JACKSON HOSPITALIZED "The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized and undergoing tests Thursday after complaining of severe stomach pains. Jackson told The Associated Press that he entered Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Wednesday after falling ill earlier in the week."
Haven't people learned anything from Jesse Jackson?
If you're wearing a microphone, don't say anything you don't want the world to hear! MSNBC's Chuck Todd, political consultant Mike Murphy and Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan all put their foots in their mouths today when, after thinking they had gone to commercial, the trio ripped on McCain's "cynical" Sarah Palin veep pick.
This morning's The View got heated really quickly, but the only one who seemed to be upset about the entire exchange was Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who forced out tears to show how compassionate she is when it comes to the n-word. Whoopi and the rest of the gang rolled their eyes as they attempted to explain the ways of the world for five minutes instead of having an actual conversation about the Jesse Jackson controversy.
We knew it was going to come out sooner or later: Fox New Channel sources are confirming that, in addition to threatening to cut Barack Obama's nuts off, Jesse Jackson also rattled off another n-word during his interview on the cable news channel: "Barack…he's talking down to black people…telling n***ers how to behave."
At this point, does anyone even consider Jesse Jackson a respectable public figure?
Nas spoke to MTV about the Jesse Jackson gonads controversy, and, in typical Nas fashion, made a few good points and then completely lost me. He claims that the reason we don’t need Jesse Jackson anymore is because we have Nas, Barack Obama, David Banner and Young Jeezy. Someone please explain.
I think Jesse Jackson, he’s the biggest player hater. His time is up. All you old n—as, time is up. We heard your voice, we saw your marching, we heard your sermons. We don’t wanna hear that sh– no more. It’s a new day. It’s a new voice. I’m here now. We don’t need Jesse; I’m here. I got this. We got Barack, we got David Banners and Young Jeezys. We’re the voice now. It’s no more Jesse. Sorry. Goodbye. You ain’t helping nobody in the ‘hood. That’s the bottom line. Goodbye, Jesse. Bye!
There are live on-air gaffes that news anchors wish they could erase, like the common Obama/Osama mix-up.
But when Jesse Jackson whispered that he wanted to “cut [Obama’s] nuts off” before a Fox & Friends interview on Sunday was set to begin, it was a reminder that public figures often have a hard time keeping their private conversations to themselves when they’ve got a hot mic pack clipped to their hip.
It should be a simple life lesson: When you have a media outlet’s microphone attached to you , by default you should expect other people are listening to your conversation, and very likely recording it. Herewith, some famous examples of people who should know better, but obviously didn’t.
Yes, it's true: Reverend Jesse Jackson is in hot water after being caught by Fox News microphones – which he for some reason thought were off – whispering to a colleague that he believes Barack Obama talks down to black people. Jackson, who has been publicly supportive of Obama in the past, also said that he'd like to "cut [Obama's] nuts off."
As you might imagine, Fox News is like a hog in shit over the recording, and they've been running the footage almost constantly since obtaining it yesterday. Jackson has since apologized for his comments but has yet to explain how he got stupid enough to discuss castration fantasies while mic'ed-up at a Fox News affiliate.
Click through for footage of Bill O'Reilly looking at the footage of Jesse Jackson.
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