Sharpton: "New York's Biased"
At Charlie Rangel's 76th birthday bash at Tavern on the Green last night, Al Sharpton was -- where else? -- right behind the podium as Hillary Clinton and other political luminaries addressed the crowd.
It was a familiar sight. On Tuesday, as you may remember, Sharpton made a cameo in just about every newspaper in the country after he occupied place of honor on the podium behind Ned Lamont during his primary night vistory speech. There had been some talk, including on this blog, about whether such a prominent association with Sharpton -- whatever the merits of it -- is really the best thing tactically for a liberal candidate faced with winning over independent and Republican voters in a general election.
Last night, Sharpton told us in no uncertain terms that he disagrees with the premise.
"Nobody has said that -- you all have come up with that crap," he said. "Before Ned Lamont called me Joe Lieberman called me. I will help Lamont to the degree I can."
And anyway, he added, "New York's biased."
-- Jason Horowitz
Why do you guys pay attention to this crass hustler?
Is it the fact that "New York is biased" that he lived in New Jersey while running for US Senate?
And if he doesn't like it here, either he should run again here and try to get elected (ha!) -- or move to Greenwich, Conn.
Keep coming to Connecticut Al Sharpton and campaign for Lamont. The wascky leftys all came out in the primary. The November election will bring out the moderates. Sharpton's face in Lamont's corner will bring the voters into Lieberman's column.