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the G-man said:
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The Democrats lionize Clinton, Sharpton and Jackson? They're punchlines.



Maybe to talk show hosts, but to the Democratic party each of them is lionized.

Clinton still advises major Democrat candidates, including Kerry.

Major candidates, including Al Gore and Hillary Clinton have sought endorsements from Sharpton, and Dean was courting Jackson.

So maybe they are a joke, but, if so, the Democrat Party isn't in on the joke.



Those seem more like cases of exercising diplomacy than lionizing, to me. Sharpton and Jackson do have the right to express their beliefs, hate-filled or not, as protected by the constitution. They know that, and so they'll continue to speak out. Democratic candidates rather appease them(since they know that as long as they're nonviolent nothing can be done against them), than publically blast them and just be added to their "list".

Just because Clinton, Sharpton or Jackson endorse someone doesn't mean the candidate they're endorsing considers them serious forces within the Democratic party.

MisterJLA is RACKing awesome.