Jesse Jackson Goes Nuts on Sen. Barack Obama
Don’t think for one second that Rev. Jesse Jackson didn’t know exactly what he was doing when he made comments about castrating Sen. Barack Obama.
Don’t be fooled into believing that comments made on conservative Fox News, repudiating Sen. Obama’s messages specifically to African-Americans was a genuine mistake.
Jackson has been around the block before. He’s been in front of live microphones and television cameras. He knows full well that a couple of seconds on pause means private thoughts aren’t shot around the world in seconds. To assume that this was just an error in tact and judgment is worse than the error in tact and judgment itself.
If this were another individual, it’s highly likely that Jackson himself would be drawing comparisons to the vile practice of slavery, where the castration black men was as natural as whistling Dixie. Jackson would be on Fox News and countless other outlets, vehemently denouncing what would be considered from a white man’s lips racial threats, and from the lips of another black man, an attempt to stymie the momentum of the Senator from Illinois.
How interesting that the object of Jackson’s discontent was his assertion that Obama talks down to black Americans on strengthening the moral fiber of our communities. Talking dirty because of the perception of talking uppity.
The irony is an absolute kick in the groin.
He knew every single part of this. And despite his vehement apologies, despite his endorsements and support, Jackson is well aware that comments made by a black man who once ran for president against another black man currently running for president are sure to be taken very seriously by everyone. Black, white and everyone in between.
