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Rev Jesse Joins Kerry Campaign As Adviser
2004-09-29
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined the campaign of Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as a poll showed support for the presidential candidate slipping among black Americans, a critical Democratic constituency. The Pew Research Center said Tuesday its latest poll showed 73 percent of blacks supporting Kerry compared to 12 percent supporting President Bush. In 2000, Al Gore won 90 percent of the black vote. Democratic groups have aired campaign ads criticizing Republican efforts to woo black voters.
"WE own those black voters! Keep your hands off!"
The Kerry campaign said Jackson, who will serve as a senior adviser, will travel to battleground states to energize Democratic support for Kerry and running mate John Edwards.
Posted by:Steve

#21  Hope he is not a "Spiritual Advisor" he knows what happens to them.
Posted by: Fawad   2004-09-29 9:34:14 PM  

#20  Call it like I see it: Jesse and his family are shakedown artists, whores, and pimps, selling out their race for their own profit...ask about the Anheuser-Busch distributorship in Chicago...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-29 9:33:24 PM  

#19  Nascar driver, Lug Nuggy Nut, was quoted as saying, " Jesse shook down NASCAR fo a whole lot o money. He hasn't even give me a extra set o tars."
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2004-09-29 9:27:49 PM  

#18  Jessie still wants 40 acres and a mule, while more and more blacks are getting educated, getting good jobs and raising strong families. The latter just does not make the noise that the **ahem** Reverend **ahem** Jackson does, and they find that shakedowns are poor examples to set for the children.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-29 9:20:13 PM  

#17  Must be going after that NASCAR vote...
Posted by: tu3031   2004-09-29 9:09:48 PM  

#16  Rev. Jesse Jackson: "what's in it for me my people, honky?"
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-29 8:58:56 PM  

#15  Rev Jesse Joins Kerry Campaign As Adviser

...like it or not, honky.
Posted by: The Reverend Jesse Jackson   2004-09-29 8:53:14 PM  

#14  TGA, this is actually an American political rite that happens every four years. They bring Jesse onboard within the last month. He goes house to house in Philadelphia and shakes hands ensuring 110% voter turnout in the projects.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-29 7:09:28 PM  

#13  Maybe they're planning to have Gore endorse Bush and hope there's a resulting backlash.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-09-29 6:21:25 PM  

#12  TGA - I think he's got that.

Or maybe not. I'm sure Gorebot is more in tune with Nader.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-29 5:58:14 PM  

#11  All Kerry "needs" now is a formal endorsement of Al Gore :-)
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-09-29 4:51:46 PM  

#10  Is this another damn crosspost from ScrappleFace? No? Well, I still blame Scott Ott for this. It's like his twisted imagination is channeling that episode of the Twilight Zone where little Billy only has to imagine things for them to happen.

Knock it off, Scott. We can't take much more of this; not after Al Sharpton making speeches at the Democratic Convention.

Posted by: SteveS   2004-09-29 4:47:40 PM  

#9  Is it just a coincidence that this happened right after Kerry became a candidate of (orange) color?
Posted by: Random thoughts   2004-09-29 4:35:50 PM  

#8  Sgt. Mom - I've got the popcorn concession, but I'll be glad to split it with you.

Or you can have the beer franchise.... :-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-29 4:32:37 PM  

#7  
Here he comes...
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-29 4:25:52 PM  

#6  So, who's making the popcorn? This could be a lot of fun, watching JFK Part Deux and his whole campaign implode. Sort of like the Martians in "Mars Attacks", only messier.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom   2004-09-29 4:19:54 PM  

#5  barbara....I can only echo your sentiments! FOMCL! (falling off my chair laughing)
Posted by: 2b   2004-09-29 3:58:04 PM  

#4  Hee hee hee hee hee
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-29 3:31:54 PM  

#3  I can see him saying (again) that he'd like to be the second african american president (after Clinton)...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-29 3:18:44 PM  

#2  Oh please, oh please oh please, let Sen. JoKe try a couple of rhymes.
Posted by: BH   2004-09-29 2:49:58 PM  

#1  The final nail? OH PLEASE, PH PLEASE, OH PLEASE!
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2004-09-29 2:45:45 PM  

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