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I've got 2 questions, why did Fox wait to release this and why would Jesse Jackson go on any Fox show?

He is an ass.

Posted by Fly-Over Illinois | July 17, 2008 9:27 AM
2

We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

Posted by clintonsarmy | July 17, 2008 9:28 AM
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Eli,
The absolute worst one can say about Rev. Jackson these days is that he is irrelevant. He has a bruised ego because of Sen. Obama's popularity. And, he is part of the problem Sen. Obama speaks about regarding absent fathers in the African-American community (Jackson sired a child out-of-wedlock about six years ago). At one time, I had some admiration for him. Not any more.

Posted by lark | July 17, 2008 9:28 AM
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Obama and Jackson set this up months ago. Jesse gets to play the angry, bittter black man to make Obama look more palatable.

Posted by ivan | July 17, 2008 9:42 AM
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uh, Jesse I have to say it but:

Pot.

Kettle.

Black.

Posted by michael strangeways | July 17, 2008 9:43 AM
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of course I meant, "I HATE to say it"

Posted by michael strangeways | July 17, 2008 9:45 AM
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Jesse Jackson and Bill Clinton are pouty, frustrated Baby Boomers (emphasis on the Baby bit). They can't deal with the fact that its no longer all. about. them. Their generation took the national spotlight early and have basked in it ever since....they are not adjusting well to having the focus shift to a new guard.

Posted by jason | July 17, 2008 9:51 AM
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what makes jesse a complete hypocrite on this issue is of course the fact that he was part of the campaign against rappers for using the N word. he was all over the tube looking like al gore’s silly wife, ranting about the nihilism in rap music and the use of the n word.

frankly, he cant seem to contain his disdain for senator obama and his jealousy is showing. he needs to exit as soon as possible, i mean his own son , will not have anything to do with him.

Posted by SeMe | July 17, 2008 9:59 AM
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I'm surprised it took this long for the clearly edited section of Messy Jesse's commentary to be leaked.

Posted by schnoodle | July 17, 2008 10:28 AM
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Not an issue. I thought society had basically given a pass to AfAm people using that word. Like gays calling each other fag.

If an AfAm person calling another nigg*r gets anyone in a twist these days, then they must never have heard of hip-hop.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | July 17, 2008 10:34 AM
11

nuns?

Posted by chops | July 17, 2008 10:40 AM
12

@10: It would be a little strange if Barney Frank started calling gay people fags.

Posted by girlgerms | July 17, 2008 10:43 AM
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The whole "reclamation of words" movement is stupid. I'm gay... call me a fag, even if you're gay too, and watch the fun.

Posted by robo | July 17, 2008 10:46 AM
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nigga pleez! I think
this South Park shows the annoying reality of Jesse Jackson and just how pathetic his opinion is.
I didn't know he was 70. Time to retire, old man! Thanks, toodles!

Posted by calvin | July 17, 2008 10:49 AM
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@12, certainly if he did so in a speech it would be an issue, no doubt, but remember this was thought to be a private conversation so I judge Jackson in that context. AfAm people calling each other nigg*r in private, gays calling each other fag in private...not the end of the world IMO.

@13, I hear you. I don't use it too often, but lots of other gay people seem to be comfortable with it so I don't get in a twist when I get called a fag by a gay person.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | July 17, 2008 11:04 AM
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OK, I know I'm feeding the troll here, but after days of clintonamory's (it's like polyamory, but dirtier) robo-blogging I have to ask -- re-defeat? That would imply that someone beat him once and it weren't your candidate.

Posted by Al | July 17, 2008 11:12 AM
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Far more disturbing than the article are the comments that follow.

Posted by Please don't lynch me. | July 17, 2008 11:41 AM

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