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Jesse Jackson should resign from Rainbow/PUSH

Monday, July 21, 2008

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After his creative comments a couple of weeks ago concerning Barack Obama, why is Jesse Jackson still in charge of an organization which professes to work for the interests of the less fortunate in society?  Can he honestly claim to not be taking a completely hypocritical perspective?  Let’s itemize the ways: Whispering a desire to perform [...]

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Proxy wars? No, just bad company.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

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Nonplussed at the prospect of many of Obama’s high-profile supporters saying some pretty strange things, Village Voice has charged that the right is engaging in a variety of “proxy wars” to attempt to indirectly pound Obama without necessarily having to go after the Bastion of Hope himself. If these pickings were slim, rightbloggers fared better with [...]

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Jackson got caught being honest

Thursday, July 10, 2008

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There has been a lot of hullaboo lately about Rev. Jesse Jackson’s disparaging comments about Barack Obama’s perceived relationship to African-American voters. "I said it can come off as speaking down to black people," Jackson said on CNN’s "The Situation Room." "And then I said something I felt regret for — it was crude," he added. "It [...]

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