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Jesse Jackson: A Leader Left Behind?
washingtonpost.com — Jesse Jackson's voice sparked hope long before Barack Obama's rise to political stardom. Now it's his bitter words that resound, stirring a new debate.
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- Maximilian000, on 07/15/2008, -26/+35Digg Titles: Starting to Sound Like Fox News?
- ZenMojo, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9Loaded interrogatives are the new "it" thing in journalism. Why bother doing research when you can ask a question and let the reader judge for themselves?
- jamesLankford, on 07/15/2008, -3/+6readers should always judge for themselves dumbass
- Cerebral, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3I agree that readers should always judge for themselves however this is not so much "lett the reader judge" as it is "leading the witness" type thing that is happening in today's media.
Rarely is there an actual investigation along with stories from both sides.
- smacksaw, on 07/15/2008, -2/+1Only if Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins stopped writing terrible fiction to take a job writing even worse fiction...
- cibbomatteo, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7as long as you add a "?" to the end of any headline you can say it........
- mal1964, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7Its a washingtonpost.com title
- djHBRD, on 07/15/2008, -1/+6Can we stop going crazy over a single punctuation mark? This was the exact title from the article in the newspaper on Monday (Sunday?).
- jamesLankford, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6right, much easier to dismiss the story without even bothering to read it,
just judge it by the title
- ZenMojo, on 07/15/2008, -3/+9Loaded interrogatives are the new "it" thing in journalism. Why bother doing research when you can ask a question and let the reader judge for themselves?
- bincoder, on 07/15/2008, -6/+66wtf?
more like another press whore left behind.- mike17032, on 07/15/2008, -1/+8Ya who gives a ***** about Jesse Jackson?
- nycmac247, on 07/15/2008, -4/+1many people older than you that know him as MLK's right hand man?
- Cerebral, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7It's just to bad that honestly MLK would not like the man that Jesse Jackson has become.
Jesse Jackson will not like anyone in office, especially a black man, if it isn't him.
- boogie606, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7jesse is a turd nuggett...
- davidkeithjones, on 07/15/2008, -2/+7Jesse is the media whore, equivalent to an ambulance chasing lawyer. Obama is a serious politician and has more class.
- Artimusbill, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2I am not an Obama supporter, but you are very correct here. Although the term "serious politician" is not a positive thing to me.
- mike17032, on 07/15/2008, -1/+8Ya who gives a ***** about Jesse Jackson?
- kosmoss, on 07/15/2008, -18/+3Smear campaign against Obama is getting brutal, I'm worried...
- tendonut, on 07/15/2008, -6/+100He can stay behind. All he is leading is the movement for black separatism. Just undoing everything MLK Jr. worked for. So much for integration into a world society.
- pintomp3, on 07/15/2008, -13/+4black separation? ever heard of the rainbow coalition? jesse jackson is a civil rights leader of old, from a time when the fight was a lot rougher and the words thrown around much sharper. martin luther king was also heavily criticized for being too political and divisive at the time. most people only know of a few short lines from his speeches. jesse jackson's style is no longer productive in this day and age, but to ignore his role in the struggle is just plain ignorant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Jackson#Civil_r ...- Cerebral, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7I say that you are ALMOST correct in that yes Jesse fights the fight for black rights however it is often ONLY the high profile cases that he goes to. Not only that but it is very often that you never hear a word from JJ when there is a black on white crime whereas if MLK were here he would have spoke out about how disappointed he was and used it as a forefront for civil rights. So yes in a lot of ways JJ is fighting for "black separation" because if it were to ever die then his cause would also die with it. He is a media whore which is sad.
MLK would kick his ass if he were here today. - pintomp3, on 07/15/2008, -7/+1jesse jackson doesn't need to talk about black on white crime because it already gets sufficient coverage by the media. the same way a missing a white girl gets covered but a missing black girl gets ignored. he tries to counter that disparity that remains to this day. often he goes too far or gets it wrong, but so does the media.
- JustinCase18, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1Jackson's nothing more than an Uncle Tom working for the DNC to get the black vote to be a unified front. He uses "racism" to distort the truth and force himself to remain relevant long after the plantation owner has released him to the fields.
