Monday, December 15, 2003

Candidate Review - Civil Rights - Al Sharpton

I've liked Sharpton as a candidate. He doesn't have much of a chance, but he's been pretty good in the debates, particularly at focusing on the issues rather than the horse race. However, his website is terrible. There isn't much there, and if he has the standard issues page I haven't seen it. He does have a platform page, but it only has three items. Anyway I'm going to quote from the section on his support for a Voting Rights Amendment.

What are the advantages of fighting for human rights and constitutional amendments? Human rights and constitutional amendments are non-partisan (they're neither Democratic nor Republican), they're non-ideological (they're not liberal, moderate, or conservative), and they're non-programmatic (they don't require a particular means, approach or program to realize them). They're also not a "special interest."

If we pass a new voting rights amendment, the next civil rights movement will emerge fighting for congressional legislation - while also using the federal courts - to implement the Voting Rights Amendment.

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