Al Sharpton on Abortion

• Women can choose about their life and their body. (Nov 2003)
• Conserve Roe v. Wade. (Mar 2003)
• Abortion is wrong, but let women choose. (Jan 2002)
• His Supreme Court nominees will allow right to choose. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Budget & Economy

• Focus on mass employment instead of big business. (Jan 2004)
• Average Americans are doing their share. (Oct 2003)
• Job development is critical to economy. (Sep 2003)
• Repeal virtually all of the Bush tax cuts. (Jun 2003)

Al Sharpton on Civil Rights

• Reparations based on Lincoln’s promise of 40 acres & a mule. (Jul 2004)
• Bush might reverse the gains of civil and women rights. (Jul 2004)
• We cannot treat people of different cultures as inferior. (Jul 2004)
• People in Baghdad can vote but people in DC can’t. (Jul 2004)
• Patriot Act is J. Edgar Hoover’s dream. (Feb 2004)
• Don’t let states deal with gay rights-equal federal rights. (Feb 2004)
• Confederate flag must be down everywhere. (Jan 2004)
• Flag burning is distasteful, but it’s free expression. (Jan 2004)
• Dangerous precedent to leave gay rights to the states. (Jan 2004)
• No people of color in Dean’s cabinet-should import talent. (Jan 2004)
• Just talking about race is trivializing the issue. (Jan 2004)
• Get young people involved in the election process. (Jan 2004)
• Banning gay marriage says gays are less than human. (Nov 2003)
• Dean’s Confederate flag comment stereotypes Southern Whites. (Nov 2003)
• Confederate flag: speak to whites & be sensitive to blacks. (Nov 2003)
• Discuss racial differences, even if unpopular. (Sep 2003)
• Equal protection under the law, not racial polarization. (May 2003)
• Confederate flag should only be seen in a museum. (May 2003)
• Supports reparations and affirmative action. (Feb 2003)
• Will continue to work for racial equality. (Feb 2003)
• Supports gay rights-let people choose to sin or not. (Jan 2002)
• Let gays and lesbians adopt. (Jan 2002)
• Patriot Act is unpatriotic illegitimate legislation. (Jun 2003)

Al Sharpton on Corporations

• Corporate misdeeds came from runaway deregulation. (Sep 2003)
• Favors fines when companies export jobs. (Sep 2003)
• People are told to serve country-companies should do same. (Sep 2003)

Al Sharpton on Crime

• Giuliani’s tone allowed Louima police brutality. (Jan 2007)
• NYPD “cowboy” unit disbanded after Diallo shooting. (Jan 2007)
• States rights are dangerous when applied to death penalty. (Feb 2004)
• Opposed to death penalty under any circumstances. (Jan 2004)
• End the death penalty-discriminatory, non-deterrent, wrong. (Jan 2004)
• Prison programs for job skills & drug rehab. (Jan 2004)
• Tawana Brawley case was about standing up for a victim. (Nov 2003)
• Only candidate opposed to death penalty. (Feb 2003)
• Focus on prevention instead of Three Strikes. (Jan 2002)
• It’s no coincidence that the wealthy don’t get executed. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Drugs

• Dorismond drug shooting shook the family by accusing victim. (Jan 2007)
• Never smoked marijuana, because he grew up in the church. (Nov 2003)
• Something wrong with mandatory time for drug users. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Education

• Two Americas divided by race and language, not just wealth. (Feb 2004)
• Vouchers are a gradual step toward privatization. (Jan 2004)
• Supports HJR29, right to equality of education for all. (Apr 2003)
• Education should be a constitutional right. (Apr 2003)
• Supports school prayer, but don’t impose it. (Jan 2002)

  School Choice

• GOP plan is to use vouchers to reduce education funding. (May 2003)
• Supports public education, not vouchers. (Jan 2003)

Al Sharpton on Energy & Oil

• Raise CAFE standard from 27.5 mpg to 33, and 25 for SUVs. (Jan 2004)
• Cap CO2 emissions and re-enter Kyoto discussions. (Jun 2003)
• Build hybrid vehicles; raise CAFE to 45 mpg. (Jun 2003)

Al Sharpton on Environment

• Fight hard for environmental justice. (Jun 2003)
• Safe and sustainable environment creates jobs. (Jun 2003)
• Religious mandate to be good stewards of what God has given. (Jun 2003)

Al Sharpton on Families & Children

Al Sharpton on Foreign Policy

• Haiti is in crisis because we blocked infrastructure aid. (Feb 2004)
• Trade & aid over military-super-help over superpower. (Jan 2004)
• Use UN & trade to move Iran toward democracy, not military. (Jan 2004)
• Participate as partners with UN in Iraq. (Dec 2003)
• Consistent foreign policy, and allies, are important. (Mar 2003)
• We deal with China, so let’s deal with Cuba. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Free Trade

• Cancel NAFTA rather than renegotiate it. (Feb 2004)
• Labor standards should not cost American workers jobs. (Jan 2004)
• Disagreed with NAFTA under Clinton AND under Bush. (Sep 2003)
• Against NAFTA; don’t sacrifice environment to economy. (Jun 2003)
• Repeal NAFTA and GATT: too business-friendly. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on Government Reform

