Sharpton Says'Our Vote Not for Sale'

Sharpton Says'Our Vote Not for Sale'

NewsMax Wires
Thursday, July 29, 2004

BOSTON -- Al Sharpton fired up the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night with a spirited response to President Bush's speech last Friday to the National Urban League.

Sharpton prompted a roar of agreement from delegates when he sent this message to Bush about the black community: "Read my lips, our vote is not for sale."

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Bush, in his Urban League speech, had asked if the Democrats were taking the black vote for granted. He asked if blacks might be better off by aligning themselves with Republicans as well.

Sharpton, straying from his prepared text, said blacks have not come this far by "playing political games." He said the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the right to organize came under Democrats.

Sharpton, who waged his own candidacy this year, said he had stood with John Edwards and John Kerry at more than 30 campaign events and that he knows they are men who "say what they mean and mean what they say."

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