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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Reverend Al running for President | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 7:48 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | May 21, 2001 -- The Rev. Al Sharpton says he may run for president in 2004 - assuming a national leadership role in the black community long held by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. "Clearly, I see myself as very much a potential Democratic contender," Sharpton told The Post. "I would not enter this to be symbolic." But he denied speculation he has been maneuvering to take advantage of Jackson's political weakness since revelations the head of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition fathered a child with one of his Washington staffers. "I'm not doing anything different than I was, and I'm not trying to run against Rev. Jackson," Sharpton said. He also said the Democratic Party had let blacks down by not energetically protesting voting-rights issues in the Florida presidential election. "The Democrats wouldn't even raise the disenfranchisement of black voters as an issue, and we can't afford to be marginalized like that," Sharpton said. "People are saying to me, ‘We need to do something dramatic,' and I think the time has come for that, and I'm prepared." Sharpton will attend a meeting of national progressive leaders in Philadelphia next month - when a presidential bid will be discussed. "I think the climate is such that we certainly need to dramatically challenge the [Democratic] party, and I think one way of doing that is a candidate, and I'm available to be their candidate," he said. He said he also would consider a third-party candidacy if he did not win the Democratic nomination. Sharpton ran in New York in the Democratic primary for mayor in 1997 and for the Senate in 1992 and 1994, losing each time. Sharpton's White House ambitions were first reported in this week's Time magazine - but he said he has been working for several years to build a national base beyond New York City. Sharpton said he frequently talks to Jackson but they haven't spoken about his White House ambitions. He said that well before the sex scandal, Jackson was perceived by some in the black community as being too much an "insider" with the Clinton White House and the Democratic Party.  | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 9:06 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | "Reverend Al, he's our pal. Reverend Al" | ||||
| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 9:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | At least we know Anthony is going to bring back the Reverend Al impression today. He might be the only candidate that would not get one vote from a white person. | ||||
| Sluggo667 SLASH's New Buddy, but shhh... I am not allowed to tell anyone. | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 10:38 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Apr. 01 | President Al Sharpton... Yeah...That'll happen.  Sluggo667...Neighbor of the beast... | ||||
| Skeet Slambone | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 10:40 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Rev Al Running??? stop it your killin me.
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| My Turn in the Barrel Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 11:58 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | "I'm a gonna be Pres-O-Dent" | ||||
| KOATAS | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 12:02 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | If he ever got elected I would pack up and go live on an island in the south pacific. | ||||
| Davekf | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 1:00 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: May. 01 | It would make sense for rev Al Sharp-A to get elected prez because he has a lot of experience fleecing corporate america. Stealing money is what the govt does, and he is a master at it. Too bad no one outside of liberal NY would vote for him. Happily Married To A Beautiful Chick | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 3:27 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | I'd prefer President Al than the horrid crippling fear I have that Barbara Streisand and Rosie O'Donnell will stick their noses into the political game. Eliza Dushku- Hotter Than Britney Read my column at Foundry Or go to my O&A sound site Brother Joe's Schindler's List on Napster and Limewire as Brother Joe- Schindler's List | ||||
| FeelMyFunBags | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 4:47 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | President Sharpton.....the only thing scarier than President Bush.... ::Begins packing bags in preapration to move to Canada::  All I've undergone I will keep on Underneath it all We feel so small The heavens fall But still we crawl All I've undergone I will keep on | ||||
| Filzy Stand up straight Stomach in Shoulders back SOUND OFF!!! | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 5:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | *The sound of Filzy Laughing so hard he falls off his chair* Now that's funny! Rev. Al's chances of Becoming president are as slim as Pat Buchannon. David Duke has a better chance.  If you don't have regrets, you haven't accomplished anything. -Josh Silver, Type O Negative "My graduate, The Mrs." | ||||
| Davekf | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 6:34 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: May. 01 | Reverend al's sexual exploits were so famous they even made a song about it: "Im Sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real..." I hope for his sake his wife accepts his apology. Happily Married To A Beautiful Chick | ||||
| The Brain | posted on 05-21-2001 @ 6:41 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | quote: Um... That was a MAD TV parody about the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dave, not Rev. Al. You trying to say all Martians look alike? Hmmm? :)  "ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I'M PONDERING?" This message was edited by The Brain on 5-21-01 @ 6:43 PM | ||||
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