Al Sharpton Annoyed By Angry DWTS Emails

THE POLITICS OF DANCING

Sharpton: There Are Bigger Issues Than Bristol Vs Brandy







The Reverend Al Sharpton has finally found a flap he wants no part of: the silly politicization of Dancing With The Stars.

With conspiracy theories running amuck regarding Bristol Palin's continued presence on the show, the syndicated libtalk host has found himself inundated with anti-Bristol correspondence. In particular, the removal of Brandy from the most recent episode has Sharpton's supporters in a tizzy. The singer has since blasted the voting results.

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But rather than organize a march, Sharpton has indicated his megaphone will remain in the closet this time. During yesterday's radio program, he seemed irritated while lecturing listeners on "keeping our priorities together":

AL SHARPTON (HOUR ONE - 30:54): Keeping it real, keeping it real, I’m your host, Reverend Al Sharpton, and a lot going on, we gonna be talking about all of it today.

A lot of people upset about the Dancing With The Stars last night, I talked about it on my Tom Joyner commentary this morning. People seem to be more upset with Brandy getting knocked off for Sarah Palin’s daughter than the midterm election, we need to get our priorities together, I’m going to talk about that today.

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SHARPTON (HOUR TWO - 1:21): Well I know a lot of people were emailing me and calling me about Dancing With The Stars last night and I didn’t watch it. I don’t usually watch Dancing With The Stars, but a lot of people are upset about it and if people want to call and say what they want to say about it, I’m willing to hear it.

I did not see it, but I understand that people feel Brandy was done wrong and there’s some politics at play here on behalf of the daughter of Sarah Palin. Having said that, I want to ask my non-political question of the day.

When even Al Sharpton finds a controversy too ridiculous to jump in front of, it should be clear to the tin foil crowd that battling Dancing With The Stars over vote counting is a waste of energy.

The real issue is this, however: liberals are unhappy with any activity that serves to culturally mainstream the Palins and Bristol's presence on DWTS has already accomplished a great deal of that.