Visiting the White House Nov 8, 2009
Showing up for six visits while keeping hope alive was Jesse Jackson. I'm not sure what the reverend is offering the Obamas, but they seem to like him more than Al Sharpton, who's visited the White House twice. (Townhall.com)
Make no mistake: He's running Nov 6, 2009
Unlike Jesse Jackson with his epochal primary and caucus victories in the 1980s, Obama is not a protest candidate dissed and dismissed by party insiders, but a mainstream contender with a plausible route to the nomination and the White House. It was not supposed to happen for Obama this year, despite his to the 2004 Democratic convention. (Salon)
How the Obama presidency slipped from poetry to prose Nov 5, 2009
Oprah and Jesse Jackson welling up in Chicago's Grant Park. The red swoosh across Michelle Obama's dress like the trace of an electoral meteorite that had come to shatter the status quo of American politics. (BBC News -- Americas)
Miller time: NFL commish caved in to pressure to expel Limbaugh Nov 5, 2009
I understand he was pressured to respond from the likes of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith. But I think the clever thing for Goodell to do wouldve been to simply explain the vetting process rather than fire off an opinion the media would eat up and likely inflate. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
CEOs, celebrities on Obama visitors list Nov 3, 2009
The visitor list includes General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt, liberal economist Paul Krugman, liberal scholar Cass Sunstein, former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan, political figures Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Michael Jordan, George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Serena Williams and Oprah Winfrey. Most Read Stories. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Some of My Best Friends are Uncle Toms Nov 3, 2009
But black Republicans have to accept that their cherished narrativethat theyre the principled ideological antidote to the civil rights establishment, as represented by the Congressional Black Caucus and Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharptonwas totally upended by President Barack Obama. Obama now owns the old-school Booker T. Washington and the new-school Jay-Z versions of the pull your pants up black man ethos. (Slate)
Political Grapevine Nov 3, 2009
Jesse Jackson totaled six visits. The powerful Democratic lobbyist Steve Elmendorf clocked in five times. (Fox News)
White House visitors list reveals stars and power brokers Nov 1, 2009
Other names on the list include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates; Ed Yingling, a lobbyist and the chief executive of the American Bankers Association; lobbyists and Democratic fundraisers Anthony and Heather Podesta; former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle; the Rev Al Sharpton; the Rev Jesse Jackson, and former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. The White House described the publication of the list - based on 110 specific requests for information - as a "major milestone in... (BBC News -- Americas)
House members under ethics scrutiny Oct 31, 2009
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. fundraising in return for Illinois Senate seat. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Obama names 110 White House visitors Oct 31, 2009
Conservative religious leader Gary Bauer visited, as did liberal civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Msnbc. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Who You Callin Uncle Tom? Oct 31, 2009
Tavis Smiley, Bill Cosby, Michael Eric Dyson, Julianne Malveaux, Cornel West, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. (well he did go a bit too far with the cut his nuts off comment last year). The argument over how black folks with differing political viewpoints ought to deal with each other stretches back to the beginning of the last century with the conservative Booker T. Washington and has continued through Clarence Thomas, both of whom were derided for being sellouts and Uncle Toms. (Slate)
Murder most vile -- what's there to say? Oct 30, 2009
Everyone from the Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan to the Rev. Jesse Jackson denounced the killing. The White House even dispatched special envoys to Chicago to express President Barack Obama's concern. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Kan. NAACP demands apology for 'RedNeck Rap' Oct 30, 2009
With all the fuss Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have raised over the Duke lacrosse team and Don Imus, basically calling them racists, maybe it is time the public and the NAACP to make them publicly apologize to Duke University and the lacrosse team for what they said. Also, Al Sharpton should be fired from his radio job for the racism he has spread. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Poll: President Obama has had only a minimal impact on race relations Oct 30, 2009
