What would he mean by that comment? That only blacks can be outraged or upset by Jena? And that because Obama doesn't speak in the same tone as everyone's favorite amublance chaser (Jackson) that Obama is somehow 'less black?'

"Later, Jackson said he did not recall making the "acting like he's white" comment about Obama, stressing he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face."

It is possible that what he means is just exactly what he said he means, odd as that may sound to Republican ears.

Good news for Barrack. The last thing he needs is to be associated with that idiot.

Jesse Jackson is acting like anyone gives a crap what he says.

"Good news for Barrack. The last thing he needs is to be associated with that idiot.

Posted by wisgod at 2007-09-19 11:23 AM"

At least according to Whitey in Wisconsin. Not sure this is as true in some other parts of the country.

Jesse Jackson joins Al Sharpton in the club of formerly influential black leaders. They see their relevance slipping and thus scream louder and louder about less and less important matters.
Their fifteen minutes is up. Barrack represents a changing of the guard of black leaders in an era that black issues are really synonymous with American issues.

Corky - I see you're willing to give Jackson a pass. Do you afford the same courtesy to Reps when they attempt to clarify their comments? Particularly when RACE is involved?

I think it's somewhat important to point out Jackson has already endorsed Obama. I think he's miffed because Obama didn't go ambulance chasing like the uh, Revvvverunddd Jacksonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.

wwash that black off you nigga!

Speaking out on racial discrimination is now ambulance chasing.

Somebody better tell Fred Thompson.

A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)

Who let Jesse Jackson out from underneath his rock? someone please put him back, ..

what an idiot..

I dont like Obama, nor am I going to vote for him... but... Jesse jackson needs to just shut up and mind his own business, this guys only income is playing the race card, over and over again, even Obama does not deserve this... he needs to tell JJ to STFU and go back to the rock he crawled out from under..

And this is why a Blackman will never ever become President.

Acting like he is white? So Jesse Jackson just began the down fall of Obama and he is so proud of that.

The Blacks destroy themselves.

Corky-

Do you afford Reps that same courtesy in clarifying their remarks, particularly involving race?

Jackson is a renown ambulance chaser from way back. Whether it's shaking down corporate America or hopping on the next flight to the lastest "diss."

Jackson retains a seat of power at the Dem table because he delivers votes. As another poster mentioned, Jackson's time in the spotlight as the "face of white oppression (my words)" is nearing its end. Obama realizes he's not going to win elections campaigning in the mold of Sharpton, Jackson, etc.

Do you hold a "Reverund" to a higher standard than others trying to lead? Might want to check into Jackson's past history involving women, racial slurs, etc. I'm not sure he's been a net gain for blacks, but maybe others will disagree.

p.s. that is a photo of obamanation and his maternal grandparents. at least he's half-white! er, uh, i mean right...

"he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face."

I believe that is true.

I caucused for Jesse in the early 80's when he ran. If there is something you feel you need to tell me about him that you think I do not already know, feel free.

Otherwise, the Party that was more than happy to kowtow to the segregationist South when the Dems had the decency to stand up to them, can kiss my ivory white ass.

We must understand that Obama is a mainstream black, an American who doesn't seem to identify himself first by color and second by other things.

Jackson, on the other hand, makes his living and passes his identity on his color FIRST. He is, after all, a civil rights advocate and so everything he talks about is about civil rights and racism.

He's done some good...his fifteen minutes of fame isn't up and won't ever be because people will never stop discriminating.

Jackson's problem is that he seems to think that black people have a DUTY to be black FIRST, if they ascend to a position of power.

Jesse does Obama and what he claims his cause is no good when he does that. After all, without the black cause, Jackson would have to find another line of work. To diss Obama shows Jackson's more interested in his own living than in a racially free society.

Dear Jesse,

I'm sure Obama feels your pain.

Oh Christ. The nation is trying to move past this outdated racist thinking, and the old guard won't let it go.

What the hell does "acting white" mean? What does "acting black" mean? Is Jackson seriously saying that racial stereotypes must be perpetuated, that a black man must act a certain way?

Jackson's problem is that he can't accept that the war is won, that it's over. Yes, there are still incidents like Jena, but they're just mopping up operations at the end of the war. Cleaning out those last foxholes where some of the enemy prefer to fight to the death.

