Imagine a world where Stephen A. Smith leaves First Take for…the White House.
The bombastic ESPN personality certainly sounded open to the idea of one day running for office — if he was told that he would have a legitimate chance to win, that is.
“I would have told you ‘Hell no. No way in hell’ years ago,” Smith said while promoting his book, “Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes” on Paul Finebaum’s radio show Wednesday. “I was a father out of wedlock. Obviously when you think about the standards that were once held in the White House, I’m pretty damn good. But I’m not perfect, and those imperfections obviously would be highlighted when 350 million American citizens are relying on you.
“…But when I see some of the things that have transpired. I can honestly tell you, even though that answer would still be know, if enough people came to me and said to me, ‘Stephen A., you have a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States of America,’ I would strongly, strongly consider.”
Smith, who recently revealed he was once approached to run for Senate earlier in his career by former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, said that if we were to run for president he would campaign as someone who would look out in the best interests of all Americans.
“I know two things would happen: I would know how to act, number one. And number two: I would think about America. Of course I’ma. Black man so I would think about the Black community. But I have always prided myself and said, I’m not just about Black appeal, I’m about mass appeal.
“Everybody in America would matter. Whatever it took to make this country better, is what I would do from the bottom of my heart.”
Hey, stranger things have happened.
(h/t Awful Announcing)
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