- Cerebral, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7I say that you are ALMOST correct in that yes Jesse fights the fight for black rights however it is often ONLY the high profile cases that he goes to. Not only that but it is very often that you never hear a word from JJ when there is a black on white crime whereas if MLK were here he would have spoke out about how disappointed he was and used it as a forefront for civil rights. So yes in a lot of ways JJ is fighting for "black separation" because if it were to ever die then his cause would also die with it. He is a media whore which is sad.
- rblancarte, on 07/15/2008, -2/+2I certainly don't think he is undoing the work of others before him. Realize that he was there alongside men like King in the fight back in the 60s and 70s.
The one thing is that Jackson seems to be, in some ways left fighting a war in which the rules have seriously changed, and certainly no longer is a contentious as it was back when he first got involved. But he seems to have stuck with the older ways, and because of it, we see him as a guy who is out of touch. He seems to feel that every battle needs to be fought with strength and not tact, not that he is unable to use tack, I think Jackson is a very tactful person, but because that is how all the other battles before were fought.
As they point out in the article, Jackson had to scratch and claw for everything he had. Obama, in many ways, has had it very easy, and certainly hasn't had to battle for his chances. I feel that Jackson doesn't understand this.
But what it seems to be though is still Old-Guard vs New-Guard. They even point out that the senior Jackson has "clashed ... over language and tactics" with his own son (a congressman from Illinois). While it might be harsh to say it, Jackson is just stuck in his old ways.
But the fact that Obama has had it easy is Jackson's legacy. The sacrifices of Jesse Jackson and others before have lead to this moment. This should never be forgotten. - TsuruchiBrian, on 07/15/2008, -0/+8Basically what Jesse Jackson seems to be good at is calling other people racist. We do need people in society to point out racism where it exists, but I don't think Jesse Jackson is the one to do it.
The problem is that Jackson has figured out that he can extort money from people in exchange for NOT calling them racist. It's a win win situation for Jackson and his would be victim. NASCAR gets to continue being what rednecks love without controversy and Jackson gets a $250,000. I don't even like NASCAR. Maybe NASCAR is racist. Maybe it would be a great public service if Jackson pointed out how racist NASCAR is. But Jackson would rather have the money. Not only would he rather have the money, but he would rather have money so much that he demands it from people in exchange for racism immunity.
This makes Jackson analogous to a mob boss that you need to pay protection money to, and Mob bosses really are not useful to society at all. They like Jackson are parasites.
In the words of South Park
"Jesse Jackson is not the emperor of black people!"
- pintomp3, on 07/15/2008, -13/+4black separation? ever heard of the rainbow coalition? jesse jackson is a civil rights leader of old, from a time when the fight was a lot rougher and the words thrown around much sharper. martin luther king was also heavily criticized for being too political and divisive at the time. most people only know of a few short lines from his speeches. jesse jackson's style is no longer productive in this day and age, but to ignore his role in the struggle is just plain ignorant.
- darthjure, on 07/15/2008, -12/+67That's why he never became a great leader. A white person can't do anything against any black person without being acused of racism by Jackson. Obama is about unity and Jackson is about divisiveness. (Jackson would probably accuse me of racism for criticizing him.)
- staticneuron, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9I could have sworn that a racial slur on his part cost him his chances.
- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1staticneuron,
Obviously you must be referring to his "Hymietown" comment.
- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1staticneuron,
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -4/+13'Obama is about unity and Jackson is about divisiveness." I agree that Jackson is about divisiveness, always has been, always will be. Obama, on the other hand, may or may not be about unity. Just hearing his words about unity doesn't tell me he is about unity. I have many, many concerns about Obama and his wife. So little is formally known about them, and the little tidbits we learn are mostly negative. I am suspect of his background. He has chosen friends that are nothing but detrimental to him, but in this he is not a victim, but a willing partner in belief. I point to his "reverend" Wright. There is no way on earth he could have sat in a pew for 20 years listening to all that spite and hatred unless he agreed with Wright. And Obama's wife - have you heard her essay on race. She is certainly not a uniter, not if the desired unity is between races. I've not heard yet what it is that he wants so desperately to change in America. I sure don't want him changing any part of my life because I am happy with it.
- staticneuron, on 07/15/2008, -3/+2The only tidbits that are negative are the ones fed by fox news. Again... wrights sermans have been posted on youtube in their entirety. Watch em and see wether or not he was really preaching hate.
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Huh? I watched Wright on youtube. I would not consider listening to additional ones. I heard nothing but hatred.
