Obama Election Results: 333 Electoral Votes @ 11PM EST, page 20

Originally posted by carewemust
Oh God...I feared this. Jesse Jackson is now at the Obama rally here in
Chicago and taking interviews from the local media. I do hope that what
he's saying doesn't get out to the rest of the country before all the polls
close.

Jesse Jackson has no shame..but a lot of guts. Four months ago, he
went on Fox News and forgot that the microphone/camera was running.
The "Reverend" Jackson said that he wanted to "cut his nuts off", referring
to Obama. Now, he's at the quickly growing Obama rally, looking to buddy
up to our President elect. Jesse is an embarassment to a growing number
of us in the African American community.

oh my gosh....is that true? can someone please provide a link to him saying that? if it's true, that would indeed be shameless, not to mention irresponsible as hell. but don't feel too bad, i mean all races have those individuals whom the entire race wishes they could "trade to the other team" or what have you. hopefully america is past the point of judging a whole by an individual, HOPEfully, anyway. now i can honestly say, and i'm being very candid, that being raised in alabama, as a young man i was not entirely fair when considering minorities. I was never racist necessarily, but i did feel that there was just such a big difference between me (white) and the black culture, that i would never find much in common with any minority, orany common ground to understand and empathize with them on anything. Now, thankfully, i am in my late 20's and i am much smarter than those kids in school that influenced me to that line of thinking, and i see Obama as a HUGE symbol of just how far we as a country, not just me as a individual, but all of us are much more educated and we understand that you cannot judge any race by a few bad apples. i ask you readers to please not get angry or write nasty things about my comments here, it takes guts to admit you are wrong, and for 20 years of my life i was prejudiced. But that is not me now, i support Obama, and although i did not vote, he is the candidate i was rooting for. We as a people have come a long way towards erasing prejudices, and alll i'm trying to convey is that as a young man i was confused and fearful of minorities, but i think i along with the rest of the country, are much smarter than we used to be. so don't feel that Jesse Jackson is a spokesman for black people, i know the OP doesn't but is fearful that others will or already do see it that way, i am asking those of you who may feel that way to reconsider, and understand that Jesse Jackson is a black man, but not the "African Guru" who speaks for all black people. And consider the impact that someonee like mark thurman (rodney king case) or rush limbaugh would have on you if all black people thought those guys were a voice for all of us, indeed some probably do, but i'm willing to bet that more damage is done when a "angry black man" is televised doing something stupid than damage done for our credibility when a "rich old white man" makes a nasty comment on tv. Just look at how rev. wright impacted things, i think white people are more likely to judge others based on one mans actions than minorities, because minorities already know how unfair it is to be judged by someone elses actions, they have been there before. Great thread OP, he won but not by as much as i thought he would, although this wasn't REAL close, it WAS closer than i thought it would be, i feel that only a very small part of the voters for Mccain did so just because his opponet was black though. this gives me hope, genuine hope, for change in america. this is a crave statement this early on, but i could seriously see obama starting a dynasty of hope and change, similar to JFK. i think he measns it when he says things are wrong here, and he wants to fix them, and i think he will follow up on his promises to the best of his ability, and as long as our government lets him, things WILL change, i just pray that he is not shut down by the secret government, he doesn't owe any HUGE favors to the big money lobbyiest folks; that in and of itself is a major sign that things actually have a real chance of changing. I know some folks are probably ready to vomit when they hear the wopds "hope" or "change" by now, but that is because the words are usually spoken in vein, this time, expect REAL results!