Once upon a time, Jesse Jackson used to be somebody.
Sadly, “I Am Somebody” was nothing but a facade for an also-ran civil rights activist who became infamously known for being a narcissistic hater and shakedown artist.
America slapped him on the wrist for his anti-Semitic slurs when he first ran for POTUS in 1984. Blacks by and large looked the other way in 2001 when he was caught fathering a child out of wedlock as a result of cheating on his wife.
Now, thanks to a hot microphone, he was caught bad-mouthing Barack Obama — and calling for his castration — all for giving the very same “lectures at black churches” Jackson himself has been giving for years.
It seems to me that Jackson is angered that Obama has overshadowed his years of rhetoric within a matter of months. With the possibility of Obama being elected President, he knows that his days in the limelight (and under the klieg lights) as a greedy race warlord may be numbered. He is neither remorseful nor sorry for his nasty words in the least.
I could go about the banalities of Jesse Jackson, but why? He has performed successfully in revealing himself for the phony opportunist he has always been, currently is, and always will be. Someday before his dying day, he will come to the sad realization that for all the low-hanging fruit he has reaped and for all the bitter, rotting fruit he has sown, he is just a nobody.
If there’s anyone more deserving of being disowned by a black kid from Hawaii who grew up to become somebody in his own right (although I fundamentally disagree with him on political/social/economic issues and question the anti-American company he keeps), it is Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. — who was never worthy of the title of Reverend.
Related: Both baldilocks and Mickey Kaus note that Jesse Jackson does have a point regarding Obama’s condescending, know-it-all tone in his speeches. I agree that Obama’s speechifying sounds more like an arrogant liberal college professor giving a subjective lecture than a presidential nominee daring to be different, no matter whom the audience might happen to be.
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July 10, 2008 July 10, 2008 - 8:33 am
Waiting (UPDATED)…
Like most others who care, I’m waiting to see what the exact rude thing is that Jesse Jackson has said about Barack Obama and felt the need to apologized for–things said while the former was in FNC studios and thought…
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July 10, 2008 July 10, 2008 - 9:24 am
Did Jesse Have a Point?…
Asks Mickey Kaus with regard to Barack Obama’s perceived arrogance and condescension. And the answer is, of course he did.Isn’t there a better way to phrase it that doesn’t set up Obama as a commanding know-it-all? Kaus discusses Obama’s admonition…
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Waiting (UPDATED)…
Like most others who care, I’m waiting to see what the exact rude thing is that Jesse Jackson has said about Barack Obama and felt the need to apologized for–things said while the former was in FNC studios and thought…
Did Jesse Have a Point?…
Asks Mickey Kaus with regard to Barack Obama’s perceived arrogance and condescension. And the answer is, of course he did.Isn’t there a better way to phrase it that doesn’t set up Obama as a commanding know-it-all? Kaus discusses Obama’s admonition…