Sharpton: I'm The "Show-Me" Candidate

[CShine]

Democratic presidential hopeful Al Sharpton declared here Wednesday that he's the "Show Me candidate" who best reflects the concerns of many of Missouri's poor, elderly and minorities.

" I came when people in Missouri needed me," Sharpton said, recounting his earlier visits to the state to about 200 people at an afternoon rally held at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He called on the crowd to demand of the other Democratic presidential contenders, "Show me where you've been before, show me where you've stood on critical issues like the Patriot Act."

Sharpton was the first of three Democratic presidential hopefuls who stopped in St. Louis Wednesday to launch their bids for Missouri's prize of delegates — the largest among the seven states holding primaries or caucuses on Tuesday, and more than either New Hampshire or Iowa. Those delegates are up for grabs since the state's favorite son, Rep. Richard A. Gephardt, drop his presidential bid after doing poorly in the Iowa caucus Jan. 19.

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[jenk]

1. Al, that's enough

please, before you embarrass us.

[Bush loves Jiang]

2. He already has...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/01/14/bush/

[if it comes from the whitehouse it must be true]

3. Someone "show" Al the door

Does anyone think sharpton could make a decent president?

Note: It aint a color thing, I think I could support J.C. Watts in 08?

[Voltaire99]

7. Yes, more than a decent president

Sharpton's essentially one of the few liberals of any prominence left in the party, an heir to the legacies of Wellstone, Humphrey, LBJ.

That he is brilliant, not merely conceptually but verbally, a strength allowing him to think and speak circles around most of the other candidates, is plain to see. Doubtless it is this keen mind that early won over Clark, who admires him.

Intellectually, the Rev is formidable. See his appearance at Harvard on "Hardball," for instance, in which he galvanized the bright crowd and buried Chris Matthews.

[bushwakker]

4. What a fraud

he needs to be dealt with now before he starts seeking concessions from whomever the nominee is. I'd like to see Kerry tell him off.

[Abigail147]

5. Roger Stone,

the political consultant who worked for Nixon, Reagan, and Bush, Sr., has been mentoring Al in those relentless attacks he made on Howard Dean. Sharpton may not be paying him, but someone has. Sharpton provides comic relief, but everyone should know he plays the part of spoiler. The complete statement should be "show me the money."

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