Jackson/Obama: Hot Mic=Cold Truth

  Here are Den's thoughts all the way from the heartland of Kansas City, Mo. while eating at Arthur Bryants' BBQ on Brooklyn Avenue:

Jesse Jackson's attack against Barack Obama shows the true color of his character and it does not line with Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of the color of their skin. Jackson, a twice failed presidential candidate, made a patently obvious comment to the casual observer that Barack Obama is not black enough for him. Thinking his mic was off we heard the cold truth: that Jesse is not relevant to the political debate of this new generation. He may have stood on the balcony where MLK was assinated, but he is no longer in the same universe King dreamed about.

I'm a conservative replublican and always have been; I've added to my resume the term progressive conservative. Why? Because in all aspects of the political debate the key for all of us it to adapt and change our thinking patterns to see what works and what doesn't work. I've said this now for the last 4 years; the problem with Jesse Jackson or for that matter Jesse Helms, is their decaying ideas do not speak life into our culture.

Somebody's private parts were impacted yesterday and today, but they weren't Barack Obama's. Political self-mutilation is a terrible thing to behold, but maybe in this case, Jackson's vitriol should perish from the earth. Sound biblical? "One generation passes away, and another generation comes" Ecclesiastes 1:4

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Comments

[Kilroy]

We can always hope this type of thinking perishes sooner rather than later. Perhaps a "Beasts Barracks" sort of environment will accelerate that passage and the refinement of the type of character the country needs now more than ever.