Reply #15: Do you think that Kucinich is in the way and will take white votes away from Edwards? [View All]

[beaconess]

Black voters aren't stupid - they aren't going to vote for candidates just because they're black. Arguing that a black candidate with no chance of winning should get out of the way because he'll take votes away from the another black candidate suggests that we should have a quota in presidential races - only one black at a time is welcome to run while white folks who haven't a prayer of winning are tripping all over each other.

And, FYI John Edwards WON the South Carolina primary handily. Sharpton didn't get in Edwards' way at all. In fact, Sharpton stood up for Edwards on a couple of occasions when Edwards was getting blasted for blocking one of Bush's African American judges and, in doing so, helped to save Edwards' butt among some black voters in South Carolina. Edwards failure to win other Southern primaries had nothing to do with Al Sharpton.

I suggest you lay off the racial politics. Not only is it counterproductive, but you don't have your facts straight.