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What'll it take to make Mayor Michael Bloomberg run for President next year? According to a former adviser, candidates who are either very conservative (like Mitt Romey) or very liberal (like John Edwards) will make the infamous Democrat-turned-Republican consider putting his billions behind a presidential campaign. Esther Fuchs, who served during Bloomberg's first term, said Mayor Mike is "80% probable" to run. So, that's like all of him, except his head?
While some doubt either party will back extreme candidates, the NY Sun has a nice hypothesis about why keeping up presidential chatter is good for the Mayor: "It also helps keep him relevant during his second, and final, term as mayor." Last fall, a Quinnipiac poll showed that while New Yorkers liked Bloomberg more than ever with a 70% approval rating, only a third of them would vote for him if he ran for President.
And while Senator Barack Obama had a successful Manhattan fund-raiser on Friday, Democratic activists tell the Post that the Reverend Al Sharpton hates Obama. The source who supports Hillary Clinton says, "He's saying that Obama never did anything for the community, never worked with anybody from the community, that nobody knows the people around him, that he's a candidate driven by white leadership."
And a black activist tells the Post, "It's driving Al crazy that Obama is as impressive and popular as he is, and he's not happy about it. Sharpton is just terrified of being overshadowed by someone of Obama's class and character." Huh. Aren't they in two different leagues regardless, by virtue of Obama being a Senator and Sharpton being more of a community leader, though a very influential one? Anyway, Clinton probably wouldn't mind a Sharpton scuffle to distract Obama.
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The supposed Sharpton hate of Obama is interesting, because it just sounds fishy. Sure, he might not like Obama, but to be consumed by it?
Your headline makes no sense.
"Bloomberg will '08 if Extreme"?!?! Hmmmm... I wonder what it feels like to '08, especially when you're extreme.
And the second part of the headline is, at best, tangentially related to the first part.
Thanks for your constructive comment. I wasn't totally happy with the headline earlier.
This is exactly why Black Leadership today non-existent. Instead of arguing about who is “Black” enough we should be speaking unity. I still do not understand how a buffoon with so much negative baggage & “processed hair” gets a national spotlight. If I was a conspiracy-minded person, I could see the white man’s hand behind Sharpton’s constant headline grabbing. He is a “beard” so white folks will feel safe. No one takes him seriously.
Obama is the first Blackman in 40 years that is gaining national respect and we should support his efforts. Even if his path does not lead to the Whitehouse, he is on the verge of succeeding Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
Sharpton is absolutely jealous, and with good reason. Sharpton is a pretender, whereas Obama is the real deal. Obama's speech in Selma wasn't just pandering. When you pander, you just tell people what they want to hear to get what you want. While Obama honored those civil rights leaders who came before him (and made his presidential candidacy possible) and made clear his empathy for the struggles of the black community, he also added an element of tough love and a call to action for the black community. A panderer would have left out the tough love part.
Sharpton has managed to make a living off of playing on "white guilt." Did you see Sharpton in the cemetary with the press after he learned he was decended from slaves owned by Sen. Thurmond's family? Was any of that necessary? Ridiculous. Have you ever seen anyone who loved the sight of TV cameras and flashing lightbulbs more than Sharpton?
Obama doesn't need Sharpton to remind him "not to forget those who came before him." You can listen to Obama's Selma speech on C-SPAN.org. Unless Sharpton is DEAF, he would have seen that Obama's speech in Selma was all about honoring those who came before, but that doesn't mean he has to honor Al Sharpton. Please.
Which community is Sharpton referring to? Maybe I can't "understand" because I'm white, but Obama isn't running for President of African Americans in the United States. He's running for President of the United States of American. Are we to judge Hillary Clinton solely on what she has done for female WASPs or John Edwards on what he has done for southern white men? It's not different, it's not an improper analogy; judge candidates on the entirety of their work and beliefs.
edwards is extreme?
whatever
White Guilt - you're right about the need to judge the candidates on their work and beliefs, and that Obama is running for President of the United States, NOT "President of African Americans in the United States" (he has made that clear). However, Al Sharpton IS apparently running for "President of African Americans in the United States". Shapton is trying to deflect attention away from the Obama candidacy to serve his own selfish needs.