- tomasII, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3Yep, not a uniter, just another politician beholden to his base.
- deathsythe, on 07/15/2008, -2/+1"(Jackson would probably accuse me of racism for criticizing him.)"
Unfortunately so do many of the Obama supporters - but things are starting to die down thankfully.- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Some of that thought may very well be, but there is also the mindset of the person that sees the New Yorker cover as very close to the truth. So when Obama supporters are talking about people who oppose Obama merely because of race, they're talking about THAT. Oh, and the anecdotal reports of fundraisers being told that they would never vote for a MOOOOOOOOOOSLIM!!!1! (Never mind that he isn't, and if he is, so what? As long as he isn't a radical Muslim)
- staticneuron, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9I could have sworn that a racial slur on his part cost him his chances.
- Blankcheque, on 07/15/2008, -7/+103Jesse Jackson has NEVER had any political bearing, not with in the black community. He's a political opportunist, who got rich spinning his way in to fame. He's a failed wanna be MLK. And he's bitter he never had the charisma, conviction, or power that Dr. King had. There's not going to be a teary eye in the nation when he dies.
He rode the coat tails of Dr. King, and committed the ultimate sin, when he said under his breath about wanting to cut off Obama's nuts.
What the hell? Did he forget what the civil rights movement was about? He wants to commit the same acts that those penis envious KKK members did to black men during a lynching.
Jesse Jackson is a spectacle, a self promoting side show that he profits from every time he gets mentioned in the news.- smacksaw, on 07/15/2008, -6/+10No, he rode the coattails of Malcolm X, but unlike Malcom X who had a righteous, dignified anger about him, Jackson is transparent as a self-serving liar wrapped in the words of far greater men.
- jamesLankford, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4no, he rode the coattails of MLK
he even lied and siad hat he held MLK in his arms while MLK lay dying and that his shirt was covered with MLK's blood
- jamesLankford, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4no, he rode the coattails of MLK
- hasansexy, on 07/15/2008, -8/+1You never told to a friend that you want to cut someones balls of(or something like that?)
I hate it that people are so holy when they talk about this kinda stuff, like they never said anything like that in their lives.
We act obnoxious, curse, drink etc in our lives, but as soon as a well known person does it its bad?
I am not a Jesse Jackson supporter or anything, I live in the Netherlands. But when I see what people bitch about in the US compared to in the Netherlands, I'm glad I live here. You can say what you want but sometimes i see stories on digg that confirm that some people on here are exacty like that.- earnjam, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5Regardless, why would you say it on a news channel set? Show a little tact.
- Blankcheque, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Ah, there's the European superiority snark. Good job, you've proven you're an ignorant ass hole who doesn't know what he's talking about.
It's not a few words between friends, it's a deliberate attempt to sabotage Obama. He's trying to use all of his clout with Black America. And the people haven't budged.
- nycmac247, on 07/15/2008, -2/+2LOL you are white and - at most - in your 30s, right?
- smacksaw, on 07/15/2008, -6/+10No, he rode the coattails of Malcolm X, but unlike Malcom X who had a righteous, dignified anger about him, Jackson is transparent as a self-serving liar wrapped in the words of far greater men.
- damian7, on 07/15/2008, -8/+33Talking down to black people: ***** you Jesse
- MillionsLivio, on 07/15/2008, -6/+50***** Jesse Jackson.
- Wartyboskfapped, on 07/15/2008, -6/+31Jesse Jackson is a chump.
- PDF84, on 07/15/2008, -8/+3I believe you misspelled "chimp"
- sockpuppets, on 07/15/2008, -23/+13Oh.... naggers...right..
- billwild, on 07/15/2008, -8/+3They should have titled it "The Emperor's New Cloths"
- 9bpm9, on 07/15/2008, -8/+41Jesse Jackson is a racist moron.
- welliwonder, on 07/15/2008, -7/+30He's a hate filled man.
- charm803, on 07/15/2008, -6/+67Chris Rock said it funny.
Bill Cosby said is mad.
Barack Obama said it as a matter of fact-ly.
....they've all said the same thing about parenting, particularly about fathers.
It's Jackson that is the problem!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpUSElgJcyI
Chris Rock-
"***** always want credit for some ***** they're supposed to do. They'll brag about stuff a normal man just does.
They'll say something like, “Yeah, well I take care of my kids.”
You're supposed to, you dumb *****. “I ain't never been to jail.”
