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Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'
The Hill ^
| 11/18/2009
| Mike Soraghan
Posted on 11/19/2009 8:09:14 AM PST by markomalley
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”
The remark stirred a murmur at the reception, held by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation as part of a series of events revolving around the 25th anniversary of Jackson’s run for president. Several CBC members were in attendance, including Chairwoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who’d introduced Jackson.
Davis, who is running for governor, is the only black member of Congress from Alabama.
He is also the only member of the CBC to have voted against the healthcare bill earlier this month.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: arturdavis; obamacare; racism; slavery
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Brother Jesse (the embarrassment of Greenville) is a racist scumbag.
To: markomalley
in at a no vote and not a black man (where’s my prize)
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:10:27 AM PST
by
This_far
(Mandatory insurance! I thought it was about health care?)
To: markomalley
“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson saidHow DARE those blacks think for themselves. Why, it's unbelievable!
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:10:31 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: markomalley
Isn’t that racial profiling??
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:11:16 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
To: markomalley
If you vote for the current healthcare bill, you are voting against healthcare.
To: markomalley
I suppose he’s correct. One would be an American first, not just a skin color.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:11:32 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 302 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: markomalley
Can someone please tell me WHY....WHY do we have a ‘National BLACK Caucus’? Where are all the OTHER ‘caucuses’????
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:12:24 AM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
To: markomalley
You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man'What a ass!
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:12:52 AM PST
by
Charlespg
(The Mainstream media is the enemy of democracy destroy the mainstream media)
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:13:05 AM PST
by
al_c
(http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:13:08 AM PST
by
BilLies
To: markomalley
Dude!!!
Make up your mind, is it ok to call someone a “black man” or not? Quit flip flopping d*mn it, this cracker’s getting confused!
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:13:27 AM PST
by
The Toll
To: markomalley
Racist Jessie Jackson is playing the race card on his own this time... Must be getting jealous of Crap Matthews profligate and indiscriminate use of the race card for ptrofiteering.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:13:34 AM PST
by
DGHoodini
(Iran Azadi!)
To: markomalley
You can’t wipe blood on your shirt and then tell people that you were there when Martin Luther King got shot either when you were actually seveeral blocks away doing your ‘errand-boy’ gig.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:03 AM PST
by
Hoodat
(For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
To: markomalley
He forgot one thing. If you do vote against the health bill you are an American......no matter what race you are.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:10 AM PST
by
RC2
To: markomalley
“You can’t vote against Obama and call yourself a good person.”
Might as well have said that...or worse.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:16 AM PST
by
RexBeach
To: markomalley
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:23 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: markomalley
Its all about the handouts.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:52 AM PST
by
Neoliberalnot
((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
To: markomalley
890 billion / 36 million = $24,722.22 per person.
Isn’t this a Cadillac health plan?
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:14:57 AM PST
by
listenhillary
(A "cult of personality" arises when a leader uses mass media creating idealized/heroic public image)
To: markomalley
Well, at least he’s fully admitting what “healthcare reform” is all about -
just another “reparations in disguise” policy.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:15:07 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: markomalley
Jackson belongs to that generation of African-Americans who think they have the right to decide whether someone is black or not.
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posted on
11/19/2009 8:15:51 AM PST
by
popdonnelly
(Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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