Jesse Jackson disses Obama on race; castration abomination; Update: Apology accepted
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But, you know, it’s us meanie conservatives who are responsible for all the race-based smears.
Uh-huh.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson issued an apology to Barack Obama Wednesday for making what he called a “crude and hurtful” remark about the Illinois senator’s recent comments directed toward some members of the black community.
According to Jackson, a Fox News microphone picked up comments he meant to deliver privately that seemed to disparage the presumptive Democratic nominee for appearing to lecture the black community on morality.
Jackson didn’t elaborate on the context of his remarks, except to say he was trying to explain that Obama was hurting his relationship with black voters by recently conducting “moral” lectures at African-American churches.
Jackson’s apology came a few hours before Fox News planned to air the remarks.
Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Jackson said he feels “very distressed” over the comments.
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The NYPost reports:
In a shocking blast at Barack Obama that was caught on tape, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, “I wanna cut his nuts out.”
He made the astonishingly vulgar remark as he accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of giving moral lectures to African-Americans.
“See, Barack [has] been talking down to black people . . . I wanna cut his nuts out,” Jackson said.
His whispered comments – accompanied by his hand-miming a cutting motion – were picked up by a live mike before an interview on health care in Fox News Channel’s Chicago studio Sunday.In an effort to blunt the controversy, Jackson apologized publicly at a news conference before the tape aired last night on Bill O’Reilly’s “The Factor” show on Fox News Channel.
“It was not a public speech or a declaration,” Jackson said at the news conference, although he admitted his language was “regretfully crude” and “hurtful.
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Update: Apology accepted…
The Obama campaign took a measured response to the incident, contending in a statement that Obama has spoken for many years about parental responsibility as well as “jobs, justice and opportunity for all.”
“He will continue to speak out about our responsibilities to ourselves and each other, and he of course accepts Rev. Jackson’s apology,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said.
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Hannity apparently has the tape
Can’t wait to hear the tape…
It is very annoying that we already have the apology before we even know what Jackson said.
C’mon, Michelle. Cash in a few favors over there at Fox and give your readers a scoop!
Grab the keys to the Obambi Bus.
Sounds like a “typical” black race baiter speaking.
Hannity quoted a little bit of it. Something about ripping off Obambi’s “bleep”. Manhood I’m guessing.
And why is it that they are always sorry for the comments when they get caught on tape?
I think Jesse already swiped the keys and did a drive by at Obamas house!!!
Further proof that a large portion of people are only supporting Obama because of the color of his skin, not because his character, judgment, policy stances, or content of his messages.
LOL Malkin Fan. Jackson Jr. will take heat for this back in his district too.
Geraldo is calling her right now! What he’s calling her, i can’t print.
You really cannot fully assess that comment unless you understand the traditionally black churchs’ long and proud tradition of manual castration analogies. What you may hear as advocating potentially violent emasculation is actually just colorful rhetoric tapping into the angst that all African-Americans feel today.
How long ’till we hear, That is not the Jesse Jackson that I knew…
UNDER THE BUS JACKSON!
because
ROFL…i can’t wait to hear the tape.
jessie jackson was probably worried he’d be called on the carpet himself for his own ‘morality’
With any luck this will be real bad and we can be rid of Jesse once and for all.
Wolf Blitzer on CNN just said “Jesse Jackson now apologizing for what he said about Barak Obama,very crude remarks that Jesse Jackson thought were private but were caught on an open mic.”
oops
Wow Rusty, I agree with you. This must mean that there is no global warming cause hell just froze over.
Where’s Don Imus?
LOL… Where is Al Sharpton????
…Imus wants to know if Jerkson will be fired and/or fined????
Yes Chap, Jackson wants “to rip his N*ts out”. Now that really wouldn’t be good for the future kids of Obama.
whitey
whitey
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Was Obama only half correct becuase he is a HALFRICAN AMERICAN?
LOL @ Jesse Jackson and his ‘preemptive apology’. Must be good, can’t wait to hear what he said!
What’s so funny is that, in his “apology”, Jackson clarifies that his issue is that BHO is calling on members of the black community to step up and take responsibility for their own judgment and consequences, and Jackson is urging him to place that responsibility on the government and public policy; not on personal choice.
And the rev keeps getting away with all of this!
Too freakin’ funny!
Drudge says it was something about cutting “his nuts off.”
I think I saw that in Mississippi Burning. What a racist!
Should be “his nuts out.” Don’t want to misquote the racist.
How do you think that is gonna go??
Those particular comments of Obama’s are not that different from the (sensible) things Cosby has been saying for years. Why aren’t all of Cosby’s critics going after Obama? The outcry should be huge!!!
Jesse Jackson lecturing us on morality is like a lecture on navigation by the captain of the Titanic.
Sean Hannity will have the full original quote on his show tonight.
For a guy who jumped the shark shortly after MLK was assassinated, Jackson sure has managed to keep himself in the limelight.
