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Sharpton to Hit Ohio

Submitted by Muffet on Thu, 07/06/2006 - 12:07am.

During the last presidential election there was a candidate I could never resist: Al Sharpton. He was always entertaining and always lucid. He struck to the very heart of issues that were important to me. He still has a lot to say.

He recently convened a conference of African-American ministers to re-double their efforts to show America that not all African-American churches think as Ken Blackwell would have them think. The conference focused on the radical right. He said: "We don't need the Christian right. We need the right Christians."

He plans to visit Ohio to focus on the Voting Rights Act.

"That's why I'll be traveling to Florida and Ohio soon to push for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act and against new anti-voting legislation, such as a regulation from Secretary of State and GOP gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell, that could, according to the New York Times, '...hit voter registration workers with criminal penalties for perfectly legitimate registration practices.'"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/05/sharpton.agenda/index.html

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what always bothered me about sharpton's treatment in media

Submitted by AmberCat on Thu, 07/06/2006 - 8:06am.
was the way he was branded now and forever a kook because of the (admittedly injudicious) way he came into the public eye in the Tawana Brawley case. He has redeemed himself many times over with serious, thoughtful statements on many issues. Many times he is the most insightful person in the debate. If this had been a white, rightwing, Republican candidate, we'd be hearing the media going on endlessly about how rehabilitated he was. I suspect those on the right want to make sure that any potential strong voice in the black community is muted as much as possible because they also love to discredit Jesse Jackson for the kind of personal indiscretions that they get all indignant if you bring up against a rightie.

By the way, go, Al. I think he is so dead-on on this one and I'm glad he's going to lend a hand. I love that "We don't need the Christian right- we need the right Christians." That's funny- and so true.

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