It holds no meaning whatsoever for me after the racebaiting whores like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson level it at the drop of a hat. Besides, Walter E. Williams has officially absolved me of any white guilt. (TheHill.com)
T.I. Talks To Ludacris From Prison About Lil Wayne Legal Trouble Oct 30, 2009
" The 16-year-old Albert was killed in the streets of Chicago several weeks ago while trying to break up a fight. The tragedy was captured on cell phone video and po 00003D4C sted on the Internet, horrifying viewers. The Reverend Jesse Jackson and Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan both attended Albert's funeral earlier this month. Tip had a chance to speak out publicly through fianc?e Tameka "Tiny" Cottle during the recent . The King of the South reassured fans he would be home soon. Tip... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Protesters march up Mich. Ave.; demand reform Oct 28, 2009
(AP) Protesters, joined by civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched up Chicago's Michigan Ave. demanding banking reform. The march Tuesday came as the American Bankers Association held its annual conference in a downtown hotel. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Rumble during Nazi talk Oct 28, 2009
There was no outrage when Rev Wright was outed by the conservative media Even Jesse Jackson was instantly forgiven for calling New York Hymie Town and confessing that he spit in white people s food when he was young (the transgressions of a misguided youth). So, unless you approve what s being said, it shouldn t be said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Fairey shows potential for Warhol legacy Oct 26, 2009
At times he tweaks his viewers, as in a series of Black Power images that includes Angela Davis and Jesse Jackson, but also a "Giant Nubian" who's "just a guy from a '70s haircut book," Fairey says, though people continually try to identify the image as a specific Black Panther. The lesson is that symbol supersedes individuals. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rev. Jesse Jackson in Macon Co. Oct 26, 2009
Jesse Jackson in Macon Co. ... TUSKEGEE, AL (WSFA) - Tuskegee University hosted a forum with the Rev. Jesse Jackson today. (WSJA.com, AL)
Click to read:11-Year-Old Tries to Abolish the N-Word Oct 24, 2009
11-Year-Old Tries to Abolish the N-Word - CBS Evening News - CBS News. ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2009. (CBS News)
Burying The N-Word Oct 24, 2009
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, have challenged the entertainment industry and the American public to stop using the N-word and other racial slurs. NAACP National Board Chairman Julian Bond repeated the call during the opening address Sunday night for the 98th annual convention, which runs through Thursday. (CBS News -- Evening News)
COLUMN: 'Good without God' seems to turn nothing into a bit of something to brag about Oct 24, 2009
just wondering wrote on Oct 23, 2009 3:11 PM:" Neo, thank you very much for your concern, but the day I start worrying about what those hypocrites think thats the time to worry. I know you can't see this but my hands are shaking as I post this. Some of our self righteous, self appointed intellectuals remind me of a quote I once heard. It says those of you who think you know it all are very annoying to those of us who do.And specificly that overt racist that you speak of. I found it interesting... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Don't count Hill out just yet Oct 23, 2009
On the list of things that refuse to go away -- white sunglasses, karaoke, Jesse Jackson, the band Kiss, the person in front of you at the post office with 14 packages and insurance aspirations for each -- Pat Hill has to be in there somewhere. Admit it, three weeks ago you were sharpening your obituary pencil. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
EDITORIAL: Business reasons sacked Limbaugh Oct 22, 2009
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host's track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team ... But the NFL tries to avoid controversy, as Limbaugh learned in 2003 when he was forced to resign from ESPN's Sunday night football broadcast after saying of Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that... (Fresno Bee)
Dangerous Zanies Oct 22, 2009
Two of the improbable moral forces who spoke out against him, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, have made racist statements on the record, particularly anti-Semitic statements, and been caught in scandals that they never should have survived (Tawana Brawley and the Atlanta murders that Jackson blamed on a nationwide racial conspiracy, to name but two). Limbaugh was very perceptive in responding to the brouhaha by saying in The Wall Street Journal that it represented a hatred of conservatives and an... (Townhall.com)
Jesse Jackson introduced as Al Sharpton on MSNBC Oct 22, 2009
and said, "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson.". Brewer explained that her script read that she was to introduce "the Rev. Al Sharpton.". (USA Today -- Life)
