Reply #15: Not for me, thanks

[Cuauhtla]

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0405,barrett,50745,1.html

Sharpton's history tends to discredit the Democratic Party with those racial & ethnic identity groups (whites, Jews, Koreans) he has slurred, and with all who hope for a more complex analysis of social ills. I think his candidacy better serves the Republicans, who additionally can present him as representative of liberals and Democrats.

I've been reading Obama's latest book. In contrast to Bush- or Sharpton- it is so nice to hear a rational, compassionate, nuanced, self-questioning adult voice not prone to mere grandstanding and sloganeering. At this point I'm hopeful that Obama or Edwards will be the Democratic Presidential candidate. I know Sharpton's a non-starter, but if somehow, incredibly, he got the nomination, I wouldn't vote for him.