Whaddya want? A cookie? You're not supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation-having *****!"- rinpoche, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Jackson and Al Sharpton are in the same boat. On the surface they strive for equality, but they both benefit from creating divisiveness and discord.
Dr. King was a beautiful human being. I wasn't old enough but I know people who marched with him (end even some of his personal friends). Could you ever imagine such a disgusting remark coming from him?
- rinpoche, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Jackson and Al Sharpton are in the same boat. On the surface they strive for equality, but they both benefit from creating divisiveness and discord.
- Ice9NC, on 07/15/2008, -5/+29He's an opportunist and borders on an extortionist.
- cibbomatteo, on 07/15/2008, -3/+15"I wanna cut his Nuts off......." and if you don't know where the quote is from type in Google: Jesse Jackson Stabs Obama in the nuts...
- blankoboy, on 07/15/2008, -6/+44Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are simply attention whores who need to STFU.
- blankoboy, on 07/15/2008, -2/+6Let me add that I believe these two are self serving and doing more harm than good for the black population as a whole.
- davidkeithjones, on 07/15/2008, -1/+9Sharpton is Jesse in a fat suit. He draws inspiration from Eddie Murphy.
- rz8472, on 07/15/2008, -3/+26Jesse Jackson even got smacked down by his own son.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. - "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson's reckless statement."
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/0 ... - Sicarius, on 07/15/2008, -5/+32Jackson is more of an extortionist than a leader. He trades off white guilt and racial division to get attention and power. I'm no Obama fanboy but I acknowledge that he supports a more cooperative and less confrontational model for race relations. If that means leaving Jesse and his ilk behind then I'm all for it.
- smacksaw, on 07/15/2008, -4/+20Hell yeah it's jealousy - and Jesse didn't lay the groundwork for Obama or any other black politician, except that he probably set them back a lot longer than we realise and Obama is more of an anomaly.
Jesse is an ass. And all serious black politicians since him get compared to him and Al Sharpton. That's a pretty messed-up shadow to come out from underneath of being in.- magstheaxe, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3You apparently weren't alive when Jackson ran for the Democratic nomination back in '88, because it was then that Jackson absolutely laid the groundwork for Obama. Jackson had the support of a lot people in the Democratic party and demonstrated that a substantial number of voters were ready for a black president--he came in 2nd to Dukakis and got 30% of the Dem vote to Dukakis's 42% in the primaries. Unfortunately, the Dem party leadership didn't think the country was ready and fought Jackson every step of the way.
Hell, the article talks about it:
"When Jackson announced his 1988 bid, he was 46, as Obama is now, and the only Democrat in the field of six to have run for president before. At the outset, he led virtually every national poll of Democrats, a testament to the jet-setting crusades that enhanced his public stature. But few party leaders were willing to treat him like a front-runner. 'For the presidency? No,' said an incredulous Robert Strauss, the former Democratic national chairman. 'It's an accepted fact that this country is not ready to vote a black man or woman for the presidency. . . . It's not fair, but it's the real world and he knows it. I'm not proud of this.'
Jackson went on to finish second to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis for the nomination, racking up 11 contest victories and about 7 million votes. But perhaps the greatest legacy Jackson left from his two campaigns, according to some loyalists, was the opening up of the Democratic Party structure and the growth in black political participation: more candidates running for local office, more strategists, more field operatives, more fundraisers than ever before.
'He made it possible not just for blacks to sit at the black desk,' observes Donna Brazile, Jackson's field director in 1984, "but to sit at every desk in American politics.' Brazile herself went on to become the first African American to manage the campaign of a major party's nominee when she ran Al Gore's effort in 2000. Of Jackson, she says: 'He is my political father.'...
...Recently in Chicago, there was a reunion of old Jackson campaign hands. Many reflected on how the nation was made ready to receive a Barack Obama. As a practical matter, some said, Jackson's efforts to remove winner-take-all primaries and establish a proportional system of awarding delegates helped Obama keep Sen. Hillary Clinton from overtaking him."
Obama is _not_ an anomaly. Obama's where he's at today because of work done by Jackson. Pols like Doug Wilder, David Dinkins, and even Al Sharpton all owe a debt to Jackson.
That's just looking at the political side of Jackson's post-civil rights career, of course. He's also done things like negotiate the release of Americans held in Cuba, Syria, and Serbia, negotiated with leaders in Northern Ireland to help kickstart the peace process there, and led protests against the Iraq invasion before it was fashionable.
