April 28, 2004
Jesse Jackson visit
I got to meet Rev. Jesse Jackson and shake his hand today. He gave a small talk at University of Maryland as part of the commemoration the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The main focus of his talk was dedicated to the upcoming election in November. There are not enough blacks that are registered to vote. He said it is those votes that are necessary to get Bush out of the white house. He said of Bush, “He is an asset to us [minorities]. If he can be president, any one can.”
He threw out a lot of figures; mostly regarding the lack of blacks at the top of the economic pool. He said blacks count for 50 of Sprite’s drinkers but there is not one black bottler.
After his speech, he took questions, shook hands, and took pictures.
Posted by yirga at April 28, 2004 05:30 PMBe careful who you choose as heroes and their own moral clarity to lead.
Keeping inline with his past, true Jesse Jackson hypocrisy-politics are bared, “He called on Congress to determine if President Bush's war policies are impeachable offenses, but said Congress bears no responsibility for the war, despite having voted to authorize it.”
Project 21 member, Michael King, said of Jackson, "He indulges his fantasies and delusions of grandeur by calling for Bush's impeachment and calling for United Nations action against us. But blacks are beginning to see the truth - that Jackson's bluster is exactly that: all smoke and no substance".
Read more about Jackson’s hypocrisy on April 3rd - http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200404\NAT20040426b.html