Jessie must not have gotten the memo about Obambi being the messiah. Could be a little jealous.
NUTS!
Cue the Fox News conspiracy theories in 3…2…1…
And how much national press will Jessie “Shakedown” Jackson generate for himself with his comment?
Just sayin is all…
“That was the context of my private conversation” takes care of everything.
It’s not fair to listen to what Jackson says when he doesn’t know that the cameras are on. You might accidently find out what he actually believes.
I am trying to think of the likely public reaction based on what he said.
The n-word is probably a career killer. “Uncle Tom” is probably the next worst thing. Something like “whitey,” “honky,” or anything involving the word “half” will probably be forgotten after the elction is over.
At the very least, it looks like he’s a goner until after the inauguration.
Tyromac #37, I’m surprised it hasn’t already started. I can see Jackson now: “This is why you should never go on Fox News, they evesdrop on you”. only he’d do it poetically.
What do moral lectures have to do with African-American churches? I don’t get it. :s
GODDAMN-AMERICA!!!
Here is an interesting search; Jesse Jackson on Obama
Did y’all know JJ’s Junior is/was an Obama team member?
Unless your refering to a whitey(that said them)…when has any of those word killed someones career?
More media manipulation at hand. I suspect that a few calls were made: ‘Hey, Frank? Can you not run that story until we can get a formal apology all typed up? Thanks, buddy.’ An apology before the transgression?
Welcome to My World: A 30 Minute Driving Tour of Political South Side Religous Racists
Live apology from Jackson about to be broadcast live on CNN…..
CNN is apologizing for him first though…
A lot of JJ Junior’s votes come from Obambi supporters.
It be Fox’s fault!
If they did not be recordin’,
I would not be affordin’
An apology fo’ the discordin’
That distracts us from da waterboardin’
Done by Commissioner Gordon.
I ain’t no Willie Horton.
I just be lordin’
It over you, you, you…kiss my bl@ck @ss, be-yotches.
Peace, out.
My sources say he referred to Barack as “Obamacaca.”
I just heard part of the tape on Brit Hume. Another victim of the open microphone syndrome. Jesse expressed his opinion that BO is talking down to blacks. He looks like a deer in the headlights while he speaks softly.
You have to hear Mark Levin’s take on this if you folks need a good laugh.
He sounds just like all the libs when they get caught in their own trap.
Just like the first “black” president, ol Slick Wiiy. He’s not sorry he did it, he’s sorry he got caught.
I’m waiting for Al (not so)Sharpton to come out and demand Jessie be fired for his racist comments. Oh wait, he’s African American and a Democrat, so by definition he can’t be racist. Never mind. /sarc
On the other hand, he has a point, a politician preaching morality is an oxymoron if I’ve ever heard one.
Was going to say I had just seen it on Brit Hme, but Nevermind, I was too slow.
Hume, not Hme
The sad part about these 2 and others like them (ex: Sharpton) is that they think MLK was the greatest. Knowing MLK’s philosophy and ideas, he would have absolutely nothing to do with these power-seekers. And, if he did come back, these losers would condemn him immediately, as an “oreo”. Of course, lecturing anyone on morality ought to be quite interesting. Good for laughs, if nothing else.
JJ said that voting for Obama will give this country redemtion and heel it??? and took credit for it as well as the credit for white women to serve on a jurey in Alabama???
WTF
Interesting. Right now Barack Obama is infinitely more popular in the black community than Jesse Jackson is (about whom many blacks were ambivalent to begin with). This could really hurt Jesse.
bump bump… the Rev Jackson is now officially under the bus
Jesse’s income depends on blaming whitey for every negative in the black community, he certainly doesn’t want to hear this helf-white dude actually trying to put some of the blame on blacks themselves…….why, that just can’t be!!!
Anybody have a dixiecup? oooo…sory COFFEEcup.
It will air on O’rielly tonight if I’m not mistaken. Oh and Bwwahhahahahha
In other words, Jackson intentionally made the comments. He just didn’t intend that an audiotape of the comments be broadcast.
The same problem Obama had in San Francisco.
Both of them are saying, do not broadcast the vile, racist comments that I make in private that are contrary to the public image that I try to convey.
So does this make Obama okay? Or is he still the most elitist, terrorist, muslim, white hating, leftist senator in American history?
dental plan dakine said:
He [Jackson] caused a stir in 1995 when he wrote to the FOX network protesting an episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in which the “White Ranger” said “White Power” as a battle-cry.
Apparently, you’re right.
He’s also managed to negotiate the release of several POW’s in different theatres of action over the years. To be fair.
This just in. . .
Obama’s approach to space exploration is to just keep piling people under the bus until the bus reaches the moon.
He’s “halfway” there, Yashmak #66
This just in: It’s Booosh’s fault because the FISA act passed and I didn’t know Boosh still had it out for me.
