I love this quote.
"The Rev. Jackson has not been paid off by nobody," Thompson said.
I guess he was trying to say "The Rev. Jackson has been paid off by everybody"
More liberal edgamucation.
Protestors Call Jesse Jackson 'Worst Nightmare' for Black Community
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
June 30, 2004
Chicago (CNSNews.com) - As Democrat John F. Kerry addressed Jesse Jackson's 33rd annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference on Tuesday, about 100 African-American religious and community leaders protested Jackson for being the black community's "worst nightmare."
"Jesse is an immoral person. He has a history of being on the wrong side of history," said Pastor Anthony Williams of Chicago's St. Stephens Lutheran Church.
"The media -- the American media -- has invented our worst nightmare in the black community. He has never done anything beneficial for our people," Williams told CNSNews.com.
"We are letting the Democratic Party know -- from a state, county and federal level -- that the black vote is not for sale. I will vote for Mickey Mouse before I vote for John Kerry," Williams added.
The protestors chanted and carried signs that read "Jesse does not speak for black people" and "America's number-one pimp selling the black vote."
Williams does not believe that black voters' overwhelming support for the Democratic Party has proven beneficial to minorities.
"The African American community has historically got nothing (from supporting the Democratic Party) -- a precious few has gotten something like these old civil rights organizations and people like Jesse," Williams said.
"We have been taken for granted because of people like Jesse. His day is over with," he added.
Another protestor, Harold Davis objected to what he perceived as Jackson's character defects.
"We know that his history speaks that he is a liar, he is a thief, he's a charlatan, he is a pimp. He is all the things that the black community should now say to him it's time for you to stop -- it's time for you to stop misleading and misguiding folks," said Harold Davis, a member of the Chicago chapter of the Amer-I-Can Program, a California-based self-esteem-building organization that operates in inner cites and prisons. The group was founded in 1988 by NFL Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown.
The protestors said Jackson does not represent black America.
"We want the Democratic Party to know that we will no longer be taken for granted, we will no longer just give our vote to them. We will no longer allow Jesse to pigeonhole the black community into a vote for them," Davis said.
Bishop Lance Davis, of the New Zion Christian Fellowship Church in Dalton, Ill., questioned what Jackson and his various organizations do with their money, much of which comes from major U.S. corporations.
"We were wondering where the money is going. We don't see it in Chicago. Who is being helped?" Davis commented to CNSNews.com.
Answering his own question, Davis said, "We have no clue. The only thing we know is [Rainbow/PUSH] salaries and their trips around the world. All we know is that our children are not receiving a dime," Davis said. Davis also heads the community group Voices of Morality.
Kimberly Corley, of Section 16 Ward Englewood Task Force, said Jackson "is not over there (in the inner city) helping us. He is not speaking for us."
Another protestor, Annie Taylor, noted the absence of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King as proof that Jackson is not the heir to King's leadership.
"If Jesse was for us, for the blacks, if he stood for anything that Martin Luther King represented, where is Coretta [Scott king]? Where is Coretta Scott? She would be on the forefront; she would be with him, right by his side. That's my question -- where is Coretta?" Taylor asked.
'Hush money'
The protestors also accused Jackson of selling out to Daimler Chrysler Corporation in exchange for a donation.
The auto giant is the target of a lawsuit alleging that black buyers were subjected to racial slurs and discrimination. Daimler Chrysler helped underwrite the cost of the 2004 Rainbow/PUSH Coalition conference. Jackson's program lists Daimler Chrysler as an "Ebony Sponsor."
"It is appalling that Jesse continues to take money from the organization -- from Daimler Chrysler -- and it is intolerable for him to not even comment on the fact they referred to him and others that look like him as niggers and jigaboos in the year 2004," Williams said.
Lance Davis said Jackson should not accept any money from Daimler Chrysler until the controversy has been resolved.
"A vanguard organization in the African-American community should not receive money from a corporation that obviously does not value the African-American dollar," Davis said. "We believe that that it's hush money," Davis added.
