Jesse Jackson "did not recall" criticizing Obama for "acting like he’s white"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.thestate.com/local/v-print/story/177514.html

Posted on Wed, Sep. 19, 2007
Jackson criticizes Obama
Presidential candidate’s response to Jena, La., case called too weak
By RODDIE A. BURRIS
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson called Tuesday on Democrats seeking the 2008 nomination for president to give S.C. voters “something to vote for” when they go to the polls in January. On a statewide tour to register new voters, Jackson said South Carolina will determine “who has momentum” in the primary when it votes Jan. 29.

Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press. “If I were a candidate, I’d be all over Jena,” Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia’s historically black Benedict College.

“Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment,” said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 assassination.

Later, Jackson said he did not recall making the “acting like he’s white” comment about Obama, stressing he only wanted to point out the candidates had not seized on an opportunity to highlight the disproportionate criminal punishments black youths too often face. Jackson also said Obama, who consistently has placed second in state and national polls behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, must be “bolder” in his political positions if he is to erase Clinton’s lead.

http://www.thestate.com/local/v-print/story/177514.html

[fishnfla]

1. did not recall or DOES not recall?

???

[ellacott]

2. People are ovwerlooking this point because of their disdain for Jackson

Jackson has endorsed Obama.

[democratsin08]

3. shut the hell up, jackson

i cant stand obama because all he does is attack, but jackson is a piece of crap and he is jealous of obama.

[Hard_Work]

4. Huh?!?!?

"i cant stand obama because all he does is attack..."

What the heck does that mean? Obama attacked who?

[ripple]

5. No shit. WTF? n/t

[democratsin08]

6. he and his wife

they are attack dogs against the clintons. lets get back to jackson. he is a piece of crap and he sounds like a racist when he says obama is acting white.

[ellacott]

7. There are conflicting reports that he even said that.

[Dawgs]

8. You care to give NUMEROUS examples of the attacks by the Obama's on the Clinton's?

I doubt you could come up with more than five. And, I find this extremely funny considering the woman you support's job in her husband's campaign is to attack.

[AtomicKitten]

9. "I don't recall." Hmmmmmmmm, sounds familiar.