Bob Novak loves giving Democrats bad advice disguised as columns. When is he going to learn that no one is paying any attention?

Novak: The new Democratic national chairman, Howard Dean, finished his red state tour in states George W. Bush carried, Kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee.

In seeking the presidential nomination last year, Dean was dismissive of people quoting scripture. But on his red tour, he quoted from the good book selective passages, like it is an easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. But he was the old Dean back in Washington, saying

“We are never going to win by being a pale copy of the Republican Party.”

I don’t know whether Democrats are happy with Dr. Dean as national chairman, but, Al, Republicans certainly are.

Sharpton: Well, I think that — I think that saying that we can’t act like a pale Republican Party and quoting that a rich man would have a hard time getting to heaven is really saying the same thing.

And in this Easter weekend, I think Reverend Dr. Dean is a good chairman in saying the right thing. I’m glad he’s going to red state quoting the Bible, because it seems like you all get stuck on only one or two passages and forget the whole Bible.

Novak: Well, you know, you know, Al, when you have Dr. — when you have Dr.Dean saying that, after you’ve taken all these lickings at the hands of the Republicans and we shouldn’t try to be a little more moderate…

Novak: The Republicans say, go to it, Doctor. Go to it.

Sharpton: But it’s an appropriate weekend. We may have gone down on Good Friday, but there will be a political resurrection. Don’t worry about it, Mr. Novak.

Novak: It’s been a busy day for me already.

Before driving over here to join my esteemed colleague across the table, I sat down with some of the movers and shakers at the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC needs to take a stand against entertainers who preach or even participate in acts of violence.

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Novak: Well, I’ll tell you something. I can’t disagree with a thing you said. I commend you for what you are doing here. And I will say this. You know, you were my choice for the Democratic presidential nomination. I thought that would guarantee you the nomination, but it didn’t quite work out, did it?

Sharpton: No, because many Democrats heard you. Every time you brought it up, I went down in the Democratic polls.