Jesse Jackson Praises 'Sister Hillary' Despite Slurs

NewsMax ^ | Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005 11:08 a.m. EST | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[sr4402]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised New York Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday as "Sister Hillary," after Clinton cited his efforts to overturn the presidential election by challenging the Electoral College vote in Ohio.

Speaking at his annual Wall Street Project fundraiser, Jackson said "Sister Hillary" had been an important ally in his fight for those "traumatized by what happened to us as a people and a nation in Ohio."

He called Clinton "a light in dark places," who has "stood on the right side of history," according to quotes picked up by the New York Sun.

The praise for Clinton came despite a series of racial faux pas uttered by the top Democrat over the years, such as her slur last January against civil rights icon Mahatma Gandhi.

"I love this quote from Mahatma Gandhi - who ran a gas station down in St. Louis for a couple of years," Clinton told a St. Louis fundraiser. Pointing to the audience she added, "Mr. Gandhi - do you still go down to the gas station? A lot of wisdom comes out of that gas station."

A few months before that "Sister Hillary" slipped again, saying in a speech televised on C-Span she was "grateful" to have grown up in the "white suburbs."

Republicans had idealized "the 1950s white suburbs for family life," Sister Hillary explained, "which I grew up in and write about in my book – and am very grateful for."

She was also silent when videotape emerged in 2001 showing Roger Clinton repeatedly using the N-word during a police surveillance operation.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Snardius]

Speaking at his annual Wall Street Project fundraiser shakedown...

[Fiddlstix]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised New York Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday as "Sister Hillary,"......

Yeah! She's a "sister". Sister of Satan.

[lilylangtree]

I wuz thinkin' the same thang. :)

[chiefqc]

After cashing the check from lack pants suit klinton, JJ felt that the check was valid so he performed like a lap dog for his pay.

[phoenix0468]

Yeah and we all that where that dark place is.

[phoenix0468]

The klintons....isn't it always about money covering unethical and immoral and shady dealings and broken promises!

Or a fake suicide like Vince Foster, or if you believe autopsies, a forty five bullet in your head like Ron Brown.

[Baby Bear]

Everyone should read this...even liberals. Bump...

[Brett66]

Just as I suspected, Jackson is a b@stard.

[Tempest]

Delusional, the whole lot of them.

[Libloather]

I dissed the sister. I'll regret it until everything is repaired. (Say, when does that 'private life' thing kick in?)

[cyborg]

I'm scared looking at that.

[cyborg]

ROTFL!

[blam]

"Speaking at his annual Wall Street Project fundraiser, Jackson said "Sister Hillary" had been an important ally in his fight for those "traumatized by what happened to us as a people and a nation in Ohio."

Huh?

[Charles Henrickson]

Jesse Jackson Praises 'Sister Hillary' Despite Slurs

At first glance I thought this headline might be referring to the Rev. Mr. Mumbles and his speech patterns the last few years.

[Charles Henrickson]

"traumatized by what happened to us as a people and a nation in Ohio."

Hey, I still can't get over what happened in Florida.

[Charles Henrickson]

In school, her classmates gave her the nickname, "Sister Frigidaire."

True.

[sr4402]

I'm scared looking at that.

You should be. I am too. Every man, woman and unborn child should be afraid as well.