Jesse Jackson: Not Upset by Clinton Remarks

Source: New York Times

The Rev. Jesse Jackson said late Sunday that he was not offended by comments on Saturday by former President Bill Clinton, who brought up Mr. Jackson’s name in response to a question about Senator Barack Obama.

Mr. Clinton had noted that Mr. Jackson had won South Carolina in the Democratic contests in 1984 and 1988. Pundits and many in the blogosphere interpreted Mr. Clinton’s mention of Mr. Jackson as an attempt to diminish Mr. Obama — and what would turn out to be his landslide victory Saturday in South Carolina over Senator Hillary Clinton — because Mr. Jackson had not gone on to win the Democratic nomination.

But Mr. Jackson said he did not see it that way.



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making this into faux outrage.

Clinton was citing the best example he could use when trying to downplay Obama's win.
These were sour grapes, of course, because when candidates lose, they try to downplay the other guy's victory. But by no means racist.
Clinton sought the strongest example, which was a candidate who had won SC the highest number of times without winning the primaries.
This candidate would not be white John Edwards, because he did it only once (winning SC and failing to win it all). Jackson's example was the strongest, since he is, IMO, the person only one who has done it twice.

If Edwards had been the one who had lost SC twice without winning it all, Clinton would have used him as an example.

But unfortunately for Clinton, Jackson was born black, and that means Bill is racist.

Even if Jackson doesn't think so.

and the media.

The same media that brought us George W. Bush twice and the Iraq war.

By the way, McCaskill and Kennedy are wrong.

The person who had something to be hurt about, isn't.

Of course not.

It is a simple fact that Jesse recieved the highest percentage of the black vote in SC during those elections. All Clinton was saying is that was understandable. The media has tried to spin the race card, not the Clintons and dittoheads keep buying into this crap.

Clinton was saying that Obama was a niche candidate, who wins on the backs of black people, just like Jesse Jackson. We Dems are better than that. In essense, Clinton was saying was that Obama's victory was tainted because of his overwhelming support from the black community.

We're all smart people, why can't we admit that that's the point Bill was making?

Was that Obama had a larger base in South Carolina. Shocking I know, he should be pilloried for mentioning it.

It all has to be taken as a whole, not just an isolated incident. Of course they are doing whatever they have to in order to win, including playing up to residual racism.

...that Jackson is green with envy, and he'd love Hillary to slap Obama down.

You just said something negative about Jesse Jackson, who is black.

I don't think that Jesse Jackson is the kind of man you describe.

...Jesse Jackson has said about Obama lately.

How about this?

Jesse Jackson: Obama needs to bring more attention to Jena 6
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/19/jackson.jena6/index.html

And this?

Jackson Criticizes Obama's Sub-Prime Rescue Plan
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=53256d0ea97039be4f78578a749667fc&from=rss

He was more positive when Obama didn't look like a winner. And he is critical of Obama for not behaving like a classic civil-rights leader, including accusing Obama of "acting white"

Think about it. Jesse Jackson has worked for decades to build up his position, and his presidential runs went nowhere. Now Obama comes out of nowhere and catapults to the top, within reach of the Presidency. Jealousy is a common human emotion, and I think that it is at work here.

Mr. Jackson thinks Obama should bring more attention to the Jena 6, and that there are problems with his sub-prime rescue plan. Criticism most certainly does not equal jealousy.

Just an observation, hon. Or maybe I'm jealous?

experience of harm because of racism. Therefore Jessee
knows the difference between truth and reality.

Reality is a non-subjective state which doesn't include conceptual ideals.


Truth: The Grand Canyon is a gorgeous example of natures handy work.
Reality: The Grand Canyon is a big hole in the ground.

what do you think people are going to say?

Bill Clinton wanted to associate Obama with a controversial figure, he knew exactly what he was doing.

People see it for what it is, and if the Clinton supporters believe this is helping their candidate, not only are they wrong, but they most likely will hurt it for whoever the nominee is in 2008

jesse jackson being rational