Sharpton insults Indianapolis voters

[Khephra]

By AMOS BROWN III

As far as I’m concerned, Rev. Al Sharpton insulted and disrespected Indiana’s 560,000 African-American citizens with his refusal to participate in Indiana’s 2004 presidential primary election. The Sharpton campaign failed to submit the necessary petitions by last Friday at noon; so his name’s not on the ballot.

Also, Sharpton’s not on Tuesday’s Ohio ballot for the same reasons. And he’s not on Louisiana’s ballot because his campaign failed to follow a simple state regulation.
How can you be a serious candidate for President, and not be on the ballot in three states with substantial African-American populations?

I assume Rev. Sharpton’s blaming Indiana and Ohio’s ballot access laws and racism in Louisiana for his not being on the ballot, but his handlers repeatedly refused this column’s request for an interview or explanation.

Twenty years ago, Rev. Jesse Jackson, overcame Indiana’s (and Ohio’s) same stringent election laws and ran great primary campaigns in 1984 and 1988. Jackson’s campaign succeeded in Indiana partly because of the many relationships “The Country Preacher” had developed over the years in here in Indianapolis and other African-American communities throughout the state.

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[wuushew]

1. More info needed

what are these stringent election laws? Is anyone else not on the Indiana ballot? DK made it on the ballot in Ohio.

[Khephra]

3. I'm not quite sure myself

But I primarily posted this because I found it interesting that he's not on the ballot in several states. I hadn't heard that fact before.

[dsc]

6. In Ohio

You need to have supporters attend the Caucus in January to nominate delegates for you. That is where Sharpton and Braun got tripped up.

[JI7]

2. Jesse Jackson was seen as a more serious candidate

i don't think al sharpton meant anything bad. he is limited in funds which hurts in getting the organization needed for helping get the petition signatures needed.

[eridani]

4. He WAS a more serious candidate

He had a significant multiracial volunteer base.

[Indiana Democrat]

5. "How can you be a serious candidate"??

Sharpton has never been a serious candidate...Anyone with any sense knows that. He's been in it for himself. He's a joke.

[salin]

7. In Indiana one has to get registered voter signatures

on petitions - I think 500 per congressional district are needed. Not a problem in some districts.

[bushwakker]

8. You insult Jesse Jackson by comparing him to Al Sharpton

the only thing they have in common is the color of their skin. JJ has been a tireless advocate for victims, workers, unions and the Democratic Party. Al Sharpton works tirelessly to promote himself. He is not a serious person. He has and will support the GOP if it suits his needs. His showing in the primaries has been much less impressive (especially in NY, and the South) than the pundits thought it would be. He has no constituency in the black community because they see him as the fraud that he is. All sizzle - no substance.

[Freddie Stubbs]

9. He never was a serious candidate

[union_maid]

10. Reverend Al has other problems

It's true that he never was a serious candidate. I think he runs for office for a living some way or other. He failed to make a dent in his own demographic - by which I mean African American voters from NYC. That's not good for his self-proclaimed role as leader in the black community. If he couldn't pull votes in his home town, be glad he wasn't trying to get them where people don't know him as well. I like him. He's been fun since he went respectable and says things that the others won't say and says them well but to think that he was taken more seriously than CMB is very sad. She has credentials, he does not.