Smackdown for education reform at TU Center?
From the "reality is a series that would never get picked up" file: Al Sharpton will be in Albany at the TU Center next week. To guest host WWE Raw. Yep, that's pro wrestling.
We are not making this up. From the WWE blurb:
The outspoken activist, and frequent center of controversy, brings his headline-grabbing candor to the Sept. 28 edition of Monday Night Raw.
The following day, Sharpton joins former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in Philadelphia to kick off their nationwide tour - other stops include New Orleans on Nov. 3 and Baltimore on Nov. 13 - to highlight President Obama's efforts to reform public education, spur innovation and discuss challenges facing the United States' school systems.
What they don't say is that Sharpton and Duncan will be appearing as a tag team against Gingrich and Margaret Spellings for the NCLB belt.
[via @KevinMarshall]
Earlier on AOA: Slamming the state budget gap
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I ran the Hell away from professional wrestling some time ago, but the morbid curiosity and potential trainwreck of Al Sharpton at a live WWE event has me tempted to purchase a ticket.
... said Kevin Marshall on Sep 22, 2009 at 1:31 PM | link