Jesse Jackson Puts His Foot In His Mouth

Jesse Jackson is once again trying to steal somebody elses' shine. Even though he has been a staunch Barack Obama supporter, it was leaked, from an interview that Jackson did with FoxNews over the weekend, a "private" conversation that Jackson had saying "See, Barack's been talking down to black people ... I want to cut his nuts off." *SAY WHAT???* I know that ain't the Reverend talking like that? For shame!

We all know how FoxNews has beens spinning everything that is about Barack Obama, but this time, they're on the money by showing what a hypocrite jackass he is. Jackson went on CNN today to apologize and said that his remarks were "crude and hurtful". During his interview, dude ducked and dodged what he really said, but kept talking about the movement in the 60's and how times have changed, blah blah blah... get to the point dude!!! Man up and admit your mistakes. You don't say a conversation is "private" and wasn't meant to be heard by anyone else... damn sure not when you're on the set of FoxNews and you're micked up. I'm sure it was released by the person that was transcribing the tapes.

Of course Barack, via campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, accepted Rev. Jackson's apology, and I'm sure he took it with a grain of salt. But not Jesse Jackson, Jr., who is an Illinois Senator, and co-chair of Baracks campaign. Jr. released this statement from his office today: "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in Rev. Jackson's reckless statements about Sen. Barack Obama, 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. He also added that he'll "always love" his father. But, he said, "I thoroughly reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric."

The reason why the elder Jackson made the comments was that he was in a conversation with another guest on the show during a break, and he stated that he felt that Barack had been talking down to black people just as the instance when Barack spoke on fathers day at a church and called for black men to stand up and become better fathers. Jackson stated that there are more issues facing the black community than moral one and that his message to black voters must be broader.

You can't just let the man try to uplift huh Jesse? You got to go and nit-pick his every word? It's not like he went and called blacks or anyone else lazy and shiftless, and good for nothing. He just called for men all over... black, white, hispanic, asian, whatever, to step up to the plate and do your damn jobs! Point. Blank. Period.