IMO, Jackson's failed to manage his image correctly. He's done a lot of things for all sorts of people, but all of his accomplishments get ignored because he simply cannot control his ego. Obama hasn't "recognized", so to speak, and Jackson's fragile ego has taken offense.
I don't agree with a lot of things Jackson has done, or that he supports, but to dismiss him out of hand is both inaccurate and stupid.
- magstheaxe, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3You apparently weren't alive when Jackson ran for the Democratic nomination back in '88, because it was then that Jackson absolutely laid the groundwork for Obama. Jackson had the support of a lot people in the Democratic party and demonstrated that a substantial number of voters were ready for a black president--he came in 2nd to Dukakis and got 30% of the Dem vote to Dukakis's 42% in the primaries. Unfortunately, the Dem party leadership didn't think the country was ready and fought Jackson every step of the way.
- SaladCactusKing, on 07/15/2008, -5/+38Dear OUTRAGED Media,
Take down Al Sharpton next.
Sincerely,
The World.- stretch611, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2They tried to do that with Tawana Brawley. Some people even claimed that was all his idea, but it never stuck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_sharpton#Tawana_Br ...
- stretch611, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2They tried to do that with Tawana Brawley. Some people even claimed that was all his idea, but it never stuck.
- cibbomatteo, on 07/15/2008, -7/+10"HYMIETOWN"...... the man does not know how NOT to OPEN MOUTH > INSERT FOOT = FAIL!!!
- smacksaw, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3Hey, that was Lipps Inc.'s best song.
- Thrilltone, on 07/15/2008, -8/+14Jackson has never done anything but appease Blacks, in order to retain his 'leadership' position, so that he could continue to use it to shake down corporations for cash.
He is a wretched disgrace who deserves a flogging.
Obama's speech to the NAACP was epic...
and why are the major Black organizations still using the names 'Colored People' and 'Negro', as in United Negro College Fund? Because they're afraid some of the repeat donations might not make it through if they change the name? Shameful.- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Most likely they're legacy names and not about to be changed, as it would look like erasing the past.
- dotvexed, on 07/15/2008, -6/+10Jesse Jackson: Racist hypocrite and *****?
- slinky317, on 07/15/2008, -1/+5I don't understand why you have a question mark after that, as if you're asking if he is one. He most definitely is.
- piratearggghhh, on 07/15/2008, -6/+11Jesse, just play the race card, that fixes everything...oh wait...
- jazh, on 07/15/2008, -6/+9I think the real question is what did Barack Obama do for Black people BEFORE running for president?
- charm803, on 07/15/2008, -2/+13He's done a lot for PEOPLE, regardless of color.
That's the whole message Obama is trying to make, it's about starting from the community, like he did after Harvard.
It's not about color or race, and Jackson keeps making it about it.
Obama does call out his community and says that they should take responsibility for their actions and not blame others for their misfortunes. - rblancarte, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2More importantly don't forget the work and sacrifices that other (MLK, Jackson, etc) did SO THAT Obama could run for President (and have the success that he is having).
- charm803, on 07/15/2008, -2/+13He's done a lot for PEOPLE, regardless of color.
- fixyourthinking, on 07/15/2008, -4/+11Jesse Jackson and his organizations have been nearly the SOLE cause for ALL racial tension in the USA in the past two decades. He is an embarassment to my hometown of Greenville South Carolina.
- FrankDrebbin, on 07/15/2008, -19/+6Jesse Jackson serves an important purpose. He gives a voice to those who often don't have one. Unfortunately, he is not a perfect person (as none of us are). Much of the criticism people have railed against Jesse don't have a basis, but some of it does. I like Jesse for the fact he gets out and tries to do what he sees as the right thing. But that doesn't mean he always does the right thing, or the intelligent thing. He will not be forgotten by the people whose lives he has effected, but his time in the lime light is over. Someone like Barack Obama who can stand up and convince people TODAY (i don't know how to do italics) is bound to over take him. The comments he made about Barack were stupid (who knew someone who say something stupid when they didn't realize they were on TV?) . That doesn't destroy his legacy whether you love it or hate it or are in between. Regardless of your stance on Jesse Jackson, he was a powerful figure, but the "was" is just becoming more and more noticeable.