High school eyes post-grad options Oct 22, 2009
Charter schools superintendent Jesse Jackson said many small towns suffer from these same issues. We have to produce children that have real skills so they can start working, he said. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Anchor introduces Jackson as Sharpton Oct 22, 2009
MSNBC's Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton ... and said, "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson." ... MSBNC's Brewer introduces Jackson as Sharpton Articles (10-21) 18:34 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- MSNBC's Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
E-books delayed Oct 22, 2009
MSNBC s Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton ... and said, I m Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Boston Globe)
London's Tate Gallery Is Masters' Battleground Oct 22, 2009
The look on Jesse Jackson s face is priceless. Spread the. (Newsmax)
The Censorious Sound on the Left Oct 21, 2009
It's a sad day when the media makes their own news and promotes the views of the media wh@re$ Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Apparently you have to be a race-baiting liberal tool to own a football team in America so Rush couldn't qualify. (Townhall.com)
Rush to Slander: Who are the Real Racists? Oct 21, 2009
So how can Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and others in the media honestly charge Mr. Limbaugh with racism. They cant honestly, so they resort to lies and slander. (Townhall.com)
They Should Go Back to Preaching Oct 21, 2009
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton jumped on this bandwagon to push Limbaugh right off the wagon. Here we have two men of God, so to speak, who don't care about the Rams putting their case public with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
- Viewpoint: Rush bitten by things he loves 0 Oct 21, 2009
Civil right megaphones such as Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson chimed in, as did others who find Rush s comments racially provocative ... Personally, I find it plain nasty the way Limbaugh says the name Jesse Jackson with an Amos and Andy flourish. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Radical Imam to Speak at Muslim Group's Banquet Oct 21, 2009
Controversial Imam to Join Jesse Jackson at Muslim Group's Banquet ... Also speaking at the event will be the Rev. Jesse Jackson. (Fox News)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 21, 2009
But neither should activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, two others with no financial, legal or other interest in the league, yet they seem to hold the power over the timid NFL commissioner. (3 of 3). (Florida Today)
26 comments Oct 21, 2009
Many outraged Rush fans are directing their ire at Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, but I would argue that this is an inefficient allocation of their righteous indignation. These two household name-level, race-hustling opportunists have no credibility, including with the mainstream media and other liberal prostitutes who continue to aid and abet their shenanigans, such as this one. (Human Events Online)
White....SHHHH Don't Say That Word Oct 19, 2009
DeWayne wrote on Oct 18, 2009 11:57 AM:" To T. Smith: the so-called "REVEREND", Al Sharpton, also perpetuates LIES. Let's see how honest you are with yourself. Post everything you know about a certain "Tawana Brawley" case. He, the so-called "Reverend", Jesse Jackson, Kalypso Louis Farrakhan, all are RACIST. My question is this. Why don't the black community listen to the black leaders that say " stop blaming others for the position you're in and start taking responsibilty for yourselves"? ALL... (New Iberia, LA)
Letter: Conservative voices will not be silenced Oct 19, 2009
People like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who have done more to keep the racist label alive while putting money in their own pockets, than anyone else. It saddens and frightens me that with this administration, our voices are being more and more silenced. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Sharpton Threatens to Sue Limbaugh Over Column Oct 18, 2009
In a column published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday about his derailed bid to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams, he accuses Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson of making comments that helped get him booted from a group that was trying to buy the NFL team. Limbaugh derided Sharpton as having played "a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot" and the "1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot.". (Fox News)
LDS apostle Oaks: Religious freedom at risk Oct 18, 2009