Harold Davis agreed. "Rather than joining with the people fighting [Daimler Chrysler], Jesse went into Chrysler and said 'Give me the money and I will stay out of it.' So they actually paid Jackson to stay out of it," Davis asserted.
"He has not opened his mouth about Daimler Chrysler," he added.
Jackson responds
Jackson, in an interview with CNSNews.com following the protests, denied the allegations that he was essentially paid off by Daimler Chrysler to keep quiet.
"As for Daimler Chrysler, we challenge corporations. There are workers at Daimler Chrysler who are here who want the organization represented. I don't know any corporations who records are pure; we challenge all of them and our government," Jackson said.
Jackson also scoffed at the protestors' openness to the GOP.
"The Republican Party has basically written off workers and black people and Latino people. They have not had one meeting with organized labor, [NAACP] Leadership Conference in three years -- neither Bush nor [Attorney General John] Ashcroft," Jackson said.
But protestor Williams was not persuaded that blacks have no other option except to vote for the Democratic Party.
I say, 'Guess what? We can go fishing on Election Day, and let's see what is going to happen to Mr. Kerry then," Williams said. "I will just encourage my congregation of 3000 people to go fishing."
Harold Davis said he was willing to give Bush and the GOP a chance to compete for his vote.
"Let's see what the Republican Party has to say about pulling yourself up by your own boot straps. Let's give them the opportunity to come to the talk," Davis said.
Jackson compared to Jesus Christ
Clarence Thompson, a Jackson supporter and a member of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, clashed with anti-Jackson protestors on the sidewalk.
"I think [the anti-Jackson protestors] are stupid, I think they are stone stupid. Just a bunch of idiots that should be at home up in their beds," Thompson told CNSNews.com.
"The Rev. Jackson has not been paid off by nobody," Thompson said. He then compared Jackson to Jesus Christ.
"Any time you try to do what is right, somebody will try to find some fault and accuse you of wrong. They did that to Jesus Christ, so why should they stop now? They did that to Jesus Christ, they accused him, they crucified him like they are trying to do to Jesse Jackson," Thompson said.
They are trying to crucify Jesse Jackson, and for what? Because he is trying to do the right thing," he added.
I love this quote.
"The Rev. Jackson has not been paid off by nobody," Thompson said.
I guess he was trying to say "The Rev. Jackson has been paid off by everybody"
More liberal edgamucation.
Now they need to protest Al Sharpton, Kwasi Mfume, etc...
These "leaders" have been shaking down corporate America long enough, getting wealthy off the misery of the disenfranchised blacks.
I didn't think using a double negative (The Rev. Jackson has not been paid off by nobody) was allowed in proper English.
Well, bad English aside, at least someone is finally recognizing Jackson for what he truly is. That's a start!
<font color="#000002" size="1">[ June 30, 2004 09:23 AM: Message edited by: Jumper69 ]</font>
You might want to keep in mind the source of the story. CNSnews.com is another front for the Media Research Center a known rabid supporter of the current administration.
For laughs go to CNSnews.com's <font color="blue">Affiliations</font> page. The State Department? Might as well just ask the White House for your daily news.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yea, I guess I should.Originally posted by Pi?a:
You might want to keep in mind the source of the story. CNSnews.com is another front for the Media Research Center a known rabid supporter of the current administration.
For laughs go to CNSnews.com's <font color="blue">Affiliations</font> page. The State Department? Might as well just ask the White House for your daily news.
After all we don't want people to start being responsible for themselves do we?
Regardless of the story's veracity, Pina, tell the truth- the welfare state, however good its intentions may (or may not) have been, has not worked. If it had, we wouldn't hear the complaining.
Well, there will always be complaining because that what we Americans (hey, I sound like Michael Moore). But that said, I've never understood the concept of the "black" vote. I can see the gun-owner's vote, or the abortion vote, but the black vote? Or women's vote or whatever.....shouldn't each black voter individually decide what candidate is best for he/she and their immediate family, and not necessarily the 'cause'?
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