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Sharpton to McAuliffe: I Won't Quit, Don't Ask Me
In an announcement guaranteed to give his Democratic rivals heartburn, Rev. Al Sharpton insisted on Thursday that he's in the presidential race to stay, all the way up to the convention in July.
"I wish to make it clear that I will continue to campaign vigorously until the last day of the convention to give voice to all Americans who have been too long taken for granted by inside the beltway policies and politicians,” Sharpton said, in a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe.
"Moreover, it is my intention to use all the delegates I will gather to ensure that the Party’s platform is progressive, inclusive and reflective of the concerns of minority communities,” he added, before releasing the letter to the press.
Sharpton is expected to do well in several upcoming Southern primaries, and may even win in South Carolina. As long as he stays in the race the radical reverend is likely to garner the support of a majority of African-Americans, whose votes Democrats need desperately to defeat President Bush.
Party insiders, however, remain concerned that, unlike one-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sharpton may not be a team player.
He might even carry through with his threat to "teach the Democratic Party a lesson" as outlined in his Oct. 2002 campaign manifesto, "Al on America."
Writing about the 2001 New York City mayoral race, where his decision not to endorse Democrat Mark Green handed the election to Republican Mike Bloomberg, Sharpton warned:
"I feel the Democratic Party had to be taught a lesson and still has to be taught one nationally. A lot of 2004 will be about what happened in New York in 2001."
[Didn't I just say something like this recently? Oh yes we did my precious!]
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In an announcement guaranteed to give his Democratic rivals heartburn, Rev. Al Sharpton insisted on Thursday that he's in the presidential race to stay, all the way up to the convention in July.
"I wish to make it clear that I will continue to campaign vigorously until the last day of the convention to give voice to all Americans who have been too long taken for granted by inside the beltway policies and politicians,” Sharpton said, in a letter to Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe.
"Moreover, it is my intention to use all the delegates I will gather to ensure that the Party’s platform is progressive, inclusive and reflective of the concerns of minority communities,” he added, before releasing the letter to the press.
Sharpton is expected to do well in several upcoming Southern primaries, and may even win in South Carolina. As long as he stays in the race the radical reverend is likely to garner the support of a majority of African-Americans, whose votes Democrats need desperately to defeat President Bush.
Party insiders, however, remain concerned that, unlike one-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sharpton may not be a team player.
He might even carry through with his threat to "teach the Democratic Party a lesson" as outlined in his Oct. 2002 campaign manifesto, "Al on America."
Writing about the 2001 New York City mayoral race, where his decision not to endorse Democrat Mark Green handed the election to Republican Mike Bloomberg, Sharpton warned:
"I feel the Democratic Party had to be taught a lesson and still has to be taught one nationally. A lot of 2004 will be about what happened in New York in 2001."
[Didn't I just say something like this recently? Oh yes we did my precious!]
[PRECIOUS!]
