One thing I’ve noticed lately is that conservatives love to talk about The Reverend Al Sharpton.  After a while, it started to amaze me, mostly because I don’t particularly view him as relevant.  It’s no different when liberals obsess about Sarah Palin, to be fair. She’s not particularly relevant to any actual politics. I guess everybody needs a bogeyman.

I finally decided to find out how much people tweeting about the various cable news networks mention Al.  For the month of December, through the end of 12/23, here are the counts:

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That’s right: Fox News tweeple talk about Al Sharpton more than MSNBC’s tweeps.  I guess they just can’t quit Al.