Jesse Jackson Wants to Cut Obama's ... Reproductive Organs ... Off.
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He has already apologized for wanting to do this. Jackson voiced his figurative surgical ambitions in the wake of inflammatory remarks made by Obama to the effect that "fathers should be around to help raise their kids."
I had to check three media sources before I found out what Jackson actually said. Because of this widespread and self-imposed censorship, I assumed Jackson had uttered the dreaded "Fourteenth Letter of The Alphabet" -Word.
I guess when all is said and done, he DID use a "Fourteenth Letter of The Alphabet" -Word.
Comments (6)
Very sour news to wake up too this morning, I must say. I can't for the life of me begin to understand why the mind of Jesse Jackson would take Barrack's very general bit on fatherhood and twist it to not only single out the black community, but turn it into an offense as well. There seems to be a pre-conceived notion in his mind that fatherless households are a decidedly black phenomenom, which is neither statistically nor proportionally the case. You'd think he'd understand by now that this type of one-track thinking is what kept him from being seriously percieved as a candidate for the presidency himself back when he ran his sham of campaign in '84 and '88.
I wish that just for once he'd let facts shape his opinions...
he is bitter heis not relevant anymore
I think you nailed it, Steve. It's a generational thing, but even more it's a power thing. That said, I do suspect that there may be a hidden agenda in Obama's remarks - it wouldn't surprise me to learn that he wanted to send a message to the white electorate that he would not automatically be an apologist for what they perceive as black issues - though misguidedly so, as LazerGun Carrier astutely points out....
yes ivy, a power thing. i agree, the luster is a bit off obama. i wish i liked him more........but he is still my guy, there is no choice( of course)
I know what you mean, Steve, but he's doing what he's gotta do in order to get into the White House. If he doesn't broaden his base, he's toast. He has a very tough job right now in countering all the bullshit that's being spouted about him - like this business about his middle name and the Jeremiah Wright crap - without giving off the impression that the scandal-mongerers have the upper hand. Hence speeches like the one Obama delivered about fathers taking responsibility for their children; this has been a pet theme of the right for years now, but as part of a larger agenda - and, yes, with race subtly woven into the discussion. By meeting this topic head-on, he's defusing it as a rhetorical weapon for the Republicans and reassuring middle America that he's a common-sense guy. Whether you're for or against him, it is an astute move.
i don't disagree