Overheard at the DNC: Sharpton on the Constitution

David Weigel | August 25, 2008

At the DNC. Rev. Al Sharpton, rushing from point A to point B, gets waylaid by a reason staffer. Another person horns in, and the following fragmented exchange occurs:

Fan: Reverend, Reverend! Can you sign my pocket Constitution?

Sharpton: (distracted) I won’t sign anything I haven’t read.

Sharpton rushes off, leaving a disappointed autograph seeker in his wake.

Comments

Workbreak|8.25.08 @ 5:13PM|#

Hilarious.

The Extispicator|8.25.08 @ 5:14PM|#

At least he didn't say "I won't sign anything that I completly disregard."

SIV|8.25.08 @ 5:23PM|#

Hell, I'm surprised the Rev Sharpton isn't on an all expense made missionary trip to Africa like the Rev Wright.

SIV|8.25.08 @ 5:25PM|#

*all expense made paid missionary trip to Africa*

|8.25.08 @ 5:25PM|#

Sharpton can read?

|8.25.08 @ 5:26PM|#

Comedy. Gold. Now we just need Will Sasso and Alex Borstein interviewing people as they enter the convention and we will have reached a nadir of humor.

|8.25.08 @ 5:34PM|#

I'll sign it, but I have reservations about the constitutionality of the document.

Matilda|8.25.08 @ 5:40PM|#

Say what you want about Shapton, but he and Hannity are the greatest comedy team since Abbott and Costello

Paul|8.25.08 @ 6:23PM|#

Fan: Reverend, Reverend! Can you sign my pocket Constitution?

Sharpton: (distracted) I won't sign anything I haven't read.

Fan: Who's that lady with you?

Sharpton: That's no lady, that's my wife.

Orange Line Special|8.25.08 @ 6:42PM|#

The only reason Reason didn't get to ask a question is because there were too many of them! From Al's impact on the lives of others, down to relatively minor incidents like this. It was just too much for them, otherwise they would have concentrated on making Al look like the fool he is rather than just coming back with the funny.

Franklin Harris|8.25.08 @ 7:05PM|#

This post is made of win, as the kids say.

thoreau|8.25.08 @ 7:05PM|#

To be fair, I'm sure he meant that he isn't about to take anybody's word that what he's signing is really a copy of the Constitution and not something else.

Still, comedy gold.

Orange Line Special|8.25.08 @ 7:20PM|#

Guess what: Bob Barr spoke in Denver today, but for some reason that hasn't been covered here. I'm sure, if they do deign to cover it, Reason will be as non-biased as the AP.

|8.25.08 @ 7:25PM|#

nadir of humor.

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

|8.25.08 @ 9:34PM|#

So unfair. So misleading. So underhanded.

So funny.

Jesus|8.25.08 @ 10:04PM|#

"Sharpton: (distracted) I won't sign anything I haven't read."

Perhaps he mistook it for a Bible.

|8.25.08 @ 10:18PM|#

My hispanic friend wins the thread

|8.26.08 @ 1:36PM|#

I have to hand it to Sharpton. For a racially divisive, self aggrandizing blowhard, he is funny.