If I didn’t have the ESPN app which features short videos of his pontifications I wouldn’t know who he is and I’m guessing that’s true for at least 80% of the population. Plus he’s not giving up his highly paid TV gig to solicit contributions and hit the campaign trail.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since 2015 I’ve been trying to think of somebody who might run for > president as a Democrat, who I would feel honir bound to Oppose, even if it > meant voting for a conservative (But institutional) Republican. > > I can stop thinking: His name is Steven A Smith… > > ===== > From Remarks Smith made at NAB today: > > “Over the last few weeks, I’ve had no choice but to get more serious about > it,” he said. “I’ve been approached by people on Capitol Hill. I’ve been > approached by people who are elected officials in office, whether it’s > governors or mayors or what have you. People have legitimately, seriously > asked me about it. I have no desire to be a politician, but I’ve decided > that I’m no longer going to close that door. I’m gonna keep my options > open. I’m going to entertain the possibility. > > “If it comes in late 2026, 2027, where I look at this country and think > it’s an absolute mess and there’s legitimate reason to believe ... that I > indeed have a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States — > I am not going to rule it out.” > > Smith added that he’d be able to run a campaign on offense, stating that > he has no political record and could go after lifelong politicians and > their poor records. > > “I have no desire to be a politician. My life is pretty well set up,” > Smith said. “But I will no longer close the door.” > > Just last month, ESPN made Smith one of the highest-paid personalities in > sports media > <https://deadspin.com/espn-gives-stephen-a-smith-100-million-lebron-james-gives-him-an-earful/> > when > he signed a $100 million extension.” > > > > > https://deadspin.com/stephen-a-smith-considering-2028-united-states-presidential-run/ > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BN7ErBYiL1qBXM-%2BLP7vq9gqWxa8bqp%3DUVZbesrytPyA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BN7ErBYiL1qBXM-%2BLP7vq9gqWxa8bqp%3DUVZbesrytPyA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEzMyrRBn5B8nWW7DeMt%3DJuCKBC6HgxmeUqreczXe67xw%40mail.gmail.com.
