Jesse Jackson: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
posted at 8:58 pm on November 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Via Weasel Zippers. Just tossing it out there as a public service announcement, as a friendly reminder to black conservatives that they’re not really black.
The power of excommunication is an awesome power indeed, my friends. I wonder if he and the Pope ever kibbitz about it.
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.”
Davis’s overly conciliatory yet drily withering response:
Davis referred to Jackson’s 1988 run for president in a statement, issued through his office, that said he would not engage Jackson on his criticism.
“One of the reasons that I like and admire Rev. Jesse Jackson is that 21 years ago he inspired the idea that a black politician would not be judged simply as a black leader,” Davis’s statement said. “The best way to honor Rev. Jackson’s legacy is to decline to engage in an argument with him that begins and ends with race.”
Ironically, Jackson might have done Davis a favor here. Davis is running for governor of Alabama and doubtless feels pressure, as Obama did, to prove that he’s a Democratic candidate, not a “black candidate”; getting demagogued by this race-baiting bottom-feeder helps him in the same way that getting demagogued by Sharpton early on helped The One. In fact, it’s useful enough that I might suspect collusion, if not for the fact that Jackson has been bullying people this way for decades.
Speaking of telling black conservatives what is and isn’t okay for them to like, here’s some deep thoughts from tonight’s “Hardball” via Greg Hengler. Exit question: Will our post-racial president be coming to Davis’s aid on this one or will he be left to suffer in silence in the interests of passing ObamaCare?
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Real subtle of Tingles to label all Palin supporters as a bunch of angry white people. BTW, that’s gonna be a major narrative pushed by the drive-bys if it’s Obama vs. Palin in 2012. White woman vs. (half)black man.
Doughboy on November 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Jesse : STFU. Just. STFU
ya2daup on November 18, 2009 at 10:31 PM
How about black hymies?
Want to cut their nuts off?
Just go away you idiot.
Itchee Dryback on November 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I met the Rev twice. He’s a long winded self serving bag of crap.
iceman1960 on November 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Twice? You are a glutton for punishment!
ya2daup on November 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Now I’ll be hitting 2 Sunday services. Early mass and a stop in Pompano to hear what Rev. Oneal Dozier has to say about this. Google him, great local conservative!
katy the mean old lady on November 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Jesse says “If you’re not stealing from the white man then you’re not a real black man.”
DerKrieger on November 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
If only he’d step in front of Patrick Kennedy’s car…
D2Boston on November 18, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Jesse Jackson can’t call himself a real man, because he’s nothing but a shake-down thug. He’s never had an honest job in his life.
BottomLine5 on November 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM
What’s worse – this or what Glenn Beck said?
WisCon on November 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Dumb Jesse
Conservatives aren’t voting against healthcare. We have healthcare now. conservatives are voting against the Feds seizing healthcare industry.
seven on November 18, 2009 at 11:03 PM
The epitome of a racist.
Will this even be reported in the MSM?
cjk on November 18, 2009 at 11:05 PM
I think they are equally terrible.
SoulGlo on November 18, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I haven’t been able to catch Beck in awhile. Refresh my memory… what did he say?
Dark Eden on November 18, 2009 at 11:14 PM
When he called Obama a racist – I mean, this seems a lot worse. Where is the liberal outrage?
WisCon on November 18, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Obama calls people racist like ten times a day. Why is it a big deal to call him a racist?
Dark Eden on November 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM
I think Obama’s an idiot. You can’t disagree with me and call yourself a white man. /s
Mojave Mark on November 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM
Whats with this stupid dude? Where did he get his “Reverend” degree? I just wish he and Sharpton deal with the Gospel and other spiritual matters and forget politics. I think the ignoramus has it backwards. Sometimes I wonder if he got his degree out of a cereal box.
garydt on November 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
You tell me! That’s what started this whole boycott!
33 companies boycotting Glenn Beck:
http://newsbusters.org/people/david-bauder
WisCon on November 18, 2009 at 11:33 PM
Me neither. Fortunately, I’ve never wanted to be one. :)
baldilocks on November 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM
How is that boycott doing btw?
Dark Eden on November 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Obama is a racist. He especially despises white people who worship him and who do his bidding.
baldilocks on November 18, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Ahhh…ahhh yo go girl, if I had your set my wife would be smilin’!!!!!
dmann on November 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM
How is that boycott doing btw?
