Sharpton

Like David Bernstein, I have no tolerance for Al Sharpton. But when Bernstein asks whether he is "really supposed to take seriously a party" that gives Sharpton a slot at the convention, it is not immediately clear whether he is just expressing his disgust, or is actually trying to impliedly distinguish the Republicans. I have strong, strong antipathy for Al Sharpton, but will be flayed alive before agreeing to the notion that Pat Robertson or Pat Buchanan are any less repugnant.

So perhaps David will join me in a bipartisan call to both parties, asking them to stop letting anti-Semites, homophobes, racists, bigots, and general crackpots from giving prominent (or even non-prominent) speeches at the party conventions. It would make the election cycle just a little bit more tolerable.