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LewWaters
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 Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject: Sharpton Was Paid to Campaign for Kerry |
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| Quote: | The Associated Press
Thursday, December 9, 2004; 10:12 AM
All of John Kerry's one-time rivals in the Democratic presidential primary eventually lined up to support him as the nominee, but only Al Sharpton got paid for it.
The Democratic National Committee paid Sharpton $86,000 in travel and consulting fees to compensate for his campaigning for Kerry and other Democratic candidates, according to reports to the Federal Election Commission.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Sharpton said he was paid for travel and he didn't know how much he had been reimbursed.
Sharpton said the Democrats asked him to travel to 20 or 30 cities to campaign. He added: "What am I supposed to do, donate the cost of air fare?"
But records show that while most of the money was to reimburse travel expenses, Sharpton was paid $35,000 as a "political consulting fee" 15 days after the election. The consulting fee was first reported in this week's edition of the Village Voice.
Democratic National Committee spokesman Jano Cabrera said the party paid Sharpton at the request of the Kerry campaign. She would not say when the party agreed to pay Sharpton or whether he requested the consulting fees.
Kerry's eight other former rivals from the Democratic primary also worked to varying degrees to get Kerry elected. In particular, Wesley Clark, Bob Graham, Dick Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich often campaigned with Kerry, although the latter three mostly appeared in their home states. But none of the other eight Democrats were paid travel reimbursements or consulting fees. |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51269-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_politics
Makes me wonder if those vets supporting him, his "Band of Brothers," were also paid.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Sharpton was previously noted for his lavish life style on the campaign trail and unpaid hotel bills. Sounds like he needs to be renamed "sharpie". |
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Where's the gag icon when you need it? 
Why am I not surprised?
What's really incredible is that the DNC even wanted Sharpton to campaign for them, in the first place.
With whom is Sharpton considered even mildly credible, these days? He's a racist bigot with a big mouth - occasionally entertaining, but completely ignorant about foreign AND domestic policy.
If it weren't for his Tawana Brawley fraud, he'd never have gotten any visibility in politics, much less credibility, however "fringe element" it might be.
Now he's proven once again to be just another paid puppet. Another joke. Another wrong turn by the Kerry campaign. Did they make any RIGHT moves? Anyone notice any?
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carpro
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Sharpton is a disgrace to the people he claims to represent.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Whatever you may think of Sharpton, you do have to ask who is the greater fool for this? The recipient of the fees or those who paid the fees? |
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