Dear God, please let this be true

As an inveterate political junky, I watch candidate debates. Early primary debates are especially fun because they are often chaotic and less formal than the money debates later in races. In 2004, I had the best time watching Al Sharpton get his Reverend voice all fired up. Say what you will about this character or his politics, the man stands alone on his ability to weave a web of bullshit for the cameras. He is dazzling and very, very funny.

For that reason, I am so stoked to see that the man may run again in 2008. He, of course, has absolutely no chance of winning the nomination but it will be a hoot watching him, once again, rhetorically smack people around.

So please Reverend, run. Your nation’s comedy writers, cynics, and political junkies need you.