"Sleeping With the GOP"

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.5.2004 2:24 AM

Here's something different: a story in The Village Voice that says that Roger Stone, "the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative," is "financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton."

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Dan 22 years ago

What was Stone's involvement in Watergate>
dj of raleigh 22 years ago

Why doesn't the Democratic Party kick Sharpton out?
Diego 22 years ago

Raise your hand if this surprises you and Charlie will come by and kick you in the nuts because you are an idiot.
joe 22 years ago

^What he said. Sharpton was a big Al D'Amato fan. Figures.
Ken Layne 22 years ago

I tried (and failed) to get Matt Welch on this, but I guess he's still cashing those GOP checks from his fawning coverage of the Nader 2000 campaign!
joe 22 years ago

I'm shocked, thoreau. Your actions at the polls have impacts beyond the way they make you feel. Why aren't you doing whatever you can to end the Bush administration?

You're thinking like a Naderite.
thoreau 22 years ago

It seems to me that Sharpton only hurts the Dems if he runs third party and steals votes in crucial swing states. I don't see how his presence in the primaries hurts the Dems. If he peels off liberal voters in the primaries then the centrists fare better in the primaries. As long as he endorses the eventual nominee the Dems aren't hurt.

Now, knowing how things are around here, I should issue the disclaimer that I'm not praising any of the Dems, and I pledge to vote for the Libertarian candidate this November. I'm simply expressing bafflement over how this hurts the Dems.
thoreau 22 years ago

Joe-

No, a Naderite would say that there's no difference between Kerry and Bush so we should all vote Green this fall. I'm saying that Sharpton's actions in the primary are pretty harmless to the Dems if he endorses the Democratic nominee in the end.
joe 22 years ago

It's not your comment on Sharpton that's the problem. It's that you'd pass up a chance to end the Bush presidency.
thoreau 22 years ago

Joe-

I don't live in a swing state. I can afford to vote third party.
dj of raleigh 22 years ago

> Sharpton only hurts the Dems if he runs third party

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