What's Sharpton Got Up His Sleeve? (vanity)

November 12, 2003 | Gary L. Livacari

[DeFault User]

Everyone hoped Jesse would do the same thing in 1984 or 1988. Regretably, that never happened. Maybe AL will come through for us in a big way.

I voted for Jesse in those '84 and '88 primaries during my days as a Dem mole. If nothing else, Crazy Al may keep the Dems in the left lane, disillusion some black voters (if Al is shunned), and bring out the Republican vote.

At the very least (as others have observed), he wants to take over the Chicago extortion racket from Jesse. (Big Al plays Al Capone and Jesse is Bugs Moran.)

[GaryL]

Somehow I don't think the party higher-ups would look at a Sharpton third-party run as the best thing that could happen to them!

[albee]

"...modern day Gong Show..."

Perfect!

You nailed it!

[Political Junkie Too]

Instead of casting out of their party a lying demagogue who is a racist and an anti-Semite (as the Republicans rightfully did with David Duke years ago), they’ve embraced “Reverent Al,” giving him a national stage and pretending that he is a respectable political figure who deserves to run for the presidency of their party.

I don't think this is true. Their response to the Sharpton candidacy was to encourage Moseley-Braun to run. They didn't want Sharpton to be the "African-American" candidate.

What is Sharpton's motive? Several: 1) he says that the Democrats take African-Americans for granted and he wants to change that, 2) he wants to replace Jesse Jackson as the top "leader" of African-Americans in America. Remember when he was jailed for blocking traffic in Atlantic City? He was making jailhouse speechs against Jackson, who was still reeling from his "love child" scandal. Sharpton was making his move on Jackson.

-PJ

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Yes, the Reverend Mr. Sharpton is a race-baiter and an anti-Semite. I am an unenrolled (no party specified) voter in Massachusetts, so I can vote in the party's primary of my choice. I intend to vote for Mr. Sharpton. Why? Because I want to make the Democrats who have made me have to deal with Mr. Sharpton and his ilk for the past three decades or so have to deal with him themselves.

The more votes Mr. Sharpton gets in the primary, the more delegates he will have at the convention in Boozeton. The more delegates he has, the more face time he will get on the screens in American homes. The more face time he gets with people, the less likely they are to vote for the Democrats in November 2004 -- unless they are already so far gone they cannot figure out how to vote.

[GaryL]

To be truthful, I can't take credit for conjuring up the "Gong Show" analogy. Wes Pruden first used in an editorial in the Washington TImes a few days ago. I thought it was hilarious and couldn't wait for a chance to use it myself!

O well - at least I'm honest!!

[jungleboy]

Fun idea! However, the clintonistas run the show, and race-pimp sharpton will do what he's told, imho.

[wtc911]

Big problem with all this....most of Black America knows he's a buffoon and are actually embarassed by him. Her in his home base he can only get a few hundred (if that) hard core supporters out in the street for any cause.

It is true that he snared tons of votes in the dem senate primary four years ago but Brooklyn ain't Atlanta.

IMO the winning dwarf would rather see him out and on his own. A RevAl third party run would pull votes only in areas where the dems traditionally win by huge numbers. No border-states would tip to the GOP because of him siphoning off votes.

Put Al and W with the winning dwarf in a debate and the dwarf automatically triangulates and wins the middle.

[GaryL]

Well "Thank God" you unenrolled from the pernicious Democratic party! Thirty years!! How could you take it?

It never ceases to amaze me what "party loyality" will force otherwise good and sensible people to swallow! Some of my very best friends are Democrats and I know their skin is just crawling with the way their once-respectable party has evolved. A party that they have given a life-time of loyalty. But that doesn't seem to stop them from continuing to vote Democratic!! Have any others of you out there seen the same thing?

Anyway, I'm glad that you finally said "Good Riddance." It was probably a very hard thing to do. "Free at last!"

[Delbert]

What's Sharpton Got Up His Sleeve? <--A pudgy little arm?

[ConservativeMan55]

Bump for later reading. I've gotta do a report on him for school.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Fact is that the world really is round, but if one drifts too far to the left they can still fall right off. One of those strange phenomonas of nature that has never been explained.

[ModelBreaker]

Somehow I don't think the party higher-ups would look at a Sharpton third-party run as the best thing that could happen to them!

That may depend on which higher up you are talking about. HRC benefits from it if Dean is the candidate in 2004--she has a stronger rat representation in the Senate and she will be the presumptive candidate in 2008.

It may be the only way for the Rats to break even in the Senate--massive black voter turnout. With Sharpton as a third party candidate, the rats don't get nailed by independents for running him, but they get the turnout. If they are going to lose the presidential election anyway, it sounds like a good short term strategy.

[StriperSniper]

in that group.

I guess it is just tough for me to rate them comparatively on a scale of 1 to 10 when I would give them all negative numbers. ;-)

[Erasmus]

Then again,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1010453/posts?page=11#11

[GaryL]

A HA!! So, did Wes Pruden actually steal the "Gong Show" analogy from you??? At least I 'fessed up when asked!

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Who said I unenrolled from being a Democrat? I was one once, but not before I became "unenrolled". I moved and had to re-register and knew the election laws here would allow me to vote in the Democrat primary without having to gag by registering as one of them.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Who said I unenrolled from being a Democrat? I was one once, but not before I became "unenrolled". I moved and had to re-register and knew the election laws here would allow me to vote in the Democrat primary without having to gag by registering as one of them.