Jesse Jackson Shows Up in Madison

2/18/01 | Vanity

[Obadiah]

With helicopters hovering overhead and bused in crowds jeering in red, it is clear that media cameras and microphones must be near because the Rev. Jesse Jackson has just shown to the Madison protest.

Jackson was seen glad handing through the crowd with the requisite TV cameras lapping it all up.

[jersey117]

Hey.... let’s turn it into a race issue.

[Sir Gawain]

This is going to backfire big time.

[andy58-in-nh]

99% white crowd singing ‘we shall overcome’...now that there is funny.

Hysterical, actually. As led by the Justice Brothers, "Symphony for AFL-CIO in A Sharp(ton) for Bullhorn and Tuba".

[FrankR]

Of course he's there, there are cameras, right?

Their ploy isn't working, so they have to try and make it "racial"...trouble is, that card has lost a lot of its uumph, for which they can thank obama.

[newzjunkey]

Every Circus needs a good freakshow!

It's certainly a circus now that Jesse's arrived.

[kearnyirish2]

The union thugs wanted JJ there so they could say “At least we work for our pay & benefits; this guy’s thugs get all these things without even getting out of bed”. At that point they hope the Gov. will be reasonable...