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Saturday, November 20, 2004

What's Al Sharpton Up To?

Or should that be "To What is Al Sharpton Up?"

Perhaps "Up To What is Al Sharpton?"

In any case, my quest to find the transcript of the Daily Show's
"Indecision 2004" coverage of the election, and particularly the
exchanges among Jon Stewart, former Massachusetts governor William Weld,
and, well, Al Sharpton, a man who needs no introduction but receives
them nonetheless, turned up this link which is related, and some other links, that are not exactly what I want, but interesting nonetheless.

Here is what I found out from the Orlando Sentinel:

First, emailing yourself the story results in the text of the story
being emailed to you in the body of the message.

First and a half, an item that I hope my Canadian friend will notice.

Second, the story, from OrlandoSentinel.com:

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Hate your job? Tell the preacher
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By David Kronke
Los Angeles Times

November 11, 2004

This has to qualify as one of the most whipsaw career moves in history. The Rev. Al Sharpton, in less than a week, went from being a former Democratic Party presidential candidate and political pundit arguing for his nation's future on cable news networks to shilling for his basic-cable reality program, Spike TV's I Hate My Job.

Sharpton, who delivered a speech at July's Democratic National Convention has modified his original intentions of improving the life of every American. Now, he's going to improve the life of one, or maybe two, participants on I Hate My Job, by offering them a career opportunity they might not otherwise have attained. The show airs at 9 p.m. Tuesdays.

Question: Is it odd going so immediately from discussing our nation's future on network news stages to discussing your reality show?

Sharpton: Not really. This type of show is a motivational show, in which people chase their real destiny. It's not that different politically.

Q: What was the appeal of the show for you?

Sharpton: I was always committed to the idea of what people want to do, what they want to be, and helping them achieve that through developmental change. You better yourself through endurance and commitment. It's challenging.

Q: On the show, you describe working with James Brown. Obviously, you didn't hate that job -- how hard was leaving it?

Sharpton: With James, I didn't hate the job, but I did not like the fact that I wasn't doing what I was born to do. . . . There were 50 reasons a day to say, I should just stay and get a check with Mr. Brown. But I didn't.

Q: Are you thinking about 2008 yet?

Sharpton: The media may have attempted to marginalize me, but at the convention we broke through -- it's obvious that we'll play a major role. I've grown in stature, so in 2008, you have to think of me in terms of someone who may not win, but you cannot think that I will not be a factor.

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