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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (29843)	2/16/2004 8:40:01 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793670

Tehran Times endorses Kerry Doesn't this seem like a put-up job to you?

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (29843)	2/16/2004 9:11:14 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793670

Glad to see Sharpton is not doing as well as Jesse Jackson did. REV AL'S FLAMEOUT NY Post - Opinion February 16, 2004 -- A scant one year ago, the Rev. Al Sharpton went in search of fortune, fame - and the title of undisputed leader of black America. It didn't work out. Thursday, the usually reliable Quinnipiac University opinion poll reported Sharpton being backed by a scant 4 percent of Democratic voters in the upcoming New York presidential primary. And as embarrassing as that might be to Sharpton, the Q-Poll found that only 15 percent of black voters plan to vote for the raucous rev. This could be a polling anomaly. Or maybe par for the primary season. Last Saturday, Sharpton finished fourth in the Michigan primary; he failed to carry two heavily black Detroit districts. He came in a distant third in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, well behind winner Sen. John Edwards and Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic contest's overall leader. Indeed, Edwards and Kerry also beat him among African Americans - who made up 47 percent of the Democratic vote in the Palmetto State. Closer to home, the reverend suddenly has to deal with the revelation of a rather eye-raising alliance of convenience. In a recent issue of the Village Voice, reporter Wayne Barrett penned a devastating article on Sharpton's odd relationship with shady Republican strategist Roger Stone, a man who has switched allegiances as much as many do neckties. In recent years, Stone's advised wealthy neo-politicos such as Donald Trump and the flaky Tom Golisano. According to Barrett, Stone installed as Sharpton's campaign manager Charles Halloran - a Golisano-for-Governor alum - and provided financial and personnel advice. Why? Barrett implies that Stone wants Sharpton to run as an independent against Hillary Clinton in 2006 - to the presumed benefit of whatever Republican candidate ultimately is in the race. Well, if Mrs. Clinton is worried about that, she can take a deep breath now. Unless the Quinnipiac poll turns out to be astonishingly wrong, Sharpton can go back to what he does best: racialist hustling. For a fellow said to have set out to displace Jesse Jackson nationally, Sharpton hasn't come close to the older man's trailblazing 1984 and 1988 numbers. His presidential campaign is broke; sloppy (to be charitable) paperwork has already gotten him one Federal Election Commission fine - with others potentially looming. And a Washington-based watchdog group is seeking to deny Sharpton federal campaign funding, in part because of his association with Stone. Now comes the Q-poll prediction that disaster awaits Sharpton on March 2. So, is the good news that New York won't have Rev. Al to kick around any longer? That would be good. But will that leave Councilman Charles Barron of Brooklyn as New York City's top demagogue? That's not so good. Oh, well. Race-baiting is tough work - but someone will always do it. NEW YORK POST