Dark Eden on November 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
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Superb. +10. I also have no idea whatsoever what is so wrong with Beck calling Obama a racist. In the words of John Adams, “Facts are stubborn things.”
Dopenstrange on November 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Forgive me if this has been said…
“You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
I’m not entirely certain, but I think that’s racist.
Army Brat on November 19, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Forgive me if this has been said…
“You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
I’m not entirely certain, but I think that’s racist.
Army Brat on November 19, 2009 at 12:07 AM
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Well, see, Brat, it would be if a white guy said, but it’s totally cool if a black guy says it. Silly you…
Dopenstrange on November 19, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Can you imagine if Rush had said, “You can’t vote for Obama and call yourself a White man.”?
This is really as low as you can go.
GunRunner on November 19, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Jesse Jackson: “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man”
MaiDee “You can’t vote for, at least this current, health care bill and call yourself a decent human.”
MaiDee on November 19, 2009 at 12:27 AM
The only way to honor Rev. Jackson’s legacy is to begin with “Sugar Daddy” and ends with “Shakedown”.
And that sums up the cancer on our nation that is Jesse Jackson.
JeffinOrlando on November 19, 2009 at 12:30 AM
I am loving this thread.
Russ
russcote on November 19, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Jesse says if you don’t collect welfare, become dependent on the government for the necessities of life and be subservient to white liberals then you can’t call yourself a black man.
AaronGuzman on November 19, 2009 at 12:53 AM
After viewing this latest edition of nonsense-babble from Matthews I really do believe that he not only has a sexual fetish for black commuity leaders but at some future date will attempt to undergo skin pigmentation coloring to attain the color of choice he so vehemently defends while putting down the rest of us white-a$$ honky crackers.
Goldy1 on November 19, 2009 at 12:56 AM
White against others, Matthews says, as usual, without a single fact to even suggest that. He is another disgusting race baiter.
GaltBlvnAtty on November 19, 2009 at 1:08 AM
You can’t take Jesse Jackson seriously and call yourself sane.
daesleeper on November 19, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Legendary win. IOW: “Stick a fork in yourself Jessie. You’re done.”
29Victor on November 19, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Cuz I’m black y’all,
and I’m black y’all,
and I’m blackity black black black ya’ll
Daemonocracy on November 19, 2009 at 1:24 AM
The good reverend would feel much better if good blacks would simply follow his shinning example.
1) Be non productive
2) Blame whitey
3) Maintain mistresses/girlfriends
4) Father illigitimate children
5) Shake down the producers of this country
6) Demand more govt handouts
7) Kneecap dissenting minority voices
8) Create multi-generaional dependency
7) Learn how to use race baiting for the power, the money and the chics.
Jackson’s whole persona is so 1980s. He might as well roll up the sleeves of his linen jacket and wear espadrilles because the whole social justice gig is now being run out of the White House. As a result, Jesse has been reduced to yelling from the back of the room “yeah, what he said!”
R Square on November 19, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Racist is as racist does…
Gohawgs on November 19, 2009 at 2:00 AM
http://www.veteranoutrage.com
Thats because all the liberals want the abortion provision put into place
To cover up all of their sexual escapades with
their mistresses, underage girls and having this option makes it easier to hide their adultry.
Oh yea what ever happened to his mistress whom he paid off with funds from his rainbow co-olition..
I noticed there was never any lawsuits..
intersting.. very interesting..
veteranoutrage on November 19, 2009 at 2:26 AM
It seems as though everyone who has anything to say about it is trying their hardest to ensure that no black person can ever become president. The majority will never again voluntarily sign up for four years of being accused of being racists. This may occur as early as 2012.
Greek Fire on November 19, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Demagogue.
Terrye on November 19, 2009 at 6:37 AM
It’s time to say
just for the effect.
Enough of this crap.
drjohn on November 19, 2009 at 7:18 AM
I’ve always thought that Martin Luther King’s murder was a page from the Nation Of Islam playbook, but gussied up with a white shooter. I don’t think James Earl Ray ever knew who really put him up to it.
Who profited by Malcolm X’s death? He’s sitll in Harlem.
Who profited by Dr. King’s? His extortion racket is still going strong.
Just sayin’.