A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)

Posted by salamandagator
******************************
*********

...........does this guy live in Iraq ?.......

Corky,
A straight forward question: Do you afford the same courtesy to Reps when they attempt to clarify their comments, particularly when race is involved?

******Jackson's problem is that he can't accept that the war is won, that it's over. Yes, there are still incidents like Jena, but they're just mopping up operations at the end of the war NORM*******

......wish that was so Norm, but not quite yet......

with comments such as this coming from black "leaders"

the mental gridlock will not be freed up anytime soon.

so play the new 50 cent record as loud as it will go! HOLLA!

OO

My answer can be surmised from this response.

"Otherwise, the Party that was more than happy to kowtow to the segregationist South when the Dems had the decency to stand up to them, can kiss my ivory white ass."

"Jackson is a renown ambulance chaser from way back.

Posted by OohRah at 2007-09-19 12:43 PM"

What do you mean by this? Are you saying he was a personal injury lawyer? You sure you aren't mixing him up with someone else (Johnny Cochran?) Do all black men (or, as Moneywar would say it, Blackmen) look the same to you?

Jesse Jackson is acting like anyone gives a crap what he says.

Posted by Sully


The sad part is a whole lot of people do...

And Jessie's critique of Obama hurts him how?
If Obama is on the ticket, he's got the black vote wrapped up regardless of what Jackson says, and being badmouthed by Jessie only gains Obama moderates' support.

Tony I am sure that black males do experience prejudice in the justice system but I wonder what that survey would look like if the variable were "income" instead of "race."
I'm not saying that there is no prejudice against black (males especially) people but I think economic strata also has a lot to do with the type of justice a defendant receives.

-badmouthed by Jessie only gains Obama moderates' support.


Just as Obama (or his supporters) badmouthing Hillary only puts him to the left of her, making her look more moderate.

excuse me, people - but obama's mama is white! yoo-hoo - anybody home?

If Hillary, with her chameleon like ability to change her accents can charade as she pleases, why can't Obama?

What a fool Jessie Jackson is.
Would he feel better if Obama spoke in ebonics at all the future presidential candidates debates?

the Party that was more than happy to kowtow to the segregationist South when the Dems had the decency to stand up to them, can kiss my ivory white ass.

Posted by Corky at 2007-09-19 12:50 PM | Reply

So you're still stuck in the 1950s? That explains a lot. How abut the 1850s when the Democrats were the party of slavery? Or do political parties change and evolve over time?

What a fucking dinosaur.

If Barrack would take a trip to Duke, and get raped by the lacrosse team, Jesse would back off.

wow....
who knew that racism was what was going to bring liberals and conservatives together on this site (as a troll here, I'm shocked, danni).

everybody is tired of hearing about racism... Jesse and Al as well.

just because we're tired of it doesn't mean its a dead issue.

class is an important aspect to what happens in this country, but to say that its all class and no race is DEEP denial.

Roma, wtf are you even doing here? your talents are wasted.

ewige blumenkraft

Vern parties do change over time, that's a fact. Jackasses don't, that's a fact...

So? It doesn't mean he is white, historically he is considered "black" It is something that Tiger Woods has been fighting against his entire career. Everytime someone refers to him as "black" he gets riled up because it is (as he puts it) akin to saying that his mother (Asian) does not exist. Sadly though when this country was wallowing in the stench of its racist past anyone with just a smidgen of black blood in them was considered black and was treated (should we say mis-treated) as such. Funny how attitudes have changed forty years ago white folks would never have said "excuse me his mother is white" or whatever, although attitudes still haven't changed anywhere near enough in my opinion. Until both blacks and whites look at each other in terms of people instead of in terms of colour there will never be any hope for this country. As for Jackson I would hope that Obama does distance himself from him, Jackson is nothing but a hipocritical, racist, pimp who's entire agenda is blackmail and keeping the black folks in their place (victims) so guilty white folks (patsies) will keep lining his pockets. He has never and will never have the best interests of anyone but himself at heart.

"So you're still stuck in the 1950s? That explains a lot. How abut the 1850s when the Democrats were the party of slavery? Or do political parties change and evolve over time?

What a fucking dinosaur.

Posted by vernon at 2007-09-19 02:02 PM"

Work David Duke into your blathering, Vernon. I dare you.

