Meet the Press - Transcript for Jan. 12 - Frist and Sharpton

Frist - Lott with a prettier face, Sharpton not a mistress.

Sharpton - "The reason I’ve been critical of the Democrats is because of some Democrats, ...Affirmative action — clearly there has been equivocation; death penalty, where you have the racial disparity on death row, clear equivocation; ...So I think that it is to me degrading to say “We want your vote, let’s turn out in big numbers, 90 percent on Election Day, but we can’t stand with you in the light of day.” That is a mistress relationship. I think that that has to end and I intend to be part of that in 2004.