Jesse Jackson on Barack Obama

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Originally Posted by saden1

He implies that Jesse Jackson is a leader of the African American community and I don't know who anointed Jesse Jackson a leader. Last time I checked there hasn't been some sort of an election where I got to vote for him. Same goes for Sharpton, Farrakhan, etc, etc.

Secondly he takes the leap and basically implies that Jesse Jackson is a determinate to the entire African American community. I mean WTF does that mean, we're being judged based on what Jesse Jackson does or says? How would you like for me to judge all Italians based on Antonin Scalia or Rudy Giuliani which are inividuals I and many like minded people don't think highly of? Are they leaders of the Italian American Community?

Well one difference is that neither Scalia or Rudy speak on behalf of one group of people like Jesse does. I know Jesse does not speak for all African Americans but there are a bunch who support him and if they don't I never hear them standing up and speaking out against what he say's.