"As for Jackson I would hope that Obama does distance himself from him, "

He has. Nice post...

Verm is the Good Humor Man!

First he jerks my chain about going back to the Fifties, then proceeds a hundred years further back to prove his point.

Amazing, that calculator of yours, Verm.

The GOP hasn't changed much at all since the Fifties...... cue the GOP Pres candidates refusing to attend minority oriented debates as recently as this week.

Cork the GOP has changed in the past 6 1/2 years....and not for the better.

lol, Chill

But they will tell you now that GW and his bunch were not really Republicans.

But Rudy and Fred Thompson are.

Until they are not, one s'poses.

"What do you mean by this? Are you saying he was a personal injury lawyer? You sure you aren't mixing him up with someone else (Johnny Cochran?) Do all black men (or, as Moneywar would say it, Blackmen) look the same to you?" - Monte

What does your "all look the same" remark mean? Perhaps that says more of you than of me, since I argued just the opposite point. (Jackson decreeing Obama being "white" for not acting like blacks should)

You're a smart person, so I was surprised by the literal way you chose to take my comment, particularly in light of how I went on to 'splain it.

In the political sense, an ambulance chaser (I'm not the first to refer to him as such) is one who exploits the plight of others for his selfish gain, all the while dripping with supposed empathy, sympathy, and just the right amount of righteous indignation and "concern."

I went on to point out he shakes down corporate America. He and Sharpton are mighty quick to show up when there's the slightest chance a TV crew will be on hand - so as to remain in their position of importance.

I find it interesting how Jackson could say Obama's acting white. It's the same talk you hear in schools when black youths apply themselves in class. Their black classmates deride them for "acting white." That's bad for the kid trying to get ahead... and perpetuates those other black youth in a world of victimhood and entitlement.

Jackson is wrong when he says Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment. It isn't. Selma was a Constitution-based protest against the pervasive racism that stopped blacks from voting, Jena is just a bunch of unrepresentative white dimwits who think hanging nooses because their turf was violated is still acceptable and their elders who then dole out unequal justice based on skin color when things turned nasty as they were bound to with that sort of provocation. Sure there's plenty of others nationwide who still think it was better in the "good old days" fifty years ago but their time has passed even if it's taking longer for them to become marginalized than it ought to.

Obama is a symbol of how things have moved on. Jackson and his racial rhetoric are symbols of that rotten past and he needs to move on too. Just like those racists in Jena. It's doubtful either of them will.

Jesse Jackson: Obama's 'Acting Like He's White'

Obama, who is bi-racial, didn't only challenge the racist history of this nation by becoming the first black man with a good chance of becoming a major party candidate for President, but he is also challenging the racial prejudice and resentment that exists within the black community -- over bi-raciality, between lighter and darker blacks, against "foreign" blacks, and over "authenticity". All issues brought to the fore by Jackson's comments today but have been raised numerous times over the years within the black comminity by the likes of Spike Lee, Al Sharpton, , Bill Cosby, and many others.

B in B,

"Jackson and his racial rhetoric are symbols of that rotten past and he needs to move on too. Just like those racists in Jena. It's doubtful either of them will."

you think both sides have an equal responsibility to move on?

Black people can't move on even if they wanted to when the same problem still exists.

You hear about the black guy who got beat up by eight white guys in a restaurant on Long Island the other day because he was with a white girl?

Jesse Jackson would not have such a big mouth if he were at a Kerry town meeting.

Kerry's thugs know how to take down someone who talks.

eight white guys in a restaurant on Long Island the other day because he was with a white girl?

Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2007-09-19 02:36 PM | Reply

8 assholes in a city of millions - in what is the most diverse city on Earth. Well, that proves that all white people are racists.

I live in the South, in an inter-racial marriage with half-white kids. Nobody cares.

"cue the GOP Pres candidates refusing to attend minority oriented debates as recently as this week."

I won't be voting for any of the candidates in question.

But I find the whole idea of "minority oriented" events to be the exact type of segregationist anachronism you're referring to.....

It means Jesse Jackson is acting like he is black. This is his semi-annual fund raising event. Who will be extorted next?

"8 assholes in a city of millions - in what is the most diverse city on Earth. Well, that proves that all white people are racists."

