Sharpton riles some in NAACP

Posted on Mon, Aug. 11, 2003

Sharpton riles some in NAACP
Frequent, feisty visits gain voters' attention
JENNIFER TALHELM
Staff Writer

As he campaigns for the S.C. Democratic presidential primary, the Rev. Al Sharpton is traveling down roads ignored by other candidates, and that's winning him publicity but also riling some black leaders.

In campaign appearances and through his civil rights group, the National Action Network, the Pentecostal preacher has been upstaging the NAACP in debates over how to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in York County and a fatal shooting in Chester County.

Sharpton has visited the state more than a dozen times since January -- logging two more days in the state than Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, whose campaign calls South Carolina a must-win. Both men stumped in predominantly black areas of the S.C. Lowcountry over the weekend, Sharpton in Santee on Sunday and Edwards in St. Helena on Saturday.


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I beleive Sharpton will bring many new voters out for teh next election. I also beleive he will work to keep the party togeather.

I was leery at first, but, I've been picking up signals for months now that Sharpton is NOT interested in dividing the party.