# Al Sharpton for president! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630 "2003-01-04T17:10:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/1 "2003-01-04T17:10:48Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/04/sharpton.whitehouse.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/04/sharpton.whitehouse.ap/index.html) It’s official. I find it ironic that he says he’s more qualified than other contenders, yet he’s never held a public office ever. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/2 "2003-01-04T17:52:17Z")
I find it interesting that anyone pays attention to him. Hasn’t he proven himself to be ever-so-slightly _out there_? But a man’s gotta have a dream, right? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/3 "2003-01-04T20:52:07Z")
AAAAAAAAaaacckkkkkk!!! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/4 "2003-01-04T20:56:51Z")
It’ll give him a platform to run his mouth some more. That is about all it will amount to in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/5 "2003-01-04T22:09:57Z")
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HEE-HEE–HOO-HA-HEE-HEE-HEE\-BWOO-HOO-HOO-hee-HAHAHAHAHA!!! Gee, **Splanky** , you’re a card! 😃 Sharpton–for Prse—hee-hee-hee-hoo! Only choice worse than GeorgeW. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/6 "2003-01-04T22:12:02Z")
What a joke. Is Tawana Brawley going to be his running mate? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/7 "2003-01-04T23:13:19Z")
Yeah, I heard about that. Hilarious! Remember when Sharpton went to Israel to promote peace (as if having Arafat there wasn’t bad enough–he had to be there, too). Also, from the same site as cited above (because I’m a lazy bastard): [http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/24/cf.crossfire/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/24/cf.crossfire/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/8 "2003-01-05T01:15:47Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! The man is just plain strange (IMHO) . ( And no it’s not about him being black, I would vote for Colin Powell in a heeart beat, but Al Sharpton is wayyyyyy out there.) ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/9 "2003-01-05T02:45:06Z")
If you look up “demagogue” in a good illustrated dictionary you will find a picture of the Reverend Mr. Sharpton. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/10 "2003-01-05T03:24:08Z")
Since I live in a sleepy town in West Texas, and I’ve never been to the East Coast (except Washington D.C. in 1989!) just how important is Al Sharpton in New York? And while I don’t want to ask a question like “what do blacks think of Al Sharpton”, well how important is he, compared to Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan (who has been very quiet lately), and others. As I see it a vote for Al Sharpton is essentially a protest vote, not that its bad to protest. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/11 "2003-01-05T03:54:53Z")
A vote for Sharpton would be more like a “nutty” vote. His candidacy will serve a small personal agenda nothing more. GO GET 'EM, AL!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/12 "2003-01-05T04:36:02Z")
[Eddie Murphy, as a white guy who voted for a black guy just as a goof] “He fucking won?!” [/Eddie] Y’know, today was Jesse Ventura’s last day as Minnesota’s governor. Maybe Al could use him as a running mate… ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/13 "2003-01-05T06:53:57Z")
Nope, I think he’s decided to run with Malcolm X. \ ---
**Author:** ![Chanticleer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Chanticleer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanticleer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/14 "2003-01-05T19:47:19Z")
For President: Al Sharpton For Vice Pres.: Archie Bunker Secretary of State: Moms Mabley Secretary of Defense: Strom Thurmond Secretary of Labor: Pa Kettle Attorney General: Perry Mason Secretary of Education: Engleburt Whatshisdink Now there’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-sharpton-for-president/146630/15 "2003-01-06T17:01:03Z")
Sharpton made a speech in my (major) city yesterday, chiding the Democrats for taking the black vote for granted. Fair enough. But one camera angle from the back of the room showed only about 12 people there, _including_ reporters. There may not have been any real supporters showing up for him at all. The guy’s good at getting himself on TV, sure, but don’t fool yourself into thinking he has the support of a significant constituency. He does, however, help give the GOP a bogeyman.