Posted by vernon

I didn't say all white people were racists. All, I don't think so... most, I hope not.... many, absolutely. My point was that behavior like that doesn't come out of a void. They wouldn't have felt justified in their actions if they didn't come out of a background where racial hatred wasn't the status quo.

"I live in the South, in an inter-racial marriage with half-white kids. Nobody cares."

I live in NYC, in an inter-racial marriage with a half-white child (limbaugh says halfrican-american). People notice. People care... even if they don't say anything about it to my face.

Just because people can't get away with being as overtly racist as they used to doesn't mean that the racism has disappeared.

Hag-
I doubt you'll ever totally eradicate all forms of prejudice. For any number of reasons, we measure ourselves against others... and in any number of ways: money, religion, looks, intelligence, nationality, even political persuasion, etc.

It may lie pretty dormant, but I honestly think there always has and always will be inherent roadblocks to this utopia. And that may not be a bad thing. Because we aren't all the same. Men differ from women, cultures differ, religions differ, we aren't all of the same wealth/beauty/intelligence.

Where does "pride" in one's makeup become prejudice against another? Good question. Can "pride" be eliminated? Nope. And neither will judging others on varying levels. It's human nature.

"I live in NYC, in an inter-racial marriage with a half-white child (limbaugh says halfrican-american). People notice. People care... even if they don't say anything about it to my face.

Just because people can't get away with being as overtly racist as they used to doesn't mean that the racism has disappeared."

Why do you automatically equate being curious with being racist?

Jackson is wrong when he says Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment. It isn't. Selma was a Constitution-based protest against the pervasive racism that stopped blacks from voting, Jena is just a bunch of unrepresentative white dimwits who think hanging nooses because their turf was violated is still acceptable and their elders who then dole out unequal justice based on skin color when things turned nasty as they were bound to with that sort of provocation. Sure there's plenty of others nationwide who still think it was better in the "good old days" fifty years ago but their time has passed even if it's taking longer for them to become marginalized than it ought to.

Obama is a symbol of how things have moved on. Jackson and his racial rhetoric are symbols of that rotten past and he needs to move on too. Just like those racists in Jena. It's doubtful either of them will.

Posted by BlueInBushland at 2007-09-19 02:27 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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Good stuff, dude.

Sure, racism still exists, and we should confront it whenever possible. But the number of true racists is constantly shrinking, and I don't think Jena represents mainstream thinking in the South or anywhere else today. The morons who hung the nooses represent a feeble-minded minority that is gradually being bred out of society.

I appreciate what Jesse Jackson did for civil rights back in the 60s and 70s, but he hasn't been helpful for many years. Marching and protesting and raising hell won't have much impact on black academic scores or black child-out-of-wedlock rates or black poverty rates or black-on-black crime rates. Those are the issues that the black community should exert its energy confronting. The root causes of those awful statistics can be attributed to some extent to centuries of oppression, of course, but what actual value is there in continuing to play the victim?

Does he mean that Obama is paying his bills on time and speaking intelligible english?

"Kerry's thugs "

Terry Shaivo had nothing on you, eh Vermin?


NEW

From NBC/NJ's Aswini Anburajan


The Obama campaign just forwarded us a statement from Jesse Jackson, who reiterated his support for Obama, despite being quoted by the Columbia State saying that Obama is "acting like he's white" for not speaking more forcefully regarding the racial incident in Jena, LA.

"I reaffirm my commitment to vote for Sen. Barack Obama," Jackson says in the statement. "He has remarkably transcended race, however the impact of Katrina and Jena makes America's unresolved moral dilemma of race unavoidable. I think Jena is another defining moment of the issue of race and the criminal justice system. This issue requires direct and bold leadership. I commend Sen. Obama for speaking out and demanding fairness on this defining issue. Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed."

Sully,
"Why do you automatically equate being curious with being racist?"

I don't. I can tell the difference between just curious and just disgusted. I get both. Only the latter bothers me.

"Only the latter bothers me."

Fair enough. I wouldn't think that you'd have much of a problem with that in NYC, where there are all kinds of people and Derek Jeter is biggest sports star.

My friend, who is in a similar situation, just had a baby. I'd hate to think the kid is going to have to put up with that nonsense.