Payton Place wrote on Oct 14, 2009 7:04 PM:" It is Peyton place. LDS members do not accept any opinion except those that agree with them. We are accused of 'assaulting' them verbally if we voice our opinions. Right Lasher.By the way Lasher, yes I express my OPINION to Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and numerous others all the time, just as I express my OPINION with LDS issues. It is my RIGHT as an American Citizen.I don't have to be LDS to express and OPINION and it is NOT assaulting anyone, it is... (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Harpers Ferry looks back Oct 18, 2009
Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. inserted language into an appropriations bill in 2000 to require Civil War sites maintained by the National Park Service to address slavery. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Adult, minor arrested on burglary charges Oct 18, 2009
Police said Jesse Jackson and a juvenile allegedly broke into a cabin and took firearms and a substantial amount of cash. A homeowner located the suspects and contacted police to say they had been detained on the beach. (Juneau Empire)
NFL denies it cleared Limbaugh's Rams role Oct 18, 2009
In addition to Checketts, Limbaugh blamed his removal on the Rev. Al Sharpton, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, head of the NFL Players' Association, who urged players to speak out against Limbaugh. Limbaugh referred to Smith as "an Obamaite," and said his ouster was "a bit of leverage in (the players') negotiations with the league and with the owners on a new collective bargaining agreement," which expires after the 2010 season. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Limbaugh's words keep him from a dream Oct 17, 2009
The NFL has been a model for America s democracy and growth, said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was a college quarterback at North Carolina A&T. The playing field is even, the rules are public, the goals are clear, the referees are fair. That s America at its best. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Limbaugh's So 'Divisive' The Left Had To Make Up Lies About Him Oct 17, 2009
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the talk show host was a "divisive" figure, and nondivisive figures like the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson expressed the hope that, with Mr. Divisive out of the picture, the NFL could now "unify.". The second quotation hailing Mao was uttered back in June to an audience of high school students by Anita Dunn, the White House communications director. (Investors Business Daily)
Left's Rush Blitz a Cheap Shot Oct 17, 2009
It didn't even matter that the dictatorship's emissaries, the eternal charlatans Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who actively lobbied the NFL to oppose Limbaugh, are themselves serially discredited race hustlers. Again, the charge is all it takes to demonize and ostracize the opposition. (Townhall.com)
Rush Limbaugh: The Race Card, Football and Me... Oct 17, 2009
Not to be outdone, Jesse Jackson, whose history includes anti-Semitic speech (in 1984 he referred to Jews as "Hymies" and to New York City as "Hymietown" in a Washington Post interview) chimed in. He found me unfit to be associated with the NFL. I was too divisive and worse. (The Drudge Report)
Mom of Boy Set on Fire: It's "Disgusting" Oct 16, 2009
Is Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton going to say anything about this, HELL NO. This was a hate crime but Al and Jesse are no where to be found. Maybe Obama can go have a beer with this boys mother instead of with his buddy that was yelling at the police. (CBS News)
Limbaugh: Soros May Have Been in Rams Group Oct 16, 2009
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson applied pressure against Limbaugh's gaining ownership was to gain leverage on coming negotiations between the league and the owners concerning a new collective-bargaining agreement. "That is what's really going on," he said. (Newsmax)
Sharpton: Quit the club! Oct 16, 2009
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not Racist ... It s people like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis FaraCon, Rev Wright, etc, etc that enable white racism ... And Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not racist. (The Palm Beach Post)
Limbaugh fires back; is Faulk next in Rams bid? Oct 16, 2009
ST. LOUIS -- Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh lashed out at NFL union leader DeMaurice Smith, activists Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and the media a day after being dropped from a group trying to buy the. On his syndicated show Thursday, Limbaugh said he was approached by chairman Dave Checketts earlier this year about participating in a Rams bid. (ESPN -- Football)
Limbaugh punted for politics? Oct 16, 2009
So if Jesse Jackson was part of a group that wanted to buy the an NFL franchise, would he be denied because he said (INAUDIBLE) town once ... And we have these instant experts on who is a racist like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, who by the way embraced the real racist, Louis Farrakhan, but nobody ever talks about that because that was a real black racist and an anti-Semite to boot ... Jesse Jackson and Al 00004000 Sharpton don't have that. (Fox News)
