Al Sharpton, our next president

Carolina Morning News ^ | April 25, 2003 | Bill Roe

[schaketo]

Al Sharpton will soon electronically file the necessary papers to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 2004. Don't laugh.

Sharpton will be a formidable candidate in the Democratic primaries in the South and its border states. He will have the same type of appeal that the late Gov. George Wallace of Alabama had. Wallace's unprecedented support in early Democratic primaries put the country on notice.

Wallace's campaign was cut short when he was shot during a campaign stop in Maryland in 1972. His campaign was on a roll before the shooting ended his presidential aspirations.

How can Sharpton, who has never run for elective office, be a serious candidate?

Sharpton made national news when there was an alleged rape of Tawana Brawley by a group of whites. The charges were proved to be a farce but Sharpton played the race card like a Stradivarius.

He turned New York on its ear with inflammatory charges. Sharpton was fined for his actions, a fine that has yet to be paid. Lives were destroyed in the acrimonious court case but Sharpton came out a winner because of the national exposure he received.

Sharpton allegedly violated election laws even before the official campaign started because he apparently did not file the proper forms. He will run a campaign that will flout election laws and, when challenged, he will charge bigotry.

Working in Sharpton's favor is the weakness of the Democratic opposition. Sharpton will strengthen his appeal by saying that this will be the last time blacks will have the clout to influence national policy. The Hispanic vote will eclipse the black vote by the next presidential election.

Black voters, while loyal to the Democratic Party, are well aware that they are being taken for granted. A strong vote for Sharpton will send a message that cannot be ignored by the national Democratic Party.

Sharpton's campaign announcement will destroy Sen. John Edwards' campaign strategy in the Southern state primaries as Sharpton could possibly gain a simple majority in numerous Southern states.

He will also be a major factor in key industrial cities. Many moderate and conservative blacks will see the Sharpton circus as the last straw in their loyalty to a politically corrupt party. So far no group has been successful in controlling this man.

Sharpton may not be the presidential choice of Democrats but his strong vote in the primaries will make it hard to deny him the vice presidential nomination.

Sound crazy? They said the same thing about Governor Wallace.

Bill Roe of Bluffton is an investment banker and political observer.

[dts32041]

So you don't deny keyes was thrown out of a pubbie debate.

Which means the bushies were behind it even in 96, look who was running that ole bobbie "OJT Pop uptarget" dole.

A bushie if there ever was one.

Go AL Go

[Seeking the truth]

Go, Al, go !!!!!!!!

Sharpton Brawley 2004

[NYDave]

I registered a long time ago as a Dem, specifcally to vote for Sharpton. I want to see little Tommy and Hilldebeast soil their panties over a strong Sharpton turnout. Let the games begin.

[smiley]

Al may have appeal...BUT does Al have credibility?????

[engrpat]

Well Big Al has my vote!

[Check_Your_Premises]

I know it sounds like fun... but what if he wins the nomination and through some stroke of historical bad luck something happens that puts enough doubt in Dubya's leadership that the Rev wins.

I know it sounds far fetched but the consequences are such that I think we would be well served to keep this man as far from power as possible. At the very least do not help him.

[Phantom Lord]

Why would I deny that Keyes was denied access to the debates? He was! Its a fact.

But that was in 1996. Neither former President Bush nor current President Bush, nor their "agents" had Keyes kept out of the debates or hauled off in irons.

[NYDave]

Let him win the Dem nomination (exremely doubtful). W. would be reelected in a landslide. My thinking is that Hillary and company want a sacrificial lamb for 2004 and then let her run against whomever the Repubs come up with in 2008. I hope they come up with someone formidable as the thought of another Clinton presidency makes me want to vomit.

[TopDog2]

REPUBLICANS FOR SHARPTON!!!!!

[Norman Conquest]

Sharpton at the top of the ticket would be coattails of death for Dem Senate and House candidates.

Even if they know the White House is unwinnable, the Dems can't afford to throw the nomination to someone this far out.

[NYDave]

I agree with you completely. I'm a registered Dem in NYC and will vote for him anyway, in the primaries. I just want to add my vote to shake things up a little bit.

[Nachoman]

I'll have what this guy is smoking. The Dems are a lot of things, but they are not politically suicidal.

[Tacis]

The democrats will NEVER nominate Al for anything. They hate blacks! Black dems in Congress are segrgated in the step-n-fetchit Congressional Black Caucus. Every time a black has tried for a key dem job over the past years, the party has knifed him.

Al is a great American, perfectly qualified to be President, but the dems will not nominate him because he is black. If Al were white, the nomination would be his, no question. But as a black, as the dems say, "go back." It is a sad day for America that the dems are anti-black racists.

[Nick Danger]

[G L Tirebiter]

I am already awaiting primary day here in Georgia so I can return the favor the Dems did for John McCain in Michigan, etc. in 2000.

No need to switch party here. Just request a Dem ballot that day.

The only deterrent might be a competitive Senatorial primary on the Rep. side.

[Norman Conquest]

Same here. You encourage such a campaign not because it has any hope of winning the nomination, but because it cuts such a wide swath of destruction. The eventual will either confront Al and alienate the black left, or kiss his ass and kiss off the Democrat middle.

[Anamensis]

Wonder how Jewish voters will cope with this.

They'll either wise up or vote Green Party.

[Bogolyubski]

I think the Dems already have a plan to deal with big Al. Carol Mosley Braun, the corrupt and moronic former Senator from Illinois, will be trotted out by the Dem establishment as a much more reasonable alternative black candidate in order to split the black vote and thus reduce big Al's chance of making the convention even more of a circus than it will already be. Assuming W's lack of any serious opposition in the primaries, it would be nice payback if Republican crossovers put Sharpton over the top in the Michigan primary.

[Doc Savage]

To All Family Members-Stop-Strongly Suggest You Invest In Bar-B-Que Ribs and Chicken Stocks-Stop-Also Hair Relaxer and Do-Rags Companies-Stop-Sharpton Presidency Will Drive Market For These Products Sky High!-Stop!

[dadwags]

do you think that possibly the ruling that candidates running for office can use campaign funds to pay themselves the salary of the office during the campaign may have something to do with the large number of Dem candidates this year ?