- charm803, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6Jackson failed to change his actions with the times.
Yes, it worked back in the 60's, but he never moved on.- rblancarte, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Best part of the article is at the very end, when they quote Georgetown's Sheryll Cashin:
" 'The soldiers from the movement, a lot of them lack the ability to be critical of the community because so much of their life has been challenging the forces against their community,' Sheryll Cashin says. But it is a different time, which requires new thinking, she says."
- rblancarte, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Best part of the article is at the very end, when they quote Georgetown's Sheryll Cashin:
- Wonderama, on 07/15/2008, -2/+9MLK wasn't a perfect person either, but he had the perfect message. Jackson's message is negative, divisive, race-baiting and nihilistic.
- pintomp3, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2MLK was very fiery and controversial too in his time. "America was the biggest purveyor of violence in the world". most of the press turned against him because he stopped sugarcoating everything. try listening/reading more than just his "i had a dream" speech.
- heliox, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3"Jesse Jackson serves an important purpose. He gives a voice to those who often don't have one"
ROFL - rblancarte, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Wow, this is the first intelligent comment I have read here, and it is being buried.
Jackson hasn't been able to move out of the 60s into the current millennia and he is out of touch. And I think that when people of this current generation see how he acts, etc, it is seen as him being negative/hateful/etc. But it is just because he hasn't adapted his tactics to the current generation.
Despite his problems fitting into today fight, we should not forget that in the 60s and 70s Jackson was important in the fight for racial equality, and that he and others made sacrifices to get us to this point today.- bemenaker, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Yes Jackson was important in the 60's but in the 2000's he's not. He is a PROBLEM. I don't care how much good you DID, but when you are not creating more problems than you solve, then you need to go away. That is the message Jesse is not getting. He is not helping, he is not doing any good. Jesse is holding back progress.
- charm803, on 07/15/2008, -0/+6Jackson failed to change his actions with the times.
- kconnors, on 07/15/2008, -3/+12He and the Reverend Al Sharpton can take a bath together.
- cibbomatteo, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3they can cleanse themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka..... and then prince will make them PANCAKES!!!!
- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Wow, you really screwed up after mentioning Lake Minnetonka.
What you should have said was that they should get on the infamous Lake Minnetonka Love Boat and stick double-headed dildos into each other, just so the Minnesota ViQueens can enjoy the entertainment.
- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Wow, you really screwed up after mentioning Lake Minnetonka.
- stretch611, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Hopefully a bath of acid together.
- cibbomatteo, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3they can cleanse themselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka..... and then prince will make them PANCAKES!!!!
- alanr19, on 07/15/2008, -3/+14What he said is unforgivable (I say that as a guy), but has everyone forgotten the whole drugs/whores episode that this guy was involved in? He should have been kicked out of politics a long time ago. His support base (blacks) have very short memories.
- zebraz, on 07/15/2008, -14/+2White Folk's Greed Runs a World In Need
- USNavyBlue, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2You are just as bad as Jesse. A blatant racist yourself. Then move to a country that is NON-WHITE.
- betona, on 07/15/2008, -2/+20I met him a few years ago and two things stuck with me. One, he's a really big guy - like 6 foot 5 or something. Two, he's not exactly a nice guy. Off camera, there's no smiling, no "how-do-you-do", no handshakes--just this angry laser-piercing stare.
- SuperVepr308, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7I too had the displeasure of meeting him years ago. He is a massive dude. He shook my hand and it felt like I was shaking a bear paw. I have to say that he was nice though (I worked at a hotel and he was giving a speech in the nearby area). He made sure to shake everyone's hand and thank everyone. Amazingly, no cameras were present.
- FuQboiroi, on 07/15/2008, -4/+12He is just a real life forum troll
- geminus, on 07/15/2008, -8/+6Unlike Obama, this man has no character, and they really can ask him about his baby mamma.
- uselessexpert, on 07/15/2008, -3/+7Jesse Jackson does more harm than good for the African-American community. PERIOD!
Maybe when he was with Rev. King he might have helped, but in his later years all he does is make matters worst than what they are already when he comes trouncing in with his Rainbow Coalition.
Please Jesse, retire already and finish handing over the mess to your son. Maybe he'll do a better job. - SuperVepr308, on 07/15/2008, -3/+7Read the book "Shakedown" to get insight into one of the biggest con artists of our time: "Rev" Jessee Jackson.
