Oba"Marx" couldn't hold Jackie Robinson's jock-strap. But he could certainly hold another baseball player's.
The title should more accurately read--- "Obama = Fidel Castro"...
Posted on 08/25/2008 6:49:26 PM PDT by melt
DENVER — Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) told convention-goers Monday that Barack Obama is like baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson — enduring jeers without the ability to hit back.
“Barack Obama has the capacity to hit,” Jackson said a breakfast panel just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention. “But he is in the situation where he can’t hit back, which Jackie Robinson could not do. … He had to be able to run the bases, even though the crowd was jeering the first African-American on the field.”
Jackson, son of the civil rights leader, said Obama is in the same situation: “He has to keep smiling, because no one wants an angry African-American man in the White House.”
Speaking at a panel presented by Yahoo News, Politico and The Denver Post, Jackson added that party skeptics need to have “a Pee Wee Reese moment" — a reference to the Kentucky-born Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop who famously embraced Robinson on the field when the African-American broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
“When they have a camera put in their faces, they will have an opportunity to put their arm around our guy so that he can run the bases,” Jackson said. “Hillary Clinton will have a Pee Wee Reese moment. Bill Clinton will have a Pee Wee Reese moment. [Pennsylvania Gov.] Ed Rendell will have a Pee Wee Reese moment.”
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Oba"Marx" couldn't hold Jackie Robinson's jock-strap. But he could certainly hold another baseball player's.
The title should more accurately read--- "Obama = Fidel Castro"...
Just funny that Jesse goes from removing his balls to a baseball analogy.........
The one person who can truly compare himself to Jackie Robinson in terms of the treatment he received is Clarence Thomas.
Oh, wait a minute... Refresh my memory please. Is this the same Jesse Jackson that wanted to cut Obummer’s #$%^s off just a few weeks ago?
What? he hates Jackie Robinson, too?
I thought Jesse wanted to rip-off Obama’s “family jewels”. Now, he’s comparing him to Jackie Robinson?
The nuts don't fall far from the tree.
According to Jonathon Eig's recent book on Jackie Robinson this story is a total myth. No newspaper (not even the african americans newspapers) made any mention of the fans at Crosley Field (home of the Cincinnati Reds) yelling derisive comments at Robinson.
Utter nonsense. Robinson endured racial jeers. B-HO is merely enduring attacks on his ultra-liberalism common to political campaigns, and some uncommon ones on his criminal/terrorist/anti-American associations. All the arrows directed his way are justifiable.
Comparing Robinson and B-HO is reprehensible. ....but not surprising, given the source.
it wasn’t that long ago that jesse wanted oba mao 8’s nuts!
First, this isn't 1947 and there is - fortunately - no where near the climate of racial antagonism today as back then.
Second, Obama is far fram a "star" in politics, estecially when the teleprompter isn't available, while Robinson cetainly was an outstanding ballplayer, good enough to get into the Hall of Fame (though his having the distinction of being the first black major league player in modern times may have helped him to a minor extent there).
Thirdly, though Jackson may not realize it, Jackie Robinson was a Republican!
by Walter E. Williams
03/26/2008
Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is ready for America and even more important is whether black people can afford Obama. Let's look at it in the context of a historical tidbit.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson, signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, broke the color barrier in major league baseball
-snip-
For the nation and for black people, the first black president should be the caliber of a Jackie Robinson and Barack Obama is not. Barack Obama has charisma and charm but in terms of character, values and understanding, he is no Jackie Robinson.
-snip-
While not every single vestige of racial discrimination has disappeared, Obama and the Rev. Wright are absolutely wrong in suggesting that racial discrimination is anywhere near the major problem confronting a large segment of the black community. The major problems are: family breakdown, illegitimacy, fraudulent education and a high rate of criminality.
To confront these problems, that are not the fault of the larger society, requires political courage and that's an attribute that Obama and most other politicians lack.
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/08/IsObamaReadyforAmerica.htm
See my tag line.
OBama cannot hold a card to Jackie.
All I remember is that when I was a boy, I cheered Jackie Robinson as he loped around the bases. I thought he was great, and so did all my friends. A Jackie Robinson baseball card was one of the best.
Jesse Jackson, on the other hand, is a race pimp. He calls himself “Reverend,” and at one time he was even pro-life. But he gave all that stuff up when he signed his pact with the devil—er, the Democrat party.
As i pointed out in my post # 10, Jackie Robinson was an unabashed Republican (though he did support Rockefeller). I don’t think Jackson Jr. would have made the comparison if he knew that.
Obama’s military experience consists of second guessing.
Jackie Robinson was easily the most outstanding minor league prospect available, should have been in the majors years before, but his race held him back.
Obama is the most left wing prospect out there and still isn't out of the rookie league and should be sent back down to the minors, but his race elevated him to his current status.
Jackie Robinson owed a debt of gratitude to one of the most evil men of the Twentieth Century, Walter O’Malley. (Note: In a famous incident, writers Pete Hamill and Jack Newfield wrote their own list of the three worst villains of the 20th century on a piece of paper to settle a discussion they were having over lunch. They each wrote the same three names in the same order: Hitler, Stalin, Walter O’Malley.)
Assorted Twenty-first Century villains and madmen owe a debt of gratitude to Barack Obama.
Jackie Robinson accomplished amazing feats with understated grace.
Barack Obama is amazingly devoid of accomplishment or grace.
More like Jackie Chiles.
2) Obama plays the race card. Jckie Robinson just played great baseball.
3) Obama is a Black Power nationalist. Jackie Robinson was an American Patriot, putting his hand over is heart during national anthems, Obama does not.
4) Obama attended an anti-white racist church run by Jeremiah Wright, Jackie Robinson attended a Southern Baptist Church of God.
5) Obama preached death and destruