Hot Mic Catches Jesse Jackson Hammering Obama; Jackson Apologizes »
Posted By pagey 1 year, 5 months ago in NewsApparently unaware of a hot microphone, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, made a crude and disparaging remark along the lines of wanting to rip Obama's genitals off in reference to how Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., might be alienating African-Americans with various moral instructions.
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memestryker1 year, 5 months ago
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I think we've all known all along that Jesse Jackson is just a hateful self-aggrandizing grandstander. He calls himself a Christian, but his actions have never demonstrated this. He and Father Pfleger, the priest Jackson runs with, and who threatened a man's life last year and incited a crowd to kill him, are two of a kind.
This will probably just boost Obama. The sad thing is that Obama and his wife have such close ties to Rainbow PUSH. Jesse and his organization both need to be run out of town.
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THOMNH621 year, 5 months ago
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it may disappear but the truth is both Al Sharpton and Jackson will be taking a back seat if Obama gets elected. This will greatly diminish their ability to cry foul and continue to race bate for a living. While race is still an issue in this country with many people still unable to embrace a truly bigot free society. There will always be people who think they are better than others, better than anyone regardless of race or economic standing.
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TimALoftis1 year, 5 months ago
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The media pundits has already called this one correctly tonight. What Rev. Jackson said will actually benefit Senator Obama with middle America and will work to separate him with both Jackson and Sharpton. Obama's Father's day speech and his similar comments yesterday here in Atlanta has also played quite well in the African American households.
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vidman041 year, 5 months ago
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tanglang1 year, 5 months ago
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Hell S-vidman, I am already in awe of the way jackson goes from "I'm gonna cut his nuts off" to "My support for Senator Obama's campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal".
Al Sharptongue immediatly comes out to defend him by talking about Billy Graham and Don Imus.
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saintetienne1 year, 5 months ago
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And thus, "Rev." Jesse Jackson is the latest to be thrown under the Obama bus, joining "Rev." Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezco, the Trinity church, Louis Farrakhan, Jim Johnson, Samantha Power, Father Michael Pfleger, William Ayers, Rob Malley, Wesley Clark, Obama's own grandmother, Michelle Obama and tens of thousands of "bitter Pennsylvanians" who "carry guns and worship God".
Careful, Urkel. You can't throw EVERYbody under there. You're going to need SOMEone to vote for you, come November.
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memestryker1 year, 5 months ago
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In all fairness, Obama lives in one of the most corrupt cities on earth, so even if he isn't, there's not a snowball's chance in h*ll he won't have to interact with these people or join them at public events. He needs them to rally the troops, irrespective of what he thinks of them.
Look at some of the slime G.W. Bush associated with to get elected. It's politics, and they all are politicians.
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mompro1 year, 5 months ago
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What a ridiculous idiot. He couldn't come up with another way to show his disapproval of Obama's comments? Grow up Jesse, and wash your mouth out with soap. It's the reason you didn't get any further than you did. I can't believe what a trainwreck some people are.
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bigurn1 year, 5 months ago
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The reality is that Jackson, Sharpton and their ilk are looking at the loss of their meal ticket, and they know it. They've never been as concerned about race relations as they were about agrandizing themselves.
However, if Obama wins things will normalize. Obama is just moving to the center for the time being. He'll go back to the Left if he wins.
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mompro1 year, 5 months ago
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Jackson and Sharpton have always enjoyed the argumentative side of politics more than the successes of race relations. There are those people out there who enjoy the fight more than the peace that comes afterwards. They just continue to hunt for the next battleground.
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saintetienne1 year, 5 months ago
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We all know what a lying, racist, sleazy, hypocritical, dangerous, hotheaded, crooked, lawless shakedown artist the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson has always been - - that's not the issue.
The issue is that Barack Obama - a nominee for President of the United States of America - continues to run around with these people, displaying to all his COLOSSAL bad judgement and his inability to control the rantings of a stupe like Jackson.
Ask yourselves, people: Is THIS the person you want sitting in the White House, dealing with Senators, Ambassadors, world leaders, hostile heads of state and renegade dictators? THIS IDIOT!?! Think long and hard, America.
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i dont know what the surprise is..this is who jackson is and always has been..and he has been caught speaking of obama as he really is..they are both total frauds/fakes..why do the lib/dems insist on putting out black candidates that are empty shells of shuck and jive..and ridicule people with real substance like rice or swann or thomas..they are the racists here..
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mompro1 year, 5 months ago
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How interesting that the right is all ticked that Obama will take the position of protecting African Americans from everything and everyone through White House Privilege, to find out he has expectations of them to raise a moral standard for some of themselves with those issues. AND he says it out loud.
I would say it was a bold move and I believe I heard Bill Cosby do the same and not so popular for it either. And Yes I know Bill Cosby has his own issues the last few years. I give Obama credit for stating the obvious. But, he should include all races about the responsibility of Fatherhood and and African Americans from his own from a personal standpoint.
Children growing up with Fathers who would rather seek out new lives is not a new concept, but rather an epidemic in every color of our human rainbow, at least in this America. It is time someone attacks that issue head on.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 5 months ago
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Speaking of hot mikes:
Part of the new propeller software picks up audio through your speakers and streams it here.
I and select other test posters have been listening for some time and frankly, I am APPALLED.
The profanity I expected. The sad whining about how no one understands your posts, I expected; especialy yours, Slate.
But must you ALL eat at the keyboard?
And so far I have heard absolutely no one, not one, roll on the floor laughing their ass off.
Not one.
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stephen-johnson1 year, 5 months ago
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One gets the feeling that Jackson was venting his anger over the fact that Obama - a young whippersnapper who hasn't paid his dues with the civil rights struggle - has done what Jackson couldn't do - win the Democratic nomination for president. If Obama wins in November, Jackson becomes more of a footnote in history.
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amazed1 year, 5 months ago
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I just can't believe the arrogance and stupidity of these people who have been in the public eye and acting as talking heads on TV for many, many years. Who in their right mind says ANYTHING that is not for public consumption when you have a lapel mic on? In a studio situation, there is no way to determine whether the thing is live as it is not amplifying your voice-just recording it.
Are you really going to trust the technicians to shut them down so that you can make your nasty, off-color comments?
Especially, if your Jesse Jackson and you're at Fox News!!
It's the height of stupidity that he would think that any news organization (let alone a conservative one) wouldn't climb all over anything he said that could be embarrassing.
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saintetienne1 year, 5 months ago
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"It just seems that Obama is peaking too early"
I'm still waiting for him to peak. He's done nothing but dig holes for himself since Day One. And I'm not talking about his campaign. I'm talking about the STUPID decisions he's made throughout his entire life - - from associating with shady characters to marrying a shrew, to joining up with Jeremiah Wright for 23 years to his flip-flopping on issues and pandering to everyone to get votes.
He may have a groundswell of support of late, because he's the first "black" candidate to "win" the presidential nomination - and the mainstream media is all over it like flies on a turd. But by the time November rolls around and people have had the chance to watch this guy and read what he's all about, he'll be lucky to be getting George Bush's current approval numbers.
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tchef1 year, 5 months ago
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Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have been hurting race relations for years. Jesse is the biggest hypocrite there is. He tells young men to be responsible through his Rainbow Push organization and then is out doing the very things that he is supposed to be against.
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