Wasn’t Jackson’s “hymietown” remark also th a reporter when he thought he was off the record?
See, guys. There is no MSM bias against conservatives. Apparently they are all too busy conspiring against Brother Jackson.
OH this is Sweet, Larry Elder just reported that JJ Junior just threw Papa Jackson on his bus.
chapoutier said:
Drudge is running the line, “Cut his n*ts out!”
So it looks like Al Sharlaton will get to be the first race baiter to roll around naked on the bed in the Lincoln Bedroom. That ain’t gonna sit well with Ole Jesse.
The rest of the story
OT, what happened to Paul Harvey? Haven’t heard him on the radio for a long time.
Read about it earlier this morning …
I smiled
PROOF–God is still watching over this great country!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s so comical is Obama gives basically ONE speech to a black church MENTIONING the responsibility of black fathers, really a gambit to counterattack the 20 years in Wright’s church and its “hate whitey” meme, ONE TIME he says something, and Jesse Jackson gets all upset that Obama is dissing the black community. Obama puts his tippy toe outside the reservation and BAM, JJ is right there to say he’s out of line. SO funny.
Rainbow coalition donations must be down.
Jealous ego maniacal race baiter is, as Jealous ego maniacal race baiter does.
Plus.
The closer we look at CarBama (from the last devoted communist Pres. going for his second term)the more he looks like the good Rev…Al.
I’ve seen several comments about Jesse getting fired, but what can you get fired from when you don’t have a job?
Just askin’.
True, but if JJ said it it is annoying.
Now Now Tennessee Dave you must ask yourself – Does this help Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama’s children?
Just another bitter American clinging to my Guns and God
The race baiters has come home to roost!
The heck with them both.
Yeah, because he got caught. And that’s the only reason.
He who lives by the racist sword dies by the racist sword – except that Jackason won’t die. He’s said far worse before. He’ll be back.
What a tool.
At least she wouldn’t have to worry about having any more children if Jesse had his way.
This shows what a complete phoney the “Reverend” is. How in the world can someone who calls them self a reverend be against a “faith based initiative”?
This is like when he got caught cheating on his wife.
Jesse Jackson is a self promoting piece of crap, always has been, and always will be.
Didn’t know Obama had a pair to hack off.
I wonder if Jesse had intended to keep them in a jar on the trophy shelf.
I guess Jackson’s comments finally explains Obama and his strange “saluting” of the flag.
Well this is funny. I kinda wish that the election would never happen- that we could keep having moments like this for the next couple of years or so while letting President Bush remain in control. Would make for a lot more wonderful blog entries.
Does this call for a Photoshop?
Oh I think it does. I think it does indeed.
He is sorry all right. Sorry he got caught.
I thought Hillary already had Obama’s balls in her pocket.
From the NY Post:
I couldn’t disagree more on this point. Black folks know what the problems are in their communities, they are not happy with all the deadbeat dads out there, and they want someone to stand up to them.
I can see this being a HUGE boost for Obama’s campaign at a time when he hasn’t had much go right for him in a while. Standing up to Jesse Freaking Jackson would go a long way with those blue collar white Democrats and independents who are fed up with Republicans but are wary after the Rev. Wright deal. At the same time, he won’t be losing many, if any, blacks who are on Obama’s side to begin with. It’s like Sista Souljah but on a much, much bigger scale.
This all assumes that Barack has the nuts to stand up for something. If he follows the same play-it-safe, please no controversy game plan he’s been so widely derided for the last few weeks, he will pass up a golden opportunity.
How true.
Funny,
how I get severely chastised and roundly criticised, whenever I tell someone I blindly pull the lever on a straight Republican ticket,
isn’t it.
Anybody actually think that Jesse Jackson didn’t know that he was being taped? Seemed pretty staged to me: He can say what he thinks about Obama, then pretend that he didn’t mean it. He might not want Obama to win the election and this is a good way to lower black support for him.
If he is “talking down to black people,” that implies that Barack Hussein Obama really isn’t African-American, which is true. He is not American culturally.
Gabe said:
Seemed fishy, but then I figured it’s because JJ is an oleaginous sc*mbag so it doesn’t matter anyhow.
I expect men of the cloth to behave better than this. How unchristian.
What Jesse Jackson is mad about is that B. Hussein is leaving blacks OUT, looking down on them, when B Hussein came and out supported the “Faith Based” initiative.
Black Liberation Theology is what this is about. The quiet but ubiquitous BLT still ‘mad at whitey’ stuff that can only be said in whisper and only understood by blacks.
Jesse specifically said “FAITH BASED” is what he’s mad at, enough to de-man obama.
Look at the vid again, think about what would make Jackson mad enough to say and do this in regards to Faith Based.
It has nothing to do with the father/son crap they’re trying to hide it behind tonight.
SEEMINGLY???
How evasive can you get?