Please, Jesse, tell me it ain’t so that you managed to go on Fox News of all places, threaten to do bodily harm to a presidential candidate and let the “N” word come out of your mouth to a reporter who looked caught between not wanting to know and salivating to hear.
Honestly, my hope is that Jackson, knowing that people had equated Obama with him, found a way to put distance between the two men in the public’s eye. Otherwise, I don’t even know what to say about Jackson’s latest appearance.
In many ways, I feel sorry for Jesse. He’s been at this game since King was King. The way people speak about him now it’s as if he’s always been some sort of buffoon. He may have always been narcissistic and self-absorbed, but he made a decent presidential run, even if his politics guaranteed the majority would never vote for him. Jesse’s done pretty good by black people, too, working for their interests around the world.
And what took Jackson out? A scandal with some woman who fathered his child. Big freaking deal. I don’t care if he’s a reverend. I don’t care that betraying his marriage makes him a hypocrite. I think many in the black community abandoned and ridiculed him for no good reason. We humans, whether black, white, or anything in between have little tolerance for those who purport themselves to be heroes having any flaws.
Jesse, I’d love it if you could tell me this slip was part of some plan, but it seems you let your lip slip before your brain can restrain itself from commenting. I remember the stir you caused with a certain H____town comment about my hometown New York (you know if I don’t say the N word I’m sure not going to touch the H word). Put this kind of crap under the column of things that just make me sad.
No slip. Just ignorant and jealous…
Chicki
hehehe,
Chicki you make me laugh. I tell you it’s just wishful thinking on my part. Oh, well.
All the best,
dee
Unfortunate, Dee, for me Jackson did start to descend on my respect meter when he went to counsel President Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal and took his (later discovered) Baby Momma with him, then have a child out of wedlock. I care when spiritual leaders and or community leaders have the ‘do as I say and not as I do mentality.’ I don’t care what color they are. If you’re going to be a leader be a leader. If not, step aside. Then let’s not forget Jackson’s whole waving the finger at black america for those who use the N-word (talk about talking down to people) and have some elaborate media blitz funeral for the word-which was ridiculous no matter how you slice it and then get caught with using the word-as you said-ON FOX NEWS. He was wrong and he apologized-now he needs to do what he should have been doing all along-STEP ASIDE.
I defer to you and others who have major concerns about the pecadillos of community/political/spiritual leaders affecting their view of their leadership. I’m not saying that it’s unimportant to me, but the significance of such acts pales to me when I contemplate their actual leadership. If you’re doing what you are supposed to otherwise and I don’t get slapped in the face with the fact that your penis strays, I won’t make a big deal about it if your significant other doesn’t.
Anyhoo, I saw a poll of folks who were asked what role Jackson should have to Obama’s campaign. Fifty percent of people said he should JUST GO AWAY. ‘Nuff said.