Doorgunner on November 19, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Whew, for a second there I thought he would include black women in the mix. Now I can be against this albatross and not feel any guilt. /s
mizflame98 on November 19, 2009 at 7:53 AM
So how is Matthews identifying the crowd at Palin’s book signing as “white”, and as a ” a tribal” thing, not profiling?
FreakyBoy on November 19, 2009 at 7:54 AM
OT: but where is Colin Powell lately? What closet is he hiding in? Little embarassed there Colin?…Colin..?
TEXASLEGAL on November 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Why does Jackson always gotta be hatin’ on whitey? Can we classify Jackson as a hate crime?
Sporty1946 on November 19, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Does that mean that you can’t vote for health care reform and call yourself a white man? Someone help me out…I don’t understand the rantings of a race hustler.
orlandocajun on November 19, 2009 at 8:15 AM
ha hah….
SnowSun on November 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM
So, being black requires you to make a formal pledge or something? Your not black until you say you are? It’s getting harder and harder to get your head around the infinite rasict angles in the U.S.
caygeon on November 19, 2009 at 8:27 AM
True racial therapy. You go Jesse!
Cybergeezer on November 19, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Jesse Jackson has shown the way forward …
tired of being oppressed as a “black man” .. vote against ObamaCare and you days of oppression are over.
J_Crater on November 19, 2009 at 9:14 AM
MSNBC’s primetime line-up is rather monochromatic. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Did I mention they were all white? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Matthews is a moron.
ynot4tony2 on November 19, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Palm meet grease. Jesse doesn’t say anything without some kind of payday. Black conservative consider themselves Americans first without a hyphen, as we all should.
Kissmygrits on November 19, 2009 at 9:36 AM
FIFY and prepare for cries of RAAAAAAAACIST if the GOP takes back Congress in 2010 and even more shrill screaming in 2012.
crazy_legs on November 19, 2009 at 9:36 AM
In other words: You do as Masser Jesse tells you, and vote like Masser tells you to vote. Don’t think for youself or try to leave the plantation.
la.rt.wngr on November 19, 2009 at 10:34 AM
“Call yourself” Ummm. I didn’t think one’s racial hertiage was a choice one could make, sir.
You must have group think or be disowned by elites!
I’m sorry black conservatives! Your thinking isn’t the problem. This can’t be fun for you.
petunia on November 19, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Screw cris mathews. He is the voice of what is wrong with America.
saiga on November 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Jackson is absolutely right. Race no longer involves ethnicity or color in America; instead, it has become purely a matter of politics. That is why Clarence Thomas is not black, and why it was acceptable for newspapers to publish blatently racist cartoons of Condi Rice. That is why no one flinched when Bill Clinton grandeliquently styled himself “the first black President.”
I salute Glenn Beck for giving a voice to black conservatives, and I salute those conservatives for having the courage to resist the incredible pressures exerted against them. Kenneth Gladney’s beating at the hands of SEIU thugs at a conservative rally in St. Louis shows that black conservatives have more to deal with than simple peer pressure. That Gladney’s attacker shouted “What kind of n***** are you?!!” while beating this black conservative perfectly demonstrates that race in America is determined by a person’s politics.
Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”
Obama to His Followers: “Get in Their Faces!”
Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”
Venusian Visitor on November 19, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Davis’ response will go down as one of the wittiest things a politician has ever said. He’s telling Jackson that Jackson belongs to the past, and has no power in the present.
Jackson seemingly hasn’t listened to MLK in ages. Maybe he needs to replay a few of the old speeches.
unclesmrgol on November 19, 2009 at 12:13 PM
After more than 45 years Jesse Jackson is not the best representation of this statement:
I sure hope that MLK, Jr. was speaking as if his children represented all children of the future. I think he was.
.
Why hasn’t this high-minded philosophy been totally embraced by Jesse Jackson and the other contemporaries of MLK, Jr.? Could it be a “character” issue?
ExpressoBold on November 19, 2009 at 12:16 PM
So, Jesse is back trying to tell people who is and isn’t black, eh? Here is a little something I wrote during the 2000 election. The numbers may be a little out of date, but the principle remains valid:
Jesse Jackson has personally or through support of the Democratic party platform betrayed each of these ideals held by a majority of black Americans. I therefore conclude that Mr. Jackson is not a legitimate black person and demand that he turn in his race card immediately.
JackOfClubs on November 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM
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