From MSNBC's
Sharpton embed today:
African-American leaders endorsing white candidates were not only targeted, they were also mocked by Sharpton: "I'm endorsing so and so. ... you are not doing nothing but playing with yourself. These people are not discussing you; they need a few cosmetic pictures to add to their profile. I'm ready to put out ads telling all Uncle Toms at least send me part of the money you get from selling out because if I wasn't in the race they wouldn't be offering you nothing. I put a whole new generation of Toms in business."
Sharpton says any black leader who endorses any white candidate is an Uncle Tom, and then demands these Uncle Toms give Sharpton money? As soon as Sharpton found out that Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. would become the second Congressional Black Caucus member to endorse Howard Dean, Sharpton accused Dean of having an "anti-black agenda," an apparent effort to hurt both Dean and Jackson and intimidate others into endorsing Sharpton.
A list of CBC members known to have endorsed a presidential candidate:
Rep. Corrine Brown: Graham
Rep. William "Lacy" Clay, Jr.: Gephardt
Rep. Danny K. Davis: Braun
Rep. Harold Ford, Jr.: Kerry
Rep. Alcee Hastings: Graham
Rep. Earl Hilliard: Lieberman
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.: Dean
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Rep. William Jefferson
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. Carrie Meek
Rep. Gregory Meeks
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Rep. Major Owens
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Bobby Rush
Rep. Robert Scott
Rep. Bennie Thompson
Rep. Edolphus Towns
Rep. Maxine Waters
Rep. Diane E. Watson
Rep. Melvin Watt
Rep. Albert R. Wynn
