All the stuff in the Voice and Salon articles may be true. Or not. But why is the left spending its energy eating its young, instead of going after the real bad guys? Sharpton -- as is evident by his backdoor meetings with Bloomberg -- is willing, even eager, to be co-opted. He calls it "respect," and in politics that's just what it is. Why not bring him into the fold? Offer his constituency something if he delivers them? Oh, I remember -- he's a manipulative, greedy, sneaky, look-out-for-number-one guy. That's so rare in politics, that must be why he's distasteful to the Democrats? Gimme a break. Politicians -- our and theirs -- sleep on any side of the bed they can get laid on. Why not get Sharpton, with his speaking skills and his following, on ours?