Growing up in the Chicago area, I regularly saw Jesse Jackson on tv. My father spent many a night on the couch, filthy dirty from his construction job, Budweiser in one hand, waving his fist at the tv and yelling at Jesse. His reaction was mostly based in racism, and I didn't take his complaints as fact.
I forgot all about those days until Jesse's comments. In the meantime I had gone to college, grown up, and moved to Vegas, where I learned to accept others. One of the things I really miss about Vegas is the lack of judgment. But, that's for another post.
I always suspected that Jesse really wasn't on the up and up. There was just something about him, a feeling I got when I listened to him. It isn't because of his lack of speaking skills. It's something that comes out of his core.
That feeling that I've had over the years was confirmed with Jesse's comments about Obama, that he would like to "rip his nuts off." He even claimed, on CNN yesterday, that he and Obama are "friends." Call me a pollyanna, but I don't say things like that about my friends.
The thing that really gets me about this is that Jesse acts as if this is the first time he has made such a comment. However, I think his behavior reflects what must be a pattern of such comments. It's just that THIS time he got CAUGHT. I'm glad he was exposed for the bastard that he is.