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Wake up America,black is black and white is white and never the twain should meet. Double standards are every where. Just listen to Whoopie, Sharpton, Jackson, Rangel, Walters and of course now the Obama's. Political correctness has now gone from the aim of equality to BLACK dictation of how we can speak and act. I thought the "N" word was ceramoniously burried a few years ago, I guess just in a white cemetary, because it's alive and well in the black world! Again, "wake up Whitey" (thats what Michelle calls you) or the next thing to be burried will be you!!!

Well, Michael Richards has just been vindicated! Civil rights just went backwards 100 years! And Jesse should have specifically apologized to the AA Community - not to the Obamas.

Imus lost his job. Any hope that Jesse will. ? from Bernard Clark...

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As much as I'd like to see that happen too.. Jesse Jackson is an extortionist and thus can only be put out of business by his victims.

Unfortunately these companies decided long ago that it is better for their bottom line to pay off the "reverend" and give him his jizya than to do the right thing and put put up a fight!

Please, let's be real. The Reverend is above the rest of us (black and white) with reference to integrity, honesty, and morality. Why should he appologize? Because he got caught. If we had not heard "off mike- hot mike", would he still be saying it. Of course! It's what he wanted - freedom and he's exercising it.

Imus lost his job. Any hope that Jesse will. ? from Bernard Clark...

I couldn't agree more! Talk about a double standard. Were is all the controversy now and people that should be up in arms? There really are two standards.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. When anyone insists on speaking like a racist, then they are saying that they wish they could be like them. Why can’t someone like Rev. Jackson and many others in the Black community understand this simple fact? As a white person, I have been careful not to use this word my whole life. How about imitating people like myself for a change. Meanwhile, I will keep hope alive.

Jesse Jackson has proven himslef to be irrelevent. And Barack Obama will not and should not be cow-towing to the African American community. I am a black man and I say that Obama is running for President of all the people and not just certain people. If he wanted to cater to his own and ignore a huge swath of the population he would be running as a Republican......ZING!!!!

Where is the outrage from the black community? This should be a wakeup call to people.

It's easy to see how this will work well for the Republicans. Obama played the race card with Clinton. Now he is forced to hold that hot potato while McCain is free to talk about energy, economics and foreign policy.

No amount of mainstream programming or press gerrymandering is going to make a significant part of the population accept guilt as the dominating issue in this election. It is a negative emotional vector. The electorate pulls away from it. Every time a mainstream media outlet runs a special on this topic, the Republicans will get more silent support. Polls won't tell the story. My guess is this is the real reason the numbers are what they are. Obama's campaign is losing lift to the tailwind, not gaining it.

Axelrod and Plouffe blew it by too narrowly focusing on the elite perception of the image they are crafting and not understanding how the emotional dynamics in the heartland actually work with regard to historical inheritance.

Aun wrote:
... Jackson has not been a real voice for black people in decades. No one under the age of 50 really respects him. What I would love to see is some people or a organization like the absent NAACP represent black America. He needs to go home and take care of his illegit. CHILD. Talk about real issues..
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Couldn't agree with you more. Jesse Jackson has built a career on victimization - Obama has proven otherwise.

I don't, however, agree with you however that you call the child "illegit." We have to stop that stigmatization of an innocent person.

Wonder who has done more or will do more for the AA community.

Obama is too busy kissing up to get white voters--and then there is reelection.

If 99% of you were "hot miked" you would knock yourselves off your self-riteous soapboxes.

Ralph Garner | Jul 16, 2008 10:15:09 PM
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Ralph great post...there are no "great" men, presidential or otherwise! NONE!

I wonder what Jeremiah Wright would say to Jesse Jackson about this? Hmmmmm.

Posted by: Pineapple | Jul 17, 2008 4:34:48 AM

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Oh he will say God is at fault , but he loves stupid people, he made so many of them!

jesse jackson is a hypocrit and full of crap

So let me get this, Jesse wanted this word banned from our language, comes after Imus for what he says, then turns around and uses this word within his own circle? WOW!

I'm not surprised as much by the hypocrisy as I am about how careless Jackson was to even utter those words near a mic, On Air or Off. Politics is a game of gotcha, and he of all people should know not to be so reckless.

