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17. I always liked him and I am white. He sticks up for the right things and it
doesn't matter if your white or black. Poor people are the ones he really helps out the most. I respect him. I like his show. I wish they would put more like him on saturdays and sundays right behind Chris Hayes show.
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  -Al Sharpton is a ratings smash for MSNBC--move him to prime time! DuaneBidoux  Dec-02-11 11:29 AM   #0 
  - Why 9:00 PM?  90-percent   Dec-02-11 11:31 AM   #1 
  - Well, it was just a thought...I guess I should have just said "prime time"  DuaneBidoux   Dec-02-11 11:37 AM   #4 
     - My apologizes  90-percent   Dec-02-11 11:56 AM   #6 
        - LOL CRS Syndrome. My mother used to tell me I had that a lot. nt  DocMac   Dec-02-11 12:26 PM   #13 
  - He's growing into the role...  targetpractice   Dec-02-11 11:34 AM   #2 
  - Really?  vaberella   Dec-04-11 05:52 AM   #43 
  - CNBC? nt  valerief   Dec-02-11 11:35 AM   #3 
  - Thanks for the catch. Changed.  DuaneBidoux   Dec-02-11 11:39 AM   #5 
  - You are so right  Empowerer   Dec-02-11 12:03 PM   #7 
  - I wasn't a believer but am one now. I never miss his show.  AtomicKitten   Dec-02-11 12:05 PM   #8 
  - I never had a doubt that Al would bring in a whole new demo for MSNBC.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-02-11 12:06 PM   #9 
  - Yeah, MSNBC (along with a whoooole bunch of other "liberal" outlets) was in desperate need  Number23   Dec-02-11 06:26 PM   #22 
     - Let's face it, MSNBC needed some diversity, especially since they cater to a progressive crowd.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-02-11 10:45 PM   #30 
     - Ain't that the truth. Whenever I said MSNBC was practicing institutionalized racism,  vaberella   Dec-04-11 05:56 AM   #44 
        - It was institutional, and it was shameful. How do you set yourself out as a progressive outlet,  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-04-11 06:25 AM   #48 
        - Exactly!  EffieBlack   Dec-05-11 07:41 AM   #58 
           - Al is refreshing because he's had actual skin in the game. He's gone to jail.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-05-11 02:07 PM   #61 
        - I definitely feel your pain on this one  Empowerer   Dec-04-11 06:09 PM   #54 
     - He was fabulous today supporting Obama against the pugs  flamingdem   Dec-02-11 11:16 PM   #32 
  - Do we put Barney Frank's show before or after his?  Rosco T.   Dec-02-11 12:07 PM   #10 
  - I doubt it  Inuca   Dec-02-11 01:16 PM   #19 
     - Never say never...  Rosco T.   Dec-02-11 06:34 PM   #24 
  - I really like Rev. Al and have listened to him often on his radio show too. I do however like the  1776Forever   Dec-02-11 12:11 PM   #11 
  - I have to apologize to Rev. Al Sharpton  Hutzpa   Dec-02-11 12:14 PM   #12 
  - It's because people were easily swayed by nonsense from the media criticizing him.  vaberella   Dec-04-11 06:03 AM   #45 
  - Go Rev!  democrank   Dec-02-11 12:39 PM   #14 
  - Good for Al  musiclawyer   Dec-02-11 12:51 PM   #15 
  - I find him to be the only  safeinOhio   Dec-02-11 01:07 PM   #16 
  - I always liked him and I am white. He sticks up for the right things and it  southernyankeebelle   Dec-02-11 01:07 PM   #17 
  - I finally sat down and watched a whole show of Al Sharpton's yesterday.  boxman15   Dec-02-11 01:14 PM   #18 
  - Next to Maddow it's my favorite MSNBC show  SpartanDem   Dec-02-11 05:12 PM   #20 
  - He's on fire!  ellisonz   Dec-02-11 05:54 PM   #21 
  - I like his Blueberry Pie commercial.. It is a hoot.  glowing   Dec-02-11 06:32 PM   #23 
  - I liked that one, too, made me laugh...  Rhiannon12866   Dec-03-11 09:12 PM   #42 
  - Al is great.. he really gives it to the GOPers.  DCBob   Dec-02-11 07:03 PM   #25 
  - He should take one of Chris Matthews' slots since his show is on twice-5pm and 7pm. n/t  jenmito   Dec-02-11 07:21 PM   #26 
  - I vote for the 7 pm slot, since it's much closer to primetime. He'd be a great lead in to primetime.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-03-11 12:45 AM   #33 
     - Yeah, I agree...  jenmito   Dec-04-11 11:29 AM   #52 
  - rev al is fantastic  trueblue2007   Dec-02-11 07:53 PM   #27 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-02-11 08:52 PM   #28 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-02-11 09:03 PM   #29 
  - some of here KNEW he'd be great but we had to fight the cenk loyalists  flamingdem   Dec-02-11 11:13 PM   #31 
  - The "Cenk loyalists" were hoping he'd crash & burn. Some of us knew different.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-03-11 12:50 AM   #34 
  - Exactly  EffieBlack   Dec-03-11 07:29 AM   #35 
     - You are so right. He proved the usual cynics wrong, and proved to MSNBC that...  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-03-11 05:23 PM   #41 
  - Cenk keeps it real  Enrique   Dec-03-11 08:56 AM   #36 
  - LOL!  EffieBlack   Dec-03-11 09:08 AM   #37 
  - Yea, that's pretty bad.  theaocp   Dec-03-11 10:22 AM   #39 
  - Al Sharpton is "the system"?! WTF?! I've never heard anything so absurd & ridiculous in my life.  vaberella   Dec-04-11 06:19 AM   #47 
     - You seem comfortable with T_D, so I'll take a smilie from him.  theaocp   Dec-04-11 11:16 AM   #50 
     - Thank you Dr. West.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-04-11 04:40 PM   #53 
        - Have him say hello to Tavis for me, mmmk?  Ikonoklast   Dec-04-11 06:14 PM   #56 
           - Exactly. His critics are literally seething with envy, which makes his success all the more....  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-04-11 06:17 PM   #57 
     - And whenever he DOES "challenge the system," he's accused of being a race pimp - often by people  Empowerer   Dec-04-11 06:12 PM   #55 
  - "Real" is in the eye of the beholder. Cenk is fringe & right where he belongs.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-03-11 05:00 PM   #40 
     - Only when you buy into the Republican framing of where  theaocp   Dec-04-11 11:18 AM   #51 
  - Agreed...however many made it seem as though Al was usurping Cenk.  vaberella   Dec-04-11 06:08 AM   #46 
  - That's because he's radiates honesty and sincerity. It oozes  Greybnk48   Dec-03-11 09:54 AM   #38 
  - He's OK... much rather see Chris Hayes at that 8 pm time slot  Mudoria   Dec-05-11 07:44 AM   #59 
     - Different strokes for different folks. It doesn't matter who you like, it's the numbers.  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-05-11 01:54 PM   #60 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-04-11 06:37 AM   #49 
  - Sharpton's blueberry pie commercial is by far the best thing on cable news!  Phx_Dem   Dec-05-11 03:00 PM   #62 
  - I love that commercial!  Tarheel_Dem   Dec-06-11 11:26 AM   #64 
  - Sharpton is better than Olbermann  center rising   Dec-05-11 04:27 PM   #63 
 

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