I read somewhere that Sharpton was considering a bid for the 2008 presidential race and is upset because he thinks Obama's candidacy has made that impossible. What planet is he living on? Al Sharpton has never been in any danger of winning the democratic nomination - EVER - let alone the presidency. He's fuming that Obama actually has a chance and that Obama is attracting some very high profile support and campaign funding that Sharpton would NEVER receive. So, once again, the ridiculous Sharpton candidacy is obviously meant to get him in the press.
Mitt Romney very conservative? What??
The vast majority of blacks in NYC had never even heard of Obama until this year.
He is not accepted by Johnny Black Everyman because it is a mulatto - he is only half black.
Lastly, the vast majority of blacks are Christian and are as likely to support a Muslim president as your average bible belt Christian White Man.
Obama doesn't stand for ANYTHING. He is a half black man picked out of the crowd at Harvard by whatever secret society chooses presidents simply because he is articulate and good looking (ie he has White facial features).
Say NO to Ivy League educated politicians. Nothing good has ever come of those schools and every Ivy League trained politician has done nothing but enrich themselves while this country has suffered.
The thing is, even if there was such a position as President Of African-Americans in the United States, Sharpton wouldn't be able to win it. Chris Rock or Daffy Duck would have a better chance. Even Dubya would have a shot over him. I'm black, and like many other black people, I find Sharpton to be a nuisance and an embarrassment. My problem with Obama is that I'm not hearing too much detail about what he hopes to do, but I don't expect that this early in the game. I'm just happy that a person of African heritage is accepted enough by ALL people to have a shot at winning a presidential nomination.
To paraphrase last week's South Park, Al Sharpton is not the emperor of all black people.
Eryximachus,
Obama is not Muslim. He is Catholic.
"The vast majority of blacks in NYC had never even heard of Obama until this year."
The vast majority of blacks in NYC are not aware of much, really, other than the latest 50 Cent, Beyonce and Jay Z gossip, what are the coolest spinner rims to put on a piece of shit SUV, and that there is now an Applebee's on 42nd street where you can go to dinner with your babymomma after going to the movies.
In Juan William’s book “Enough” he is both despairing and angry over today’s youth squandering the hard fought legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. .
However, Mr. William’s book does have an interesting note about Sharpton. This so-called activist and Pretend-President of Black America is shown to be even more of a cardboard figure then generally suspected. Most of his “spontaneous” demonstrations are actually stage-managed affairs. He recruits people from homeless shelters, gives them lunch and 50 bucks to march and carry placards for the day. This feat of legerdemain is carried on nation wide. Anywhere he goes, so follows his “Cut-Rate Mercenary Army” Sharpton is nothing, a person with no or dubious credentials, trying to play on the national Stage. Senator Obama has nothing to be concerned with as he is the only “game in town.”
1. Obama's father was a Kenyan Muslim. He went through a period where he did not have any religious affiliation and is now part of some Protestant denomination...no not one of those weird crazy ones either.
2. Obama is no less black than any African American or West Indian. To the average person walking down the street he's just "black" and that's all that matters. I'll be damned if any of my neighbors could identify me as Ugandan, and not African American.
3. Al Sharpton has horrible hair.
4. To dismiss all Ivy League presidents as useless is a moronic statement made by somebody who doesn't understand the value of education. Never mind the prestige, most of the people who go to those schools are looking to learn from the best and take that knowledge and apply it elsewhere.
5. As an East African I stand behind Obama's decision to run.
6. I feel pity for our Africa-American cousins who continue to buy into the bizarre and twisted ideas of race dumped upon them. Comments like "He is a half black man picked out of the crowd at Harvard by whatever secret society chooses presidents simply because he is articulate and good looking", are just ignorant and stupid. Not every one in Africa is coal black as night. There are innumerable of shades of variation.
