What cabinet position should Sharpton have in the Kerry administration?

[MoonRiver]

I like Secretary of Education. Talk about kicking butt! :D

[aquart]

1. UN Ambassador?

[Dookus]

2. None whatsoever

[metisnation]

3. OMG

Americans are not concerned about who they go to bed at night with, but if they have a job in the morning.

The Rev..

I am fired up now!

He is the man!

JFK 04! The Rev. Secretary of State!

[Rowdyboy]

4. Ambassador to the UN

Can you see him as the next Secretary General?

[Dookus]

5. I'd prefer

a man or woman who's held a job before.

Sharpton will NOT get a job in ANY administration. Nor should he.

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. If you prefer a man or woman who's held a job...

Then how can you vote for Kerry?

[arewethereyet]

6. first, what Kerry Administration ? Second, none.

couldn't afford the expense account.

[Tennessee_tarheel]

7. secretary of racial pandering and division?

ruining lives? what a creep.

[SayitAintSo]

8. LOL

that was good ...

[HuskerDem]

10. Boo hoo

:cry: Is Al part of the DLC conspiracy too?

[MoonRiver]

13. Sour grapes anyone?

* is tanking, Kerry is rising, and some have a problem with that. Oh, well (sigh)! :D

[AntiCoup2K4]

37. No, he's part of the Republican conspiracy.

Ask his boss Roger Stone (one of the architects of the Miami courthouse riot in 2000)

[HuskerDem]

9. I'd love to see him as the press secretary!

Would that be a riot? I'd love watching those press conferences.

[sistersofmercy]

24. Me too! n/t

[AgadorSparticus]

26. oh yeah!! that would be sweeeeeeet!

[DebJ]

27. ha! I said the same thing at the last debate!

[mgarretson]

48. Here, Here!!

Good call, HuskerDem. Sharpton would kick ass as White House Press Secretary! At least we'd get a good laugh... Kind of reminds me of the fun I had watching Don Rumsfield press conferences back in the early days of this administration.

John Kerry: President
Wes Clark: VP
John Edwards: AG
Dick Gephardt: Sec. of Labor
Dean: Surgeon General (Think about it... Can't you just picture Dean as SG when you hear "The Surgeon General says..."?
Sharpton: White House Spokesmen

Lol... Anyways... Rev. Sharpton, :yourock:

Best,

[SadEagle]

11. Minister of republican operatives.

To help give back to the guys running his campaign

[AngryAmish]

Chairman Federal Reserve Board

Not cabinet level, yet worthy of someone of his talents.

[OKNancy]

12. None

he's good for a laugh, but so is Al Franken.

[Renew Deal]

14. Press Secretary

Imagine the press conferences.

[MoonRiver]

18. That's the best yet!!! Press conferences would be the most watched

events of the day! Ratings would soar, and CNN would be pandering right and left to get exclusive rights for airing them!

[shoopnyc123]

15. He should be an Ambassador or Envoy...

to any country of African Descent...

[MAlibdem]

16. court jester

he's smart, he cheapens himself with dumb jokes that demean himself

[TheDonkey]

17. Not sure he'd want to be tied into DC

seems to want to travel the nation and fight.

I'd give him the department of Urban Development.
He really knows how to tackle the tough issues ahead in the urban community.

[MoonRiver]

20. That makes very good sense.

Al would be a natural in that roll.

[WillyBrandt]

19. Absolutely none. Sharpton is a charming sleazeball.

Don't kid yourself about Rev Al.

[MoonRiver]

23. Well, it's not up to me. I'm just waxing philosophical.

But I do like Sharpton. He got me through *'s installation when I watched Al's Shadow Inauguration taking place on C-SPAN.

[Adelante]

31. Amen

He'd never get in the door.

[DuctapeFatwa]

21. I don't think Sharpton could be counted on to maintain the status quo

He doesn't only dislike bush, he disagrees with bush's policies.

While Kerry is a much better speaker than bush, and much more telegenic, with oratory talents that enable him to make even the most appalling and horrific aspects of US policy sound more palatable to affluent Americans, I don't think that will be enough for Sharpton.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Department of Shucking and Jiving?

All kidding aside I don't think he'll get any appointment.

[turnhardleft]

25. What Kerry administration?

If I were AL I would keep my distance from mister flipflop and dirty stockholder.

[Dookus]

28. yeah..

Al wouldn't want to hurt his reputation

:eyes:

[turnhardleft]

30. At least AL is consistent on his platform

I'll take honesty over appeasement any day.

[Dookus]

33. lol...

If you're looking for honesty, Al Sharpton is probably not your guy.

I have to keep reminding myself that some people actually BELIEVE the insane rhetoric they spout.

[aldian159]

29. press secretary

he'd keep the media on their toes for sure.

For real, maybe HUD or HHS

[lcordero]

32. along with being Press Secretary

He thinks VERY VERY WELL on his feet.

[West Coast Democrat]

34. Housing and Urban Development

[AntiCoup2K4]

35. King of the Emerald City of OZ

Why the Hell not? There will never BE a Kerry administration, so let Al dream big.

[mikehiggins]

38. Sharpton doesn't want to be part of ANY administration.

His ability to speak his mind is his primary strength. Working for "the man" can lead you into places you don't want to go. Look what happened to Colin Powell, once a respected leader, now little more than a ten dollar whore for the Bush administration.

Sharpton would love to be offered a post, so he could tell everyone why he turned it down.

As for Secretary of Education? The man has zero qualifications for a job like that.

[Leilani]

39. Create Dept. of Tourism for Al

It seems Rev Al has spent the campaign cruising the country, staying in the country's finest hotels, running up huge roomservice bills, & generally living the high life, while not having the money to pay for all this luxury.

[Protagoras]

40. Whitehouse Press Secretary

no doubt in my mind...would be the most entertaining 4 years in American politics.

[scheming daemons]

41. Absolutely NONE

Sharpton is a clown... he's not a serious politician. He's a media whore who is good with the one-liners, but do we really want him setting any POLICY? C'mon... we're not THAT far gone, are we?


There is no cabinet position that he even minimally qualified for.


It would be a horrible decision to hire him for anything.

[Joe the Revelator]

42. I don't think we should give Anti-Semites Cabinet positions...

but thats just me

[looking glass]

43. Ambasador to Crown Heights?

n/t

[newyawker99]

50. Hi looking glass!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[TruthWins]

44. Secretary of Offense n/t

[GumboYaYa]

45. Sharpton should be Press Secretary.

Can you imagine how much fun the daily briefing would be with Sharpton at the helm?

[WI_DEM]

46. I doubt he will have any

Clinton didn't offer any to Jesse Jackson either and Jackson isn't as polarizing as Sharpton.

[revcarol]

47. After Kerry's "performance" last night, doubt that Kerry will have

an administration.Minorities and progressives do not like being dissed.

[Freddie Stubbs]

49. Secretary of Slander

In 1998 Sharpton was ordered to pay Steven Pagones $65,000 in damages for slander for explicitly implicating the young prosecutor in the rape of Tawana Brawley. Before the trial Sharpton had said, "We stated openly that Steven Pagones ... did it ... if we're lying, sue us"<1>. Sharpton refused to pay. In January 2001 after Pagones had collected only $15,000 from Sharpton's garnished salary, a group of wealthy African Americans stepped in to pay.

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