Limbaugh dropped from group seeking to buy Rams... Oct 16, 2009
"Limbaugh blamed DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFLPA and an "Obama-ite," and the Revs Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, whom he referred to as "race hustlers," for Checketts' decision a day earlier to drop him. He said his sacking was an example of the political clout wielded by the Obama administration."What is happening to the National Football League, what is about to happen to it, has already happened to Wall Street, has already happened to the automobile business," Limbaugh... (The Drudge Report)
Rush Limbaugh Oct 16, 2009
He was libeled and slandered and should sue for millions #tcot. Articles from the AJC. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
* NFL: Limbaugh bid for struggling Rams rushes into trouble Oct 15, 2009
In response, the NFL players association chief DeMaurice Smith, the reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and several players and sportswriters have urged the league to reject the bid, saying that Limbaughs divisive rhetoric and history of racially charged remarks make him unfit for a role in one of the countrys most popular games. Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of us reason to cheer, and when it transcends, Smith wrote to the unions executive committee. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rush-ing the NFL Oct 15, 2009
Indeed, racially hyper-sensitive stooges such as Mr. Smith, Sharpton and the master shakedown artist himself, Jesse Jackson, only hear what they believe reinforces their theories of oppression. If Rush lampoons Barry O, ergo he must be racist. (Human Events Online)
Report: Limbaugh Dropped from Rams Bid Oct 15, 2009
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith, who is black, urged players to speak out against Limbaugh's bid, and several have already said they would not play for his team. (CBS News)
Sharpton, Jackson attack Limbaugh's bid to buy Rams Oct 15, 2009
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host's track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team ... da'lake wrote on Oct 14, 2009 2:01 PM:" Mac - Get a clue would you. Rush was not "making fun of" Michael J. Fox. He was expressing his opinion that some of Fox's movements, in his opinion, seemed to be exaggerated at times. Just because his opinion differs from yours, does not mean he was... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Limbaugh doesnt get it: Idiots damage NFL product Oct 15, 2009
Have you heard ANY apology to the kids on the duke lacross team from the likes of Jesse Jackson. What Utter drivel from people who have no clue about what is going on. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
What Is Happening to Rush Limbaugh Matters Oct 15, 2009
No matter; only seconds after that remark by Limbaugh in 2003, the liberal media, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the left-leaning ESPN, decided that Limbaugh had to go. Flash ahead to 2009, and we have the far-left Keith Olbermann -- a man who has said enough vile things about conservative Americans to fill a phone book -- doing weekly commentary for NBCs Sunday Night Football package. (Townhall.com)
Jackson Escorts Kids to School After Beating Death Oct 14, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- After an honor student's brutal beating, the Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining parents in escorting a group of students who attend a high school on Chicago's South Side. Jackson rode with students on a bus to Christian Fenger Academy High School on Tuesday. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
The Race Ploy Oct 14, 2009
And companies that do not support Reverend Jesse Jackson s foundation are ipso facto racist organizations. The public is increasingly desensitized to this extortion racket, but it is quite another matter when the president s adherents rely on white guilt to buttress their position. (Human Events Online)
NFL commissioner hints that Rush Limbaugh may not be suitable for franchise ownership Oct 14, 2009
The true racist are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton who invoke race and a victim mentality in every issue. They, and many on the left, prefer that minorities are dependent on government and powerless. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Jesse Jackson rides the bus to keep Chicago safe; 'State Of Emergency'... Oct 14, 2009
Rev. Jesse Jackson To Ride To School With Fenger Students, Calls Teen Violence 'State Of Emergency' - cbs2chicago ... The Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses reporters before he rides the bus from the Altgeld Gardens public housing development with Fenger High School students, to draw attention to teen violence ... As he prepared to ridea bus with students from the troubled Fenger High School, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called the teen violence epidemic in Chicago a "state of emergency.". (The Drudge Report)
