Reply #165: Al Sharpton was a joke tonight. [View All]

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His attack on Dean for not "walking the walk" on race issues, because none of Dean's six cabinet members were minorities is simply crap. He completely ignores the fact that there were senior members of Dean's staff who were minorities, while Dean was a Governor, because than Sharpton would have to admit that Dean "walked the walk". Also, Dean originally kept a lot of Gov. Snelling's personnel in place, when he took over for him to make the tranisition smoother for Vermont. So, Dean didn't appoint the cabinet members in his first administration and I am not sure if any of these members stayed on past the first administration or not. Second, Dean's policies on race are more important than who filled these 6 positions. And he has a good record on race.