Sharpton for Press Secretary?

[Mattforclark]

I think it would be interesting to gauge support for this idea.

Who would like to see Sharpton as Press Secretary when we boot out Dubya next year?

Note - this is not intended to be a knock on his presidential campaign, and if he wins the nomination I am behind him 1000%.

[mmonk]

1. yes

or a speech writer

[eissa]

2. OMG, how funny would that be?!

The press would be too afraid to ask any questions! Can you imagine the comebacks?! I tell you, those would be THE most watched briefings in the history of the WH!!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

11. exactly - ratings would go through the roof!

It would be good for America, and focus attention of public policy. Why watch some boring reality show when you can watch real reality starring Al Sharpton? OMG it would be amazing! :bounce:

[leftofthedial]

3. he's such a great orator, I said yes

but I'd like to see him have a more substantive role too.

[joanski01]

4. What a wonderful idea!

You should certainly suggest it to the new president. I love it.

[gristy]

5. I don't think it would work

If only because a press secretary must function only as the admin's mouthpiece. He/she cannot be winging it or offering up his/her own opinion on anything. It might be funny/refreshing for a day. By about the third day problems would start arising.

[DuctapeFatwa]

6. No offense to press secretaries, but Al is just too smart to

be anybody's press secretary.

A good press secretary needs to be bright, but still able to stand in front of a group of wet people and tell them it has not rained for weeks, is not raining, and will not rain, and believe it enough to make him/herself heard over the thunder.

Al will probably end up on one of the CrusadeNets, bestowing new orifices on the various spokesoaves of whoever the corporations select as next season's on-air talent, which is where he would end up after a blindingly brief stint as a press secretary for any entity anyway, why should he be waylaid?

[Myra]

7. I dunno where I want him, but I dont want him to fade away

After watching him in the Dem debates I
was just floored at how bright and witty
and composed he is.

I then had to undo years of loathing, because
before the Dem debates if someone said his name
I'd go into dry heaves. I had the lowest possible
opinion of him. Now it's more mixed; I think he's
done some iffy things in the past, but when I search
on google to see if he's crossed certain lines, I
can't find evidence that he has. I can mostly just
find accounts of someone trashing him and claiming
he's said and done (fill in the blank). So I'm softening
my views of even his past, though not 100%.

Regardless, I care less about his past and more about his
future because the brain I've seen in the debates shouldn't
be put a shelf somewhere. But it's gonna be a real uphill
march for him to gain mainstream acceptance. You should see
people's faces when I tell them how good he is in the debates.
Both friends and family members have recoiled in horror when
I've told them. And frankly that's the reaction I'd have had
before the debates.

They really just have to see for themselves.
But it's a dilemma. His name triggers such negative
reactions that many would have to be forced to watch him
(as I was in the debates). Once people watch and listen,
I think he can win them over.

[Solomon]

8. I agree. He's done extremely well for himself and he's proven

that he certainly has a good intellect. Press Secretary would be fun but I agree that he deserves a more serious position.

[Bombtrack]

9. he should get his own show

on what format I don't know, but Sharpton is a new yorker, not a washingtonian.

[Q]

10. President or vice-president at the very least...

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