Jesse Jackson is such a scumbag racist. Obama is acting like he is white? First of all, he is of mixed race. 2nd, what is acting black? Jesse "Hymie Town" Jackson loves to stereotype blacks but won't hesitate to sue whites or start a protest if whites stereotype blacks.

As a black man myself, I honestly feel that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton do more to hold blacks down and give negative stereotypes to blacks than the KKK or any other neo-nazi organization.

Jackson is only half right.

Let's not also forget that it was Jesse Jackson who rushed to aid Stan "Tookie" Williams as a "black civil rights" cause. Williams was convicted of murdering 4 innocent people in cold blood and helped found the Crips gang which is been responsible for the murder of hundreds of not thousands of blacks in America as well has holding black neighborhoods around the country in terror from these vicious thugs.

If supporting murderers just because they are black is the "proper black thing to do" then Obama should stay clear of anything that Jackson would support. Let's all not forget that Jackson used the race card in the Duke "no rape ever actually took place" Rape Case and ended up wrong there - AGAIN. Jackson has no idea what blacks should do. What an idiot.

I live in NYC, in an inter-racial marriage with a half-white child People notice. People care... even if they don't say anything about it to my face.

Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2007-09-19 03:05 PM | Reply

Sure, people notice. So what? When I'm overseas I'm usually the only white guy in the room -- sometimes in the whole town, and then I'm a curiosity.

My wife is so hot that every guy I know checks her out. Their wives all think our kids are adorable.

You are correct that there are still some racists out there, but their numbers are shrinking fast. The fact that we are both in mixed marriages proves that 'race' is a myth anyway. It's only one set of exagerated characteristics, over another set.

Terry Shaivo had nothing on you, eh Vermin?

Posted by Corky at 2007-09-19 03:50 PM | Reply

the Shavio reference makes absolutely no sense. But perhaps you prefer: Kerry's goons?

Vernon

8 assholes in a city of millions - in what is the most diverse city on Earth.

Wrong city. It's Los Angeles that's the most diverse city in the nation -- not NYC.

-the Shavio reference makes absolutely no sense.

If you weren't brain dead, then it might.

Seems to me that Jessie might be a touch green in color -- jealousy -- with all the attention that's being given to Obama and we hardly hear about Jackson anymore. Thank God.

"however the impact of Katrina" how quaint, now even hurricanes are racist. Is it any wonder that this man has simply become a joke. Perhaps I am lucky to live in one of the most racially diverse towns in the US (thanks to the Marine Corps) but it is STILL in the deep south and I do not see anywhere near as much racism that Mr. Jackson seems to believe lurks around every corner. Now reverse racism I see a boat load of but most people just turn a blind eye to that and get on with life.

Vernon,
Its not the one's that merely notice that bother me.
Granted, there's prolly ten that notice for every one that notices and I'm not oppressed in any sense (as long as I choose to stay on my island).

I've been the lone white guy within 10 miles in a foreign country as well, and their kind of noticing is not the same as the hate-laden noticing that you get in the U.S.

There is noticing something that is rare, a curiosity, and noticing something that disgusts you. I'm sure you and I get both. I give you credit for not paying attention to either.

We are all members of our races, be it black, white, whatever skin hue we are born with, and none of us get to choose.

We should ask ourselves why we (as a nation), let the media con (condition is more like it) us into thinking anything without holding them to task?

The media tells us who to love, who to hate, who to fear, what to like, what to wear, what is cool, what is not cool, etc...

The media is the antagonist.

Those in the media perpetuate racial hatred, and animosities between the white and "colored" races, and in the end "they" profit (literally), by keeping us all at each others throats.

Like the little punk who started a fight between two classmates, took bets on who the winner would be, and kept most of the money for themself without even taking one punch. Without having to do anything but antagonize the others into fighting. Devious.

That's who the media is, and that's what the media is, and they are the problem.

Americafirst...

Kindly take a peek at the "Petraeus Show" thread on the Backpage. It is full of quotes from the pontificating blowhards we call the MSM pundits yet again proving how clueless they remain when it comes to analyzing the true feelings of Americans not living "Inside the Beltway."

I truly cannot fathom just how ignorant I'd be if it weren't for the access to information the Internet provides. I shake my head nightly as the echo chamber often completely ignores the most salient pieces of information and facts while piling on sensational claptrap that actually tells us very little of substance.

