[lbo-talk] CW in Matrix

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat May 17 08:34:43 PDT 2003


John Mage wrote:


>What's with this Sharpton-baiting?
>
>As I understand it, the major charge against Rev. Al is that he
>supported Tawana Brawley, a young girl whose claims to have been a
>victim of a racist attack may have been false or at the least exaggerated.

Yeah. His late 80s/early 90s act was pretty questionable, but he's way beyond that now. Sharpton's a very smart guy who knows what he's talking about. He's no revolutionary socialist, but his politics aren't bad. I'm voting for him in the NYS primary. I want to see him debating Lieberman.

Doug



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