|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:30 PM Original message |
Shame On Jesse Jackson |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Obama would say that Jackson does not speak for him, I am sure. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Of course he speaks for him! They're both BLACK, aren't they? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. He probably needs to say that, since Jackson does seem to think that he speaks for Obama |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. Shhh black man. Don't say anything about Israel so that you don't mess up Florida for Obama |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Pssshh, Jesse's all about himself and that's it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do you think he's incorrect, or just impolitic in actually saying so |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I think that his timing is not an accident. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. In other words, he's right, but he shouldn't say so now? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think Jackson is talking out of his ass. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's true. He's just like any other celebrity supporter spouting |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
87. I don't think he's right at all |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. 1) he's supposing out loud 2) his timing is just moronic |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That's true, he has always thought highly of his own opinion. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yeah, I would prefer he waited a few weeks |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Desperados...watch as they swing for the fences |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
90. Jackson is incorrect |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jesse Jackson is my Ralph Nader column..... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. He's in mine too. Ugh. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe not deliberate, but it is impolitic |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. He and Farrakhan both are doing Obama no favors |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. he needs to stfu with that bs rhetoric |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. But which part of it is BS? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obama will once again be held accountable for what other black folks say |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
78. It's a sad fact but it's still a fact. And Jesse knows that better than anyone |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. despite being a tad (more than a tad)antsemitic.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. ny post isn't a credible news source... Aren't they one rung above TMZ |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe he fears a Black man in the White house will make him irrelevant. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
alwysdrunk (908 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I really hope so, his era is over |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. Jackson has already been irrelevant for years; making sure one gets plenty... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
genna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. We, Blacks, had a meeting and decided that the New York Post reports truth. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Thank you. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Jesse Jackson has no clout in the black community. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I get constantly tired of people waving around Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. But Jackson and Sharpton are the black boogeymen! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. So that excuses him of all of his wrongdoings, right? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
79. You and me both! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I'm not sure if that vitirol was directed at me. If it was |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
45. Why do you think that Jesse Jackson said it? Because a Post columnist said he did? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
88. Rev Jackson is free to deny this |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. he DID deny it |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. In answer to your first question |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. I hope it doesn't get in the MSM |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I Googled. So far it's just in the far-right nutty news sources: |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. And now, Democratic Underground . . . |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Where else would the right-wingnuts go for news? n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
66. Ha'aretz is not a "far-right nutty news source." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Well, they're simply quoting the NY Post, so on this story, they are. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. That is illogical. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. I'm sure the MSM reads the Post. Perhaps they've already determined this piece is crap. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
BklnDem75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. I don't know... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. THANK you! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:51 PM Original message |
some people jsut have an ax to grind. this is a father/son thing |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. You're relying on the New York Post quoting a portion of a sentence as a source? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Poor Jesse, still trying to keep his toe in the water ... he's so yesterday. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Recently, Obama said something about |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PlanetBev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm very upset by this... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. "Hymietown" - all the more reason Jews should be wary of Jackson's position |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Wow - based upon a fragment of a "quote" in a NY Post opinion column, you attack Rev. Jackson as a |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. So I guess the good Reverend (haha) has never done anything wrong during this campaign? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Because Jackson is not perfect, you believe ANYTHING you read about him? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TTUBatfan2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm tired of Jesse Jackson... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
galaxy21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hillary: Shame on you Jesse Jackson! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. *giggle* |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. Jesse has lost his mind. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
44. The New York Post? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. If one is already predisposed to believe the worst about him, what difference does the source make? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. What?! It's plainly clear that he said this and it's calculated jealousy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. How is it "plainly clear that he said this?" Because a NY Post columnist said he did? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Hope08 (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. Run Jesse Run |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
52. So how much money did Limbaugh & Hannity throw at the Reverend (haha) to do this? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. You're swallowing the words of a NY Post columnist and you call Rev. Jackson a moron! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
anaxarchos (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #58 |
76. I wouldn't have thought, "precious"... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Zionists...have controlled American policy" = a canard. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
politicasista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. Looks like he found another "Hot Mic" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Convertee (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
62. I agree with everything he said and hope it all hpapens. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. Jesse needs to sit his ass down somewhere and zip it. He speaks for no one but himself. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-14-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
65. Pssssst! Yo, Jesse: Jesus loves you ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
67. What a worthless piece of shit |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
68. Does anyone even care what he has to say anymore? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
69. Sounds like Jesse's still trying to cut Obama's nuts off. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
nomaco-10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. It just goes to show what an exemplary candidate and all round..... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
funflower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
72. The NY Post is horsesh*t, and this "reporter" is a neocon operative. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
73. Rev. Jackson: Thank you for your service. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
74. Taheri was a mouthpiece for the Shah of Iran and advocates WAR WITH IRAN FOR REGIME CHANGE |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 06:19 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. THANK YOU!!! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
77. disagree as a practical matter |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DrTeeth (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
81. he's just mad because |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
82. You take the word of THIS guy? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. FWIW, had I to do it over again I wouldn't have posted this. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #83 |
89. It was on MSNBC this morning (n/t) |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. I appreciate this. No apology to me necessary . . . n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
newyorklenny (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
84. that's perfect for McCain |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Your font is strange |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #85 |
98. kind of familar too...odd |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. . |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. Jesse Jackson is gonna ruin his kids chance of getting Obama's senate seat |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
92. Fox Snooze reported it and Jackson said he was taken out of context |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. He WAS out of the country . . . at an economic forum at which has not been quoted in any other |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
SurfingAtWork (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. Edit: never mind, they are simply citing this story |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
97. New York Post Opinion Piece? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
kswheels (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-15-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
100. To quote Barbershop... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Sat Jun 15th 2024, 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC