Politics: Meander-Watch 2003
Following on an earlier post I can no longer locate owing to the failure of our search engine, I took note of several events on the schedules of second-tier presidential candidates today. My earlier post discussed how Al Sharpton took a trip to Africa, which wasn't covered by mainstream press because he's not running for office in Africa, it turns out, but here in North America, somewhere.
The meandering continues. According to today's Note from ABC News, Rev. Sharpton conducts a press conference today with the family of the Burkinabe artist Ousmane Zongo, who was killed by a Staten Island police officer in late May. At the press conference, family members and Sharpton intend to announce a wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting. Noble cause, Rev. Al. However, you may want to actually run for president during your presidential campaign.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Rep. Dennis Kucinich is holding an open forum at the Animal Rights 2003 Conference.
Let's look, for contrast, at the activities of other presidential contenders and incumbents, shall we? Cheney is headlining one Bush-Cheney 2004 fundraiser in Utah and another in Idaho. Senator John Kerry is meeting with union members. Senator Edwards is meeting with union members. Lieberman's raising money. This is what actual presidential candidates do, guys. Just FYI.
Following on an earlier post I can no longer locate owing to the failure of our search engine, I took note of several events on the schedules of second-tier presidential candidates today. My earlier post discussed how Al Sharpton took a trip to Africa, which wasn't covered by mainstream press because he's not running for office in Africa, it turns out, but here in North America, somewhere.
The meandering continues. According to today's Note from ABC News, Rev. Sharpton conducts a press conference today with the family of the Burkinabe artist Ousmane Zongo, who was killed by a Staten Island police officer in late May. At the press conference, family members and Sharpton intend to announce a wrongful death lawsuit over the shooting. Noble cause, Rev. Al. However, you may want to actually run for president during your presidential campaign.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Rep. Dennis Kucinich is holding an open forum at the Animal Rights 2003 Conference.
Let's look, for contrast, at the activities of other presidential contenders and incumbents, shall we? Cheney is headlining one Bush-Cheney 2004 fundraiser in Utah and another in Idaho. Senator John Kerry is meeting with union members. Senator Edwards is meeting with union members. Lieberman's raising money. This is what actual presidential candidates do, guys. Just FYI.
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