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In the upcoming edition of The Limbaugh Letter, I endorse Reverend Al Sharpton for the Democratic presidential nomination. I give my reasons, too – starting with a recap of Sharpton\u2019s slicing and dicing Paul “The Forehead” Begala on the January 21st edition of Crossfire. Begala tried to slam and smear Sharpton – just as they do any person of color who dares to think independently of Democratic Party bigs.<\/line> I\u2019ve said that this guy has the most personality of anybody in the race, and that Democrats would have to find a way to take him out. The Democrats have to be careful about telling a popular black presidential candidate, “You can\u2019t run.” They promised blacks the mountaintop if they just stick with the Democrats and vote 99% for them every election. But here comes a very popular black candidate, and they\u2019re doing all they can to slaughter him by rolling a boulder down on him as he climbs to the summit!<\/line>Congressman Barney Frank – who doesn\u2019t mention Dick Gephardt failing to pay taxes on his North Carolina estate – talks up Sharpton\u2019s ancient tax problems. Who has the cache in the Democratic Party to take out Al Sharpton and not pay a price for it? If it\u2019s not some individual (as in why they told Carol Mosley-Braun that she couldn\u2019t run for Senate, but had to run for president to blunt Al) then maybe the press can do it. <\/line>The February 26th Washington Post says blacks “deserve more attractive and able representatives.” Leon Panetta, Clinton\u2019s chief of staff, said, “[I]t\u2019s important for a Democrat candidate to bring people together, not divide.” Oh, you mean like Clinton did? Panetta called Sharpton “extreme,” a pejorative usually aimed at conservatives alone. Peter Beinart writing in the New Republic and Wall Street Journal called Sharpton “a charlatan.” <\/line>Mona Charen cited his “despicable history as a racist.” Senator John McCain (R-Media), who assailed Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson for intolerance during the 2000 presidential campaign, says that Democrats should do the same to Sharpton. I predicted we\u2019d see a series of hit pieces designed to take Al Sharpton out – and that\u2019s what we have now. They all mention Al\u2019s history in a way, as he himself says, they never once have about Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick or Robert Byrd in the KKK<\/a>. So I\u2019ve endorsed him, and hope this will even the field as the DNC tries to keep Sharpton down.<\/line><\/p>\n\n

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