I wonder what Jeremiah Wright would say to Jesse Jackson about this? Hmmmmm.

I think this has much to do about nothing, let’s stay on message.

Obama 08’

We've always known there is a double standard here, so what's all the fuss?
I do think Jesse Jackson should take a long vacation, and make a career change when he gets back. I'm just glad he came out of hiding. He and Sharpton were laying low until Obama nailed the nom. Rev. Wright too...came out for a inute then someone locked him up in his mansion and threatened him NOT to come out until after Nov. Too bad...I think he would be more entertaining than Jackson and Sharpton...and he is certainly more connected to Obama. When is he going to go on a book tour and come out for the press?

Al Sharpton has been silent througtout all of this. The next time some white guy/gal says something questionable, let's remember his silence and confront him with that when he condems that white gal/guy.

why the outraged? Who is outraged by any of this? Ugly people will say ugly things. Get over it. uglylastslongerdotcom

His apology was very eloquently written - compared to the number of apologies coming out recently his appeared to be the most heartfelt. "Appeared..."

Michael Richards says the word and he's satan himself and it's broadcast over all news channels constantly, Jesse Jackson says it and the News agencys act likt it never happened....

Okay, everybody please stop bashing Senator Obama; he was the receipient of Jesse Jackson's abusive language, as were African American citizens in our country. Some of you are making it sound like Senator Obama is responsible for Jackson's behavior. Please, if you want to bash someone, bash the man (Jackson)who uttered those hateful words!! Leave Obama and everybody else out of it! I am sick and tired of all those Obama haters (yes, racists and bigots) who pounce on the good senator of Illinois like a bunch of hyenas. This behavior is very disturbing! Please, can't you find something good and worthwhile to do? The world is watching and and listening; they read these blogs too...what a lovely impression we are sending beyond our shores.

Those of you still pushing Hillary Clinton for president are just plain pathetic. You're embarassing yourselves.

Wow, that devout Christian and Civil Rights leader is something else, isn't he? Why in the world would Jesse Jackson make such polarizing comments? Does he see his era of "the big guy" on its last legs?? Is a envious of Senator Obama? Does he feel he is so much bigger than the entire black community he has insulted and degraded by using the N word? Whatever his reasoning, there is NO place for that particular word in our society. You know, the really sad thing is had the microphone not been open, we would have never heard all of this from JJ's mouth!! And he'd go merrily on his spewing the same garbage again and again. And noone would know of his double, hypocritcal lives. Nice example for the young folks, Jesse Jackson Sr. I really do not see how African Americans can call this guy their leader. So, who would levy the charges against Jackson, would it be FOX NEWS? As he expressed his true self in what he thought was "the privacy" of their studios?? By the way, I would love to see the reaction of the person with whom JJ was sharing his evil thoughts about Senator Obama, and his total disrespect for All African Americans. Jackson apologized. Gee; had a different race, say, Asian, Jews, Latinos, native Americans, and whites said this, Jesse would be sueing that person!! Well, at least we now know Jackson's "secret" life when he thinks noone is listening!

This is so pathetic. How many times has Jackson done and said these things and not gotten caught? We're in a new win situation. Obama is an absolute loser and will do and say anything. He's redefined flip-flop. If he loses in November, the racists such as Jackson and Sharpton will have another reason to exist. Perhaps there is a compelling reason for BO to lose. If BO wins, then the needs for the henchment services provided by Jackson and Sharpton will be greatly diminished. The DNC has really screwed up this time. Things are only going to get worst as the truth will come out (it always does).

And this is the best the Democratic Party can do.

Wonderful.

And I mean that with sincere glee. I have faith in Americans to see him for what he is--a slick politician who will do and say anything for power, and is utterly unqualified for the world's most important job. I look forward to sanity returning in November.

The person who said Jackson is out of a job if Obama gets into the white house--the exorting Rainbow Push which is really the color green-- goes out of business...is correct. This old news extortionist is jealous of Obama, who has learned from the older man's mistakes...and he learned well.

They both are sick-making, but for different reasons.

