Jesse Jackson says of Obama:”acting like he’s white”
Here is Jackson in alls his glory:
On a statewide tour to register new voters, Jackson said South Carolina will determine “who has momentum” in the primary when it votes Jan. 29.
Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press.
“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.
“Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment,” said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 assassination.
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.
If Jena is a defining moment, then what about the double murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom? See in that case, it was 2 whites being brutally murdered by 5 black. Is that different?
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September 19, 2007 - 12:01 PM on September 19th, 2007
Someone ought to tell Jesse, A, “You’re under arrest!” B. “You can’t do the time. Don’t do the crime.”
September 20, 2007 - 06:16 AM on September 20th, 2007
With comments like that, Jesse, that’s exactly why you are not a presidential candidate!!!