Wait, so what has he actually done.. ?
Besides coke and weed, that is.
re: Jesus
He is not, in fact, a Catholic. While he is a Christian, he has described himself as in "the black church tradition where the line between evangelican and non-evangelical is completely blurred." (from the Chicago Sun-Times, as quoted in the "Real Clear Politics" blog at time-blog.com on January 19, 2007).
The Edge, take your "history of George W. Bush's life" comment to the appropriate thread. Thanks.
Oh. Don't forget to add "wasted international goodwill after 9/11; screwed up the deficit for generations to come; enabled the continued plundering of the environment by his 'buddies'; and within mere decades of the Vietnam imbroglio plunged this country into another 'war' it can never win."
The Edge,
If you'd like to educate yourself on the cadidates (you should do that by the way - this is a democracy) you can visit their websites and read about their positions and what they have "actually done."
Whiteguilt,
You are right. I apologize. Obama is Christian, not Catholic.
All the best,
:) Jesus
Nice try with your spin Anonymass. Obama did coke. that's all the poster said and it is true. You are your ilk need to stop living in the past. Bush won't be on the ballot in 2008 and whining about the past is a sure path to defeat. We don't need whiners like you spewing your democratic party talking points, most of which are wrong.
"Bush won't be on the ballot in 2008"
Thank God, right?
Amen, Jesus!
Yikes, John Edwards is considered "very liberal?" Based on what? A Coulter column?
Interesting notes about Sharpton... at least there are a couple of candidates that people can get excited about. I hope he doesn't try too hard to "tear down" anyone's candidacy.
Eryximachus,
You're not a real person. Please shut up so people with a brain can discuss adult issues.
Eryximachus,
You're not a real person. Please shut up so people with a brain can discuss adult issues.
K,
Only lower class African Americans think like Eryximachus. So NEVER feel the need to pity your African American cousins for we are the most powerful Blacks on the planet. GO OBAMA!
Eryximachus,
You're not a real person. Please shut up so people with a brain can discuss adult issues.
K,
Only lower class African Americans think like Eryximachus. So NEVER feel the need to pity your African American cousins for we are the most powerful Blacks on the planet. GO OBAMA!
Funny.
I never mentioned anything about Dubya. Hell, I'm not even Republican.
But it's a good thing those that are politically polarized have a great sense of humor when it comes to their current figurehead of choice. Or something.
I feel that Sharpton is an embarrasment for all African Americans. He walks around with this chip on his shoulder of what happened centuries and decades ago but, at the same time he is a Clinton buyout. He is being bought out by the Clintons to try to destroy Barack's chane of winning the Oval Office. I don't have any respect for Al what so ever I feel that he is to authentic and he makes his living on keeping up disturbance. People don't take Al as serious person. Even when he was running for President in 2004 the had his face on the contender's list as a cartoon character.
Then this is how you know this brother can't stand by a word that he says. Didn't he say he was going to wear a natural after Brown died. That Jackass is still supporting perms. And he is Pro- black. No this idiot is Pro-Joke and jealous.
Only a fool will fall into this trap.
What's "Fishy" here is the Editor that posted the story with an opinion concerning said story . "It's like a fisherman catching a fish and the fish climbing out of the net and telling the fisherman, 'Not today I have an appointment elsewhere !' It's just weird ! Anyway, I doubt Al Sharpton really has a problem with Obama . Sure Obama has better hair,He's better at overall public speaking, He has a real job, When he campaign's for money it's for his political endeavors & not his own pocket . ( to an extent)
Bring on the rich independent who can support the National Election Refrom Platform. We need Bloomberg to fix democracy and broaden citizen participation. It's one thing to be a cyber-politico, it is another to put feet-on-the-street to enact real change and to get your candidate elected. DraftMichael.com
Way to troll.