- partrow, on 07/15/2008, -3/+6Yes, a leader of relentless racism.
- jond, on 07/15/2008, -2/+6People are just now realizing this???? Jackson has been a tool since the day he first opened his mouth.
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -2/+1Yes, so correct. Without the racist factor, he would be nobody. I doubt he could have earned many pennies without this racial crutch. He has always been thus and always will be. A slime ball is a slime ball is a slime ball.
- StevenPJobs, on 07/15/2008, -3/+12Jesse Jackson is a joke, and has been one for a while. His comments are hypocritical and it's a shame people take him seriously- he's a race baiter who only looks to stir up controversy and does nothing positive for race relations.
- lizard450, on 07/15/2008, -5/+3This was most likely done on purpose. Obama already has 99% of the black vote. He is a black democrat. In order to win Obama needs to distance himself from people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to earn as many white voters as he can.
- Albumen, on 07/15/2008, -1/+4I disagree. Jesse's ego is too big to sacrifice himself and his standing in the community.
- USNavyBlue, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1"Obama already has 99% of the black vote. He is a black democrat." And that is somehow not racist in itself right? So in other words black people are voting for Obama because he is HALF black right? Oh PLEASE the Hypocrisy. The stink is overwhelming in that statement.
Yes by all means digger dig me down for pointing the truth out. - yourmomlol, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0"Obama already has 99% of the black vote. He is a black democrat."
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- halfwayentropy, on 07/15/2008, -2/+6He and Al Sharpton are about ready for pasture. These two don't see the current state of American racism, but rather still behave as though nothing has changed and that they themselves are still sad victims of the machine. Such drama queens need to go quietly into the night.
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -2/+3I agree with you mostly, but I see a darker side. I believe they actually do see the current state of American racism and they see the end of their influence peddling as America becomes less and less racist. Ergo, they must continue to pimp the race card as it is all they know how to do well.
- pintomp3, on 07/15/2008, -1/+1a lot of things haven't changed:
30 years after Kerner report, some say racial divide wider
http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/01/kerner.commission/
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03282008/profile ...
- PDF84, on 07/15/2008, -2/+5One down, One to go. Just need Sharpton to stick his foot in his mouth really well now.
- lead2thehead, on 07/15/2008, -3/+5He's not really a reverend. He just started calling himself that one day.
- Albumen, on 07/15/2008, -2/+11Jesse criticizes Obama for talking down to black people! Jesse is an enabler. He has been talking down to black people for decades. Bill Cosby refers to this (not specifically of Jackson) as the "the subtle racism of lowered expectations."
One could just as easily ask, "What has Obama done for the white man?"
Let's not forget that Obama is just as much white as he is black. There is still the assumption in this country that X amount of black blood makes you a "negro." This is just a good old fashioned stereotype that underlines the fact that we are still way more concerned with skin color than we should be.
The unfortunate thing in all this is, and this is speculation on my part, making this election about race is wrong-headed, and could lose the election for Obama. The 78% of the US who are not African American the "is Obama Black enough" debate is a waste of time and a distraction from the real issues of the election. - artfiend77, on 07/15/2008, -3/+14Jesse Jackson doesn't care about Black people.
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -1/+8I don't think Jesse Jackson cares about anyone except Jesse Jackson. Another thing, does he actually believe himself to be a preacher?
- DevilInPgh, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Kanye West would approve of your smackdown.
- RogueMountie, on 07/15/2008, -4/+9Who cares what Jesse Jackson thinks? Why do they even talk to him?
- lolupissed, on 07/15/2008, -3/+7The planet would be better off with out people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. They are racist, hypocritical, and attention grabbing whores.
- hoopy22, on 07/15/2008, -2/+8Why the mainstream media anointed Jesse Jackson as the voice of the black people has always boggled my mind. I see him as an attention whore and a shake-down artist. He got a free pass whenever his racist views surfaced, anyone remember "Hymie-town"? Just a disgrace to his people, I think.
- McHoffa, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3because with him as their voice they can always keep race an issue, therefore always having something "newsworthy" for times when their aren't any other attention grabbing headlines...
- tasine, on 07/15/2008, -3/+8A race-baiting whore, doing his best to keep blacks in the kitchen because if they become independent, he will no longer have a "job".
- triPzZz, on 07/15/2008, -3/+1Cry about it.
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