Posted on 11/22/2009 7:12:49 PM PST by markomalley
"You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man."
So pronounced the Rev. Jesse Jackson the other night at an event held by the Congressional Black Caucus, also known as the CBC, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Jackson's 1984 Presidential campaign. You might not have heard about Jackson's remark. It received some notice, but nowhere near the overwhelming coverage that Jackson's blue comments last year towards Barack Obama or even his tasteless comment that New York City's Jewish voters made the city "Hymietown."
Jackson criticizing an African-American presidential candidate or offering bizarre anti-Semitic remarks are certainly more newsworthy that criticizing a lone Congressman he declined to mention by name—in this case Rep. Artur Davis, a CBC member and gubernatorial candidate in Alabama. But more than that, the African-American electorate and, by definition, its representation is changing to the point that Jackson's comment can be dismissed as irrelevant.
A new generation of African-American politicians, including not only Davis, but mayors such as Washington's Adrian Fenty, Newark's Cory Booker and Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, has demonstrated a willingness to look beyond old orthodoxies and look for new solutions on issues that affect their communities.
But it's not merely generational. When Russell Simmons took the politically courageous step of endorsing Michael Steele in his 2006 Senate race (full disclosure: I was the campaign's communications director), he was joined by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, former NAACP leader and director of the Million Man March.
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Jesse WHO?
“Sudden Irrelevancy?” Where have they been?
Sorry—it’s the MSM. They’ve been sucking up to him all this time.
Maybe, just maybe I don’t want to call my self a black man. Shut your pie hole, Jackson. Take your ill-acquired millions and crawl under a rock. You are a leftist loser.
Jesse Jackson, you’re no longer the country’s number one race bater.
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