Just saw Jesse Jackson on CNN and he couldn't go two minutes without running down the laundry list of offenses that African-Americans have to endure on a daily basis. The question was: why did you say that Barack was 'acting white' in that article some months back.
Damn.
I'll give you Al Sharpton. A bullhorn has nothing on him in terms of volume. He's a big, fat, loud, arrogant political boss who offers knee-jerk reactions to racial situations that just happen to suit and promote his personal agendas. I fell out of love with the guy when he strongly hinted on NYC radio that the reason he's supporting Hillary and not Barack was because Hillary had no problem ponying up a check to his Political Action Network aka his pockets.
But I've always seen Jesse as a very diluted MLK. Is he really hopelessly stuck on the issue of race in terms of what he can focus on???
I'm saying this because I've been reading alot about Obama's win and one refrain keeps coming up by his supporters and even people who didn't vote for him but respect and admire him:
"He never plays the race card. He wouldn't be the first Black President. He'd be a smart, young, honest President who just happened to have a father born in Africa."
Damn. I have to agree with another poster here that Barack would be best served to never appear in a photo with either of these two divisive forces. And when I say 'divisive forces', I'm not saying that what they're saying isn't true or valid but just that taking everything to the racial level makes people want to vote for you less and less and less. Your greater message gets lost in the whole 'black man' thing.
If I was Obama's campaign manager, I'd hire two people. One to monitor the physical whereabouts of Sharpton and Jackson 24/7 and MAKE SURE there was never an occassion before the general election where they'd meet and have 'that picture' taken by a member of the press.
Damn.