• Need to monitor touch-screen voting machines. (Nov 2003)
• Count the DC primary like other primaries. (Nov 2003)
• Every American should have equal access to vote. (Jun 2003)
• Constitutional amendment on voting rights-remove from states. (May 2003)
• GOP plan is to reduce government by bankrupting it. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on Gun Control

• Require background checks, licensing, and fingerprinting. (Jan 2004)
• Supports federal gun licensing & registration. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on Health Care

• Wealthy Americans should pay more for Medicare. (Jan 2004)
• Other plans are step in the right direction of single-payer. (Jan 2004)
• Avoid privatized health system. (Jan 2004)
• Forget half-a-loaf--support single-payer. (Sep 2003)
• Right to health care, to education, and to vote. (May 2003)
• Believes in constitutional right to health care. (May 2003)
• Guarantee health care with Constitutional amendment. (Apr 2003)

Al Sharpton on Homeland Security

• Ordinary NYers are 9/11 heroes; Giuliani just did his job. (Jan 2007)
• Blame the terrorists, not the Islamic religion. (Jan 2004)
• Eliminate Funding for national missile defense. (Jan 2004)
• Submit to a world body to combat the terrorists. (Nov 2003)
• Cut defense budget, even if unpopular. (Sep 2003)
• Military increases have nothing to do with terrorism. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Immigration

• Relax Mexican border to match Canadian border. (Jan 2004)
• Current immigration law is discriminatory. (Jan 2003)
• Immigration system is archaic & biased against Latinos. (Jan 2002)

Al Sharpton on Jobs

• Raise minimum wage to at least $7.15. (Jan 2004)
• Institutional discrimination still hinders minorities. (Jan 2004)
• Create jobs that are necessary. (Jan 2004)
• Spend $250 billion in 5 years to create jobs. (Nov 2003)
• Need federal laws to protect workers, not state-by-state. (May 2003)
• On picket lines & in jails for 35 years for workers rights. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on Principles & Values

• Living up to the promise of America is not a partisan issue. (Jul 2004)
• Family values are not just car garages and a retirement plan. (Jul 2004)
• Top Ten: Raise issues that would otherwise be overlooked. (Mar 2004)
• Hosts Saturday Night Live: “I hope America laughed together”. (Dec 2003)
• His activism is all about equal opportunity under the law. (Nov 2003)
• Practice religion personally and practice governing publicly. (Nov 2003)
• Most important in VP is shared vision and policy agreement. (Nov 2003)
• Galvanize the Dem base by registering urban blacks. (Nov 2003)
• Better to be a new Democrat than an old GOP-like Democrat. (Sep 2003)
• Favorite song: “Talking Loud, Saying Nothing” about GOP. (Sep 2003)
• We need a new director and a new direction. (Sep 2003)
• We’re in a civil war over rejection of votes, from FL to CA. (Sep 2003)
• On black vote: turn people on, then turn people out. (Sep 2003)
• I want to privatize only one thing: privatize George Bush. (May 2003)
• His newly registered voters help other Dems. (May 2003)
• We don’t just need a new director; we need a new direction. (May 2003)
• Will tackle real issues like economy. (Mar 2003)
• Represents progressive wing of Democratic Party. (Feb 2003)
• Focused on listening to marginalized people. (Jan 2003)

Al Sharpton on Social Security

• More financing for Social Security in its current form. (Jan 2004)
• Faster economic growth will save Social Security. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on Tax Reform

• We’ve read Bush’s lips-he lied, and hiked taxes. (Sep 2003)
• Bush tax cuts make us victims of a war of mass distraction. (May 2003)
• Bush isn’t cutting taxes, he’s shifting taxes. (May 2003)
• Repealing tax cut isn’t raising taxes; it’s saving America. (May 2003)
• Would repeal all Bush tax cuts. (May 2003)

Al Sharpton on War & Peace

• Bush misled us on Iraq. (Jul 2004)
• The premise for the Iraqi war was changed after our losses. (Jul 2004)
• Day 1: Bring the troops home. (Jan 2004)
• UN-based multilateral redevelopment plan for Iraq. (Nov 2003)
• Bush wrong to wage war in Iraq-bring troops home now. (Oct 2003)
• No on $87B for Iraq-don’t chase bad investment with more. (Sep 2003)
• Bush has failed at promised task of capturing bin Laden. (Sep 2003)
• Bush has still not presented evidence for Iraq war. (Sep 2003)
• Bush doctrine is dangerous and un-American. (Jun 2003)
• Challenge Bush on the war on Iraq. (Jun 2003)
• Bush’s unilateral foreign policy is short-sighted. (May 2003)
• Focus on 50 states we already occupy before occupying Iraq. (Apr 2003)
• Bush failed to find WMD, Hussein, Bin Laden. (Apr 2003)
• Would work with allies to avoid war. (Mar 2003)
• Would go after those who attacked us, not Hussein. (Mar 2003)

Al Sharpton on Welfare & Poverty

• Focus welfare on child care & low-income housing. (Jan 2004)