Was Jesse Jackson Flap With Barack Obama A Set Up? Maybe the Knife Had No Blade?
by Daniel T. Zanoza, Executive Director
Recently, the Rev. Jesse Jackson shocked the political world when he launched a "sharp" tirade against Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, Barack Obama. Jackson was caught on a live mike before an interview with FOX and Friends (FOX News Channel) regarding the subject of health care, essentially saying that he wanted to remove Obama's reproductive anatomy with a cutting utensil. Jackson drove home his point, for lack of a better phrase, by pantomiming a cutting motion when he talked about the surgical procedure he would like to perform on the junior Senator from Illinois.
The story hit the airwaves like a bombshell. Besides a "Reverend" -- a supposed man of God -- saying things that were best suited for a Stephen King novel or better yet Lorena Bobbitt, this fact did not elicit outrage. What created the most furor was a black leader was criticizing the man who was to head his own Party's ticket, pardon the pun, but Jackson was also launching a withering diatribe against Obama that would have made a member of the Ku Klux Klan proud.
But not so fast. Are we expected to believe a man who is given more interviews than probably any other individual in the United States, and the world for that matter, was caught off guard in a television studio, owned by a news organization which the Left considers the domain of Satan himself? Jackson should have known a rule that a novice would be aware of when it comes to the press.
A media source told RFFM.org, "Anytime there is a mike on, you have to assume it's live. Practically most anchors assume it's off during breaks and taped stories. But, every so often, you'll see where the audio person didn't turn it off, and something happens on the air. Moral of the story is: always assume it's on, or being recorded. Beware of a live microphone!"
Are we expected to believe Jackson was not aware of this basic rule? After all, the man has been around, since the invention of television itself. Well, I might be exaggerating that point a bit, but the good Reverend has been give interviews since the 1960's and the general public did not have mass access to television until 1948. So, I didn't miss by much with my hyperbole.
Bill O'Reilly, the arch-enemy of liberals throughout the land, just happened to be the individual to break the story. O'Reilly (The O'Reilly Factor--FOX News Channel) has the most watched primetime news program on cable television and Jackson's remarks made a perfect fit for the man who calls himself a bloviator and is proud of it.
Doesn't this sound like a gift from above to Republicans? A high-profile African-American Democratic leader holds his Party's presumptive presidential nominee in deep disdain. What a revelation, if it were true. However, I think if you look just a little bit deeper under the surface of this story, things don't sound right. Jesse Jackson is probably disliked by more white Americans than any individual in the country. The Obama campaign is fully aware of this fact. Why do you think we have not seen pictures of Obama with Jackson or other characters, like Al Sharpton? The Democratic Party wants nothing more than to give the appearance there is a philosophical divide between Obama and Jackson and perhaps the Reverend from Chicago was willing to fall on that knife he pretended to want to use on Obama in order to get that point across. Again, sorry for the pun, they just keep comin' and I can't help it.
By the way, Jackson isn't exactly the favorite of many blacks either and a phony rift between the two men from Illinois would serve this voting bloc as well.
What's the bottom line we are expected to believe? Barack Obama's reasonable positions on issues facing the African-American community has alienated one of the men the media has ran to for years, in order to get the opinions most blacks are supposed to hold on issues from unwed mothers to faith-based initiatives. What a neat little package. But I ain't buyin' it. Jackson may be a liberal, big-government solution, tax-raising Democrat, but he's not stupid. After all, Jackson ran for the presidency himself, once upon a time, and he knows the rules and realities of a presidential media feeding frenzy.
However, it seems like a majority of the public has bought into the phony rift between Jackson and Obama. To put the frosting on the cake (with a dull knife), Jackson even held a press conference at which he apologized to Obama. But the trap was sprung and the job was done. For all I know, the purpose of Jackson's press conference was to make sure the people who missed his remarks the first time around got the message.
My Father may have came to the United States on a boat from Europe, but I didn't get off the bus yesterday. And I don't mean the bus Obama used metaphorically to run over his white Grandmother either.
The rest of you will have to decide for yourself.
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