The Obama Campaign falsely accused the Clintons of being racist in order to get the black vote away from Hillary ... now, their "chickens are coming home to roost" .. and it is one of their own roosters doing the crowing!! Forget Obama ... he left-wing-liberals "selected" hime ... Jesse knows it, Al knows it ... and most moderate-conservative Democrats know it ... so it's the flip of a coin in November ... unless a miracle happens and Hillary is on the ticket!

It sounds like there is a severe generational gap between the elders of the civil rights movement and the younger more arrogant types that have not paid any dues. Hmmm, I'm wondering how it will be settled. I always thought Jesse Jackson was a stand-up guy with a conscience, now I wonder. I'm still not seeing a basis to trust Obama, though. I don't support McCain either so there is nowhere to turn.
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Obama -- just messin' with you man!!!!
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on a dailey basis it shocks me the things my black friends say about thier own race yet being white I will be held accountable well the more you scream racism the less respect you will get from me!

Jesse Jackson is a two-faced idiot. Why isn't he losing his job like he demands when white people make the same types of remarks?????? He is a moron.

Jackson should have presented the fact that he used the n-word when he apologized for what else he said. Here's a man who would hoot and howl if a White celeb or athlete used the n-word, yet he uses it in the most distasteful contextual plural form, thereby disgracing the whole black race that he referred to. Jackson, consider your cloth taken, you're fired, we do not want to hear from you again - GO AWAY!

then the black community should do something about it instead of letting them go on camera as posers for the black community jeanette did you ever think of that

I don't believe Jackson or Barrack believe everything they say. Everything is scripted and practiced. In there own words...they sound like idiots.

Did Obama attend a sermon of Rev. Jackson? I bet this sermon would be more "lively" than Rev. Wright. Maybe we could have a competition for the two "men-of-the-cloth".

Obama has no chance

Imus lost his job. Any hope that Jesse will. ?

It looks like a double standard .....and he wants to sweep it under the rug and go on with the real issues. He has never just wanted to forget and move on.....he would ride it and hurt people and he didn't care what it took to bring others down for. I see he ways things his way until he crosses the line and we need to move on!!!!! How can people trust him or believe in him or what he really stands for. Which to me all he has ever been concern with in being in the spot light!

Yes, another close friend of Obama, being thrown under the bus.

Despite meager efforts, Jackson has not been a real voice for black people in decades. No one under the age of 50 really respects him. What I would love to see is some people or a organization like the absent NAACP represent black America. He needs to go home and take care of his illegit. CHILD. Talk about real issues...

Agree with KaseyC. There's always "double standard".

This it too bad. I am certain Jackson started his career after King with proper intentions. over the years his message and methods resemble nothing like the man he followed.

I can't imagine MLK saying some of the things I hear from Jackson and Sharpton. MLK was a Christian and a good man. Sharpton and Jackson will be shown for who they are. Expect more information to come out.They will be dead meat. Too bad, they could've done so much to help. Now it's too late.

The heart-felt rendering of what Dr. Martin Luther King, tried to convey to all human kind, seems to have escaped some bumps on the log, as they quote the master healer, without sufficient understanding of what the good doctor's prescription was really for, in the first place. So sad. Time to scrape the log once again. Elitist, it would appear.

Jesse was just showing his true colors! Again!!!

Just goes to show that Obama made ANOTHER boneheaded decision. He accepted Jesse's apology without asking him if there was anything further. Can anyone name two good decisions Obama has made?

I agree with LongT

Oh how I love hypocrits.

Face it American. It's plain simple black and white which people wants or are ignoring while deep inside racism does exists . Will the person that says changes and keep changing to get elected be on your side when needed or only his needs to win, while being pulls by the white strings. Or would he be smart/cunning enough to get rid of them if, if he get elected?

Only times will tell my friend.

Face it American. It's plain simple black and white which people wants or are ignoring while deep inside racism does exists . Will the person that says changes and keep changing to get elected be on your side when needed or only his needs to win, while being pulls by the white strings. Or would he be smart/cunning enough to get rid of them if, if he get elected?

Only times will tell my friend.

The man's a prime example of the adage "talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk."

This really puts the NAACP in a pickle. If it confirmed that Jackson did indeed use that word, how are they going to address this issue?? We've all seen the onslaught that Imus received from the media and others who have slipped up. But what happens when someone from the same color uses that word??? Are we going to see the same negativity and shame that Imus and others received, or are we going to going to see hypocrisy at it's finest??

you are absolutely right that jackson and sharpton don't want to end racism. if they did, they'd be out of jobs - and reasons to complain about life.

