Harlem," he says. Let Dean explain that to black voters.
(credit to Registered for original pic of Kerry/Dean)
"I'll just go back to Harlem", he says. Um...doesn't he mean "New Jersey?"
Putting that aside for the moment, I'd just like to state-for the record-that the reason Mark Green lost that race-as he has lost so many others-IS BECAUSE HE'S A FRIGGIN' LOSER!
It had absolutely nothing to do with Al Sharpton, Michael Bloomberg, Fernando Ferrer, Alan Hevesi or Rudy Giuliani.
Perhaps the brutal attacks perpetrated against our city on September 11th, 2001 confirmed-or in some cases, reinforced-voter's nagging suspicions that Mark Green was an unmitigated moron, but those suspicions already existed prior to the mayoral election.
I just can't let this myth stand that Al Sharpton is some sort of political king-maker in New York City politics.
It bears absolutely no relation to reality.