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| Jesse Jackson Sr. offers to go to Iran to free Roxana Saberi |
| 2009-04-22 |
| The Rev. Jesse Jackson has offered to travel to Iran to help release a jailed Iranian-American journalist who was recently convicted of spying. "If our voices are heard in Iran today, I would be anxious to travel with a delegation to Iran, if we are permitted, and make an appeal for her freedom," but what if Iran took Jesse hostage...and they didn't give him back... oh horrors and then maybe Al Sharpton would go over there and appeal and... said the longtime civil rights activist, according to his Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson, 67, was speaking Tuesday at a peace conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "Whenever we've brought people out of captivity, whether in Syria, Cuba, Iraq, or Yugoslavia, or Liberia, it's always opened a diplomatic door to reduce tensions," he added. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #19 we need to send Sean Penn...then leak it that he's really a CIA operative gaining intel on iran & only claiming to be a leftist. Set mic for popcorn. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-04-22 19:34 |
| #18 Maybe the Iranians will keep Jesse Jackson. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-04-22 19:25 |
| #17 Throw in [literally please...] Helen Thomas to represent the press corps |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-04-22 19:10 |
| #16 Send Janet Nap too! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-04-22 18:45 |
| #15 Why not send him to rescue the gal held by the Nork's? I understand thet have some good pizza. He would do a great job of confusing the Norks. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-04-22 18:21 |
| #14 It's too bad the Iranians don't understand who/what Rev. Jackson is. If they did, Ms. Saberi would be in first-class on the next plane out. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-04-22 16:46 |
| #13 I think it would be grand if they offered Jesse a job as a harem guard. He would get shiny silk pants, his own scimitar and turban. After his surgery, of course. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-22 16:38 |
| #12 Don't forget Jimmah Cartah. They can settle some old scores. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia 122 2009-04-22 16:21 |
| #11 Not sure, Sherry, but if it's true and Jesse hears about it, the offer is obviously off and Ms. Saberi is once again, on her own. |
| Posted by: Zorba Craising6734 2009-04-22 15:33 |
| #10 Somewhere rattling around in my brain, and I may be making this up, during the 444 days, didn't someone go over to meet with the Iranians to negotiate, and they kept him!? I've googled and I guess I am making this up -- |
| Posted by: Sherry 2009-04-22 15:22 |
| #9 #4 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Who bankrolls this guy? That would be we, the taxpayers. |
| Posted by: Zorba Craising6734 2009-04-22 15:16 |
| #8 Hell, I'd throw in Jeanie Garofolo and Michael Moore to sweeten the deal if that's what it takes. Ewwwww... there are some things even a jihadist wouldn't want. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-04-22 15:04 |
| #7 Yeha, send him to get that crazy Canadian chick out. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-22 14:23 |
| #6 Deal! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-04-22 14:21 |
| #5 Aren't there any hostages held by Al Qaeda or Taliban that Jackson could help? |
| Posted by: ed 2009-04-22 14:16 |
| #4 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? Who bankrolls this guy? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-04-22 14:05 |
| #3 I am big! The shakedowns got small... |
| Posted by: The "Reverend" Jesse Jackson 2009-04-22 14:01 |
| #2 If they'll take him in trade, I say go for it. Hell, I'd throw in Jeanie Garofolo and Michael Moore to sweeten the deal if that's what it takes. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-04-22 14:00 |
| #1 So you're our hope I'll send the pope Get lost you dope Go piss up a rope |
| Posted by: Barry O. 2009-04-22 13:50 |