I sure hope Al Sharpton

[Monique1]

has his own show on MSNBC - he is not afraid of anyone. He has the facts and is smart.

[CatWoman]

1. yes!!!

he's wonderful.

he just kicked Ron Christie's ass.

ANOTHER knotch in his belt :rofl:

[winstars]

2. HEY RON: DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK AT THE CAMERA...

AND BLINK!!! Oh Snap!!! That was the Rev's final parting words for fucking idiot Christie... (what with that name these days anyway)

[CatWoman]

5. that was tooo sweet!!

:rofl:

[monmouth]

14. Is Ron the fella with the eye problem? If so he'd have a hell of a time

looking directly at the camera you know what I mean?

[CatWoman]

16. *snicker*

yes :)

[DesertFlower]

3. the other day i got home about 4 minutes

before the end of his show. he was tearing sheriff joe a new one. sorry i missed the whole thing.

[Monique1]

4. A great moment when Al kicked

Arpios ass. He also kicked the tea baggers ass also. Al does not play games.

[DesertFlower]

6. i'm from NYC. i didn't like him back then.

he caused a lot of racial tensions with the tawana brawley mess, but i like him now.

[Duke Newcombe]

9. Age (and those mistakes) have refined him...

...my respect for him is restored, show by show.

[DesertFlower]

10. me too. nt

[Kahuna]

13. Don't remind me. That was one embarrassing mess. But Rev. has

grown leaps and bounds since that time. He is not the same man. He's older and wiser.

[monmouth]

15. I met him when Dingle was running for mayor and I was working on

West 57th. Wanted to know why a nice girl like me was living in Jersey. He cracked me up, is a very charming guy.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

:applause:

[Duke Newcombe]

8. He's been hitting it out of the park all week.

Cenk needs to get back home if he wants a show anymore. Either that, or I know a certain news network that would be a fine fit... :)

[dembotoz]

11. i do love rev al but

we need to be active ourselves

we can not live our lives thru our commentators

[Kahuna]

12. I'm in! Rev Al is smart and mature. We need more of THAT! nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

17. He has more baggage than Paris Hilton

Look up what he did during the Tawana Brawley fiasco

[ecstatic]

18. Wow. Let it go! Supporting someone who claimed to be raped shouldn't

be a crime.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

19. If that was all that there was to it...

He still refuses to admit error or apologize.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Who cares? n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

21. Anyone who wants quality leadership should

If you don't...

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Why do you presume authority to assign "leaders"? He has been subbing on a tv show.

The content of that show is what is relevant.... Sorry but your strawman doesn't fly.

[Kahuna]

27. "Leadership?" Since when is a talking head pundit supposed to be

a leader? The topic of this conversation is whether he should have his own show, not whether he should be a leader.

[H2O Man]

24. Lions and tigers and bears!

Oh my!

[Serenades]

25. wow

So, a guy makes a mistake 30 years ago and he can never be forgiven or have anything worthwhile to say even though his entire life has been dedicated to bettering others?

[Kahuna]

26. He has redeemed himself from that unfortunate event. nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

28. Is that possible without an apology or admission of error?

[Kahuna]

34. Apparently so, since it didn't become an issue when he ran

for president, and it's not an issue for a major news network.

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[Brigid]

22. I don't know where Cenk has been.

I hope it's just a vacation. But I would love to see Rev. Al get his own show. :)

[loyalsister]

30. Sharpton Rocks!

When I first started seeing him, I didn't take him seriously. But since then, I have become a huge fan!! He knows his stuff, and he speaks just aggressively enough. :headbang:

[Raine]

31. I really enjoy him as a host. I would love for him to get

his own show, just not take Cenk's though. Al should get one of Tweety's hours.

[21st Century FDR]

32. Rev. Al is doing very well in his "guest hosting" appearances

First doing Ed's show for a week, then the 3 PM time slot usually hosted by Cenk.

As I've said in other threads on this topic, I think MSNBC should dump the 4 PM rebroadcast of Tweety's Hardball and give that time slot to Al.

If, for whatever reason they don't do this right away, at least you know it's inevitable eventually. Remember that Cenk, Ed, Rachel, and Lawrence O'Donnell all started out as guest hosts themselves, so Al is definitely on the right track one way or the other. But as long as they have an hour available, why the Hell not put the man on the payroll?

[Ichingcarpenter]

33. Sharpton was a tour manager for the late GREAT James Brown

n 1963, Sharpton's father left his wife to have a relationship with Sharpton's half-sister. Ada Sharpton took a job as a maid, but her income was so low that the family qualified for welfare and had to move from middle class Hollis, Queens, to the public housing projects in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Sharpton graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, and attended Brooklyn College, dropping out after two years in 1975. He became a tour manager for James Brown in 1971.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton#Early_life