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July 29, 2004

Our vote is not for sale.....because your offer isn't big enough.
Posted by Jon Henke

I'm particularly interested in one claim by Al Sharpton from last night's speech...

"In all due respect, Mr. President, read my lips: Our vote is not for sale."

I'm running for President to:

• Deliver Universal Health Care for the nation, not hidden benefits to the health care industry.


• Help working people by giving them the biggest tax cuts - not the rich.

Sharpton would raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.15 an hour.

Sharpton would repeal the North American Free Trade Agreement to keep jobs in the United States.

Sharpton would repeal all tax cuts and institute new taxes on the wealthy and corporations to pay for education, health care, and social programs. He would increase child tax credits and earned income tax credits.

As concerns the specific group of voters for which Al Sharpton speaks, their vote is most definitely--even explicitly--for sale.

UPDATE: Jeff the Baptist's comment reminds me that there is always the possibility that Sharpton's vote is not for sale, because it has already been bought. So, there's that.

UPDATE II:
Michelle Malkin...

The party of Al Sharpton, tonight's grand finale speaker, promises to give us a "Stronger More Secure America."

Is Jon Stewart in charge of the convention schedule or what?

...does anyone in that room seriously think that, if George W. Bush is president another four years, blacks will lose their right to vote and be returned to slavery? And, after arguing for several minutes that going to war in Iraq was equivalent to him tricking the people to leave the convention hall and other such nonsense, he then turned around and said he thought we should in fact be bringing democracy to the people of Baghdad but what about the people of D.C.? Huh?

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