"I voted for the Rev. Jesse Jackson in '84 and in '88 and I would vote for him again today."

Me too. And I've never voted for milquetoast man Obama, and I'm never going to.

Obama can overlook what a black person say's about him. but suppose Don Imus had said those very word's that Jackson said not only to Obama but to any other black person. we all know how that story would go. Don's head would be on a platter and delivered to the NAACP.

Mr. Jackson needs to shut up and go away. He's doing more harm than good. Time to retire Rev...and I use the word lightly....

Also I am sick of all of this politicking. Always before I voted for what I thought to be the lesser of two evils, now I see that there is no such thing in politics. They are all toeing the line to stay in the middle east. Havent enough kids died and maimed for life for what is now called America. Get the Hell out of the middle east and let those people( or animals?)live and die as they have been before the western idiots moved in. All Obama and McCain can do is continue the Bush policies. No matter what they say, nothing will change. Thats America. As long a Washington is without feeling and cannot feel the pain of those kids and cannot carer about their distorted bodies, the blood will still run and the filled coffins will continue to be imported, and families will be left empty. The Hell with these dirty politics.

Seems like we now know who the racist is.
Himeytown and now n---er. He hasn't picked on the Chinese yet or the Mexicans and Puerto Ricans....will be coming soon to a microphone near you. Seems like he has a lot of apologising to do. I wonder how the women's basketball team at Rutger's will respond and then we have Rev. Al Sharpton, what demands will he put on Mr. Jackson. Doesn't it make you proud to be an American where there are double standards>

I agree with SwtRaven. We are all one people. If everyone would try just a little harder to pull together for good this would be alot better world.

Face it America, some people are racist, some are not. I am a whit male and I have faced racisim in my life. Everyone will at some point in their life. Looks like Jackson once again shows his hipocracy.

Racisim is a revenue generating business. Sharpton and Jackson are the Gates and Trump of this industry. The last thing they want is to eliminate racisim. Come to find out, they're racist themselves.

So whats new? I remember when Harry S Truman said that Korea was a police up action, but look at how many young kids were killed and mortally wounded and ruined. I remember Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Clinton and Ronald Reagan Have been proclaimes to be great men and Presidents, when in fact they wouldnt make a pimple if you get the point. Politicians have been given the priviledge of naming one of their own as great. What are these corrupt individuals and their administrations great for? The walls of Berlin did not come down because of what Reagan said. Russia collapsed because of their isolationist agenda. Lech Walensa was the real hero of the Berlin Wall. He started the real problems for Communist Poland and in turn Russia. I agree that Jackson and Sharpton are trouble makers. They think all of their problems are racial, while in fact Jackson and Sharpton need to go to work and get a job and a life and give race relations a chance. Both seem to survive from other people money. That give them the right to give advice on race relations??

I think it would be more interesting if they had a tape of Obama using the same word. LOL

Amazing... Jackson came to Decatur, IL a few years back and berated the people who were trying to get to the bottom of the young black kids who started a riot at a soccer field. He swept through town, made a mess of things, and never looked back at the young people who needed leadership and advice. He has over the years stomped all over the white folks who have said anything that he could turn into a racist comment. He is finally showing his true colors. Too bad he is out of the country and hiding instead of taking his lumps like a gentleman. He is no longer a voice for the black community, if this doesn't prove it nothing does. He must be angry and feeling guilty at Obama's words, so he's lashing out.

why is this not front page news? why did I have to search for this story? When that ole geezer called Rutgers nappy head hoes, you couldn't escape it for weeks.

I voted for the Rev. Jesse Jackson in '84 and in '88 and I would vote for him again today. The Rev. Jackson is a passionate man who says what he feels. Obama is a politician. He says one thing today to win you over and changes his stand the next day or when it suits him. Oh, and by the way, I am white and 67 years old.

We,as the American people, do not have to put up with this racial strife that is created and fueled by Jesse Jackson. We must come together as Americans. I am very sad for Jesse. For being a man of GOD, he shows us all that ENVY is a deadly sin. He is extremely envious of Barack. I hope these remarks end his career as a spokesman for the black community. As long as he has an audience, this type of behavior will continue to divide this nation.

