LOL wow. Another headline I saw was, 'When the Man is One of Us.'
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I want to cut his nuts off - love, Jesse Jackson
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25611808/
NBC News and news services
updated 4:24 p.m. PT, Thurs., July. 10, 2008
CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama shrugged off a crude comment aimed at him by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, accepting an apology for a remark Jackson made as he contended that Obama wasn't speaking to issues important to the black community.
Unaware that his microphone was on during a break for a Fox News program last Sunday, Jackson said, "I want to cut his nuts off." When he learned Wednesday that the Fox News program "The O'Reilly Factor" would air his comments that night, Jackson apologized for "hurtful and wrong" remarks.
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.
During a break from taping "Fox & Friends" on Sunday, a fellow guest asked Jackson about speeches on morality Obama has given at black churches. Jackson said at a news conference Wednesday that he responded that Obama's speeches can come off as speaking down to black people and that there were other important issues to be addressed, such as unemployment, the mortgage crisis and the number of blacks in prison.
"It was not a public speech or a declaration," Jackson said, adding that the comments "will not be helpful."
"For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize," he said in a written apology released Wednesday. "My support for Sen. Obama's campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal."
Jackson said he called Obama's campaign to apologize.
Jackson criticized by his son
Though Jackson supports Obama, the two are not close.
In September, The State newspaper in South Carolina reported that Jackson had said Obama was "acting like he's white" in his response to the arrest of six black juveniles in Jena, La. Jackson disputed the quote.
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Jackson's comments sparked something of a family feud. His son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., said he was disappointed by his father's "reckless statements."
"His divisive and demeaning comments about the presumptive Democratic nominee  and I believe the next president of the United States  contradict his inspiring and courageous career," the younger Jackson said.
ROzbeans
17 years ago
Verileah
17 years ago
This is just so outrageous I almost wonder if it was an intentional maneuver of some kind.
Mylec
17 years ago
Where is Al Sharpton to demand Jesse be removed as head of Rainbow/PUSH for threatening to emasculate a black leader??? Yeah...that will happen.
All joking aside, my initial thought was that this was some kind of intentional manuever as well. But Jesse is known (and well documented) for making these kind of outrageous statements that have (or should have) been damaging to his career and the careers of others (Hymietown, anyone?).
All joking aside, my initial thought was that this was some kind of intentional manuever as well. But Jesse is known (and well documented) for making these kind of outrageous statements that have (or should have) been damaging to his career and the careers of others (Hymietown, anyone?).
ROzbeans
17 years ago
Ooooh.
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.
The longtime civil rights leader already came under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.
In additional comments from that same conversation, first reported by TVNewser, Jackson is reported to have said Obama was "talking down to black people," and referred to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to behave."
Though a Fox spokesman confirmed the TVNewer's account to The Associated Press, the network declined to release the full transcript of the July 6 show and did not air the comments.
Jackson _ who is traveling in Spain _ apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but didn't offer specifics.
"I am deeply saddened and distressed by the pain and sorrow that I have caused as a result of my hurtful words. I apologize again to Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, their children as well as to the American public," Jackson said in a written statement. "There really is no justification for my comments and I hope that the Obama family and the American public will forgive me. I also pray that we, as a nation, can move on to address the real issues that affect the American people."
A spokeswoman for Jackson's civil rights organization, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said she could not confirm that Jackson used the slur.
Jackson has called on the entertainment industry, including rappers, actors and studios, to stop using the N-Word. He also urged the public to boycott purchasing DVD copies of the TV sitcom "Seinfeld" after co-star Michael Richards was taped using the word during a rant at a Los Angeles comedy club in 2006.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has joined Jackson in opposition of the word, said Wednesday he wanted to hear the comments for himself and declined to discuss Jackson specifically.
"I am against the use of the N-word by anyone and I think we must be consistent," he told The Associated Press. "We must not use the word."
Verileah
17 years ago
Wow. Well I've heard rumors that Fox has more footage that they haven't released yet.
*scratches head* I just can't figure out who this helps.
*scratches head* I just can't figure out who this helps.
ROzbeans
17 years ago
It helps Fox's ratings!
Mylec
17 years ago
I notice he just says he is against the word and that he wouldn't discuss Jackson specifically. You know he would be demanding Jackson's head if he were white. Sorry, I just don't like Sharpton because he is a complete bigot. Don't get me wrong, I hate rasicm in any form from anybody. Al only ever sees it one direction (white to black) and many times when its not even the case. He lost me when that lil boy in NYC was hit by a car about 15 years ago.