It is well known that old line black leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton loath Barack Obama. Be it jealousy, aversion to his urbane slick and cool, or simply the competition for funds and power--they privately hate his guts.
That attitude will never do publicly however, so they have to act thrilled at the prospect of America electing its first black president, and a liberal to boot. But the bad attitude is alive, bubbling right there under the surface.
It burst out into the open yesterday, when Jesse Jackson was caught, after he thought an interview was over, but alas, one of those pesky mikes was still alive. Ol' Jesse is on tape, using bad language to savage Obama for lecturing blacks. Patronize them, promise them things you can't deliver, fire them up with anti-white rhetoric--all the Jackson and Sharpton stock in trade--but don't tell them the truth, as Obama did.
Even Jesse's own son, the Illinois Congressman who is co-chairman of Obama's campaign, was outraged at his Dad's behavior and upbraided him. But let's face it: it's got to be embarassing when the real Jesse Jackson comes out.
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, in an unguarded moment, referred to Obama as "the first clean black candidate for president." It was Jesse Jackson he had in mind, you better believe, when he said it. Biden, even if politically incorrect, could not have been more right.
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