Be honest....if it weren't for people using the n-word Jesse Jackson wouldn't have a job. He relies on it to keep his platform going.

He's just mad that if Obama wins then he'll have no other reason to complain. How can you possible keep the plight of the African American going if one is in the White House?

"Why is it okay for some african-americans to use disgusting words and get away with it? "(kaseyC)

Because disgusting people use disgusting words.

i think his quote is almost worse than what he said last week.

"I also pray that we, as a nation, can move on to address the real issues that affect the American people."

so racism isn't a 'real' problem in america? he merely sidesteps this issue, yikes!

like i've always been told, 'if you don't have anything good to say about someone, don't say anything at all.'

"Why is it okay for some african-americans to use disgusting words and get away with it?"

Oh: word, schmerd.

What's REALLY not okay was for the television station to bug a private conversation, carried on in WHISPERS, then publicize it.

But, oh: that rat Obama's okay with bugging EVERYBODY.

Jesse Jackson is an extortionist and a hypocrite! Is that surprising? This is how he has made his living since the death of Martin Luther King. He and his Rainbow coalition strong arm people with the threat of nasty news coverage or racist exposure unless they make hefty financial donations to his cause. The races would get along much better if there weren't the NAACP, The Rainbow Coalition and the KKK. All of these organizations want us all to be divided. Why? Together We Stand, Divided We Fall. The world runs on fear. It is a shame that we buy into it.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are the real racists in this country. They are merely racial ambulance chasers using a controversial subject to propagate their own agenda. We as Americans should not even give these two jackasses the time of day. It's time that we realize that by acknowledging racism we are allowing it to continue.

Why is it okay for some african-americans to use disgusting words and get away with it? Jesse has thrown himself in the public eye for so many years, this was just poetic justice. No one has a right to use hurtful language even in the same race.

Have you looked in the mirror lately Jesse?

I expect we can figure out EXACTLY what Jackson's use of the n-word -- his apologies aside -- was intended to convey, and exactly the tone in which it was said.

It says more about dreadful turncoat Obama than it says about Jesse.

If the Democrats wanted to WIN the election, rather than to rule over the firming up of fascism, they'd nominate Edwards -- and pray for Jackson to be his running mate.

About the day AFTER the so-called "election", the bottom is going to drop out of the economy. Having Edwards/Jackson on deck looks a lot better than tender fraud Obama and some soldier-cult right-winger, doesn't it?

how can he even show his face ?after his n word hipocrate

doublestandard, believe me worse has been said by "white" public officials and even white clergy against blacks, Jews and a host of others and their careers weren't ruined. They went on to become govenors and even presidents of this GREAT country. All you have to do is read history. You don't even have to travel that far down history's lane either. Just listen to some of the recent comments of the Revs. Pastor Hagee and Pasley. Hagee has insulted everyone from Jews, blacks, Muslims, gays, women and everyone but the white protestant male.

Wow...an African American using the N-word? Let's hurry up and blow this out of proportion!!

Like I have mentioned before to my friends - both black and white - the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton are the ones who stir up trouble between races. Anytime they are in the news, they are always saying things like "it has to do with race". Well, get off your bums and go out and help people overcome racial divisions - both black and white. Stop trying to cause more problems with your racially charged speeches. If you two are going to preach, then preach about how we all should get along, not how we should hate.

u know it's about time that Jackson's true colors were shown. He seems extremely two-faced.

When Don Imus said made some horrible insults, Obama was the first to call for him to be fired. If any white public person were to say what Jackson said, their career would be ruined, they would be condemned. So do you suppose Obama will condemn Jackson, and call for him to be fired? Does Jackson even have a job? This, my friends, is the notorious "double standard" of the race card.

What's going on with these Reverends?

Jesse has no relevancy after making comments like that, not that he had any in the first place. He is a hypocrite and deserves to be shunned by the African-American community.

Nonetheless, Jesse has unintentionally helped Obama bigtime.

Jackson is a black mailing moron

I would like to thank Jesse Jackson for finally confirming what some people always knew about him.

Where's his apology to Michael Richards?