Thursday, February 01, 2007

Sharpton counterpunches

[But Sharpton told Biden: "A lot of people took it from you that because (Obama) is Harvard-trained, that people don't see someone as good and clean unless they are less connected to the struggle of the African-American community."

Sharpton also compared the gaffe to former Virginia Sen. George Allen's use of a racial slur against an Indian-American man last summer - a controversy that was widely believed to have cost Allen re-election.

"George Allen got 'macaca' - this might be a step past that," Sharpton warned.]

- AP story

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