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This is bullshit!...Obama is just as black as Halle Berry!!

Jesse played his color to gain fame and fortune. His jibe against Obama is what we called 'JEALOUSY FACTOR'.

So Obama is acting white...........does that mean he was seen reading a book or that he actually has a library card.............good for him.........I just wish he wouldn't stand there with the stars and stripes next to him...........

I think it's hilarious that Jesse Jackson even took the time to give a speech at a college that is renowned in these parts for graduating students who haven't done the work so they can get some extra money.

Good times.

'"If I were a candidate, I'd be all over Jena," Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia's historically black Benedict College.'

Yes, we all know that your resume consists of one cheap ploy that you repeat over and over: Find racially divisive issue, exploit it.

That's why you have no credibility. Why would any candidate care what you would do if you were running when you haven't won an election?

all'y'all are startin' to sound black to me!

So Obama is acting white...........does that mean he was seen reading a book or that he actually has a library card.............

Posted by crankeebastard at 2007-09-19 08:35 PM | Reply

Real subtle racism there.

Actually crankhead you sound like you should live in Jena with their "white tree" and all ya know?

If you weren't brain dead, then it might.

Posted by Corky at 2007-09-19 04:16 PM | Reply

Your only 'clarification' is that if I were just bright enough, I could look into the mind of a lunatic and unsnarl his logic.

"look into the mind of a lunatic"

That was Putin's thought when Bush "looked into his (Putin's) soul."

My clarification is that reading comprehension is not something you should be afraid of.

Embrace the unknown.

well only half
jasman

Crank says:

"So Obama is acting white...........does that mean he was seen reading a book or that he actually has a library card.............

Posted by crankeebastard at 2007-09-19 08:35 PM | Reply

Well, he is "clean and articulate" which in the eyes of some politicians make him "unblack". I think he was been married BEFORE having children - and went on to have children with the woman he married - further differentiating him from Jesse. I believe that Obama has worked for what he has achieved instead of standing around and whining about what he could have had if not for someone else.

UTA is exactly correct, when I hear racists speak, I think about how out of touch they are that they beieve in some of those stereotypes. Then I see Jesse or Al "Speaking for his people" and I think that they go along way toward making the racist's stereotypes credible.

The professional race-baiters in this country have no motivation to actually fix the race problems in this country. Why derail the gravy train?

Announcing that Obama is an Uncle Tom black, to an electorate whom I believe, quite frankly, does not widely view him as a BLACK candidate but, rather, just a candidate, is Jackson's way of torpedoing Obama's white and black votes in one fell swoop. It is the equivalent of one deciding to point to Romney's Mormonism, Guiliani's Catholicism and divorce history, Hillary's potential for "time of the month" hysterics... pick some invalid and sophomoric redirection to get off the issues.

Bottom line: If Obama gets elected, the argument that America is racist to the core takes a hit that Jackson cannot risk. If the gravy train derails, he might have to start working for a living.

Bottom line: I've seen a lot of convoluted logic around here, but none that looked so much like it was hit by a train.

Obama to Jackson-

"You are acting like an idiot, asshole."

"If I were a candidate, I'd be all over Jena," Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia's historically black Benedict College.


of course, he was referring to one of the Bush twins...

If Hillary, with her chameleon like ability to change her accents can charade as she pleases, why can't Obama?

Posted by goatman at 2007-09-19


Goat, she is the Meryl Streep of politics!

of course, he was referring to one of the Bush twins...

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My fucking side is splitting!

May be Obama acts as a human being. Isn't that enough ?

Why isn't the ACLU going after J.J.

I thought "Uncle Tom" is now an inappropriate comment.

Double Standards Destroy All Validity.

I heard Mr. Obama talking to a black audience, and he is as skilled and phoney as Ms Hillary in his ability to change his accent to conform to that he assigns to his listeners. He certainly "sounded black" on this occasion, Sen. Biden to the contrary notwithstanding.

Mr. Obama can "talk the talk," now he needs to show that he can "walk the walk," out there is front of a crowd of discontented and angry black people. A bullhorn might also help. It's sort of a scepter that identifies "a leader."

Power to the people. Black power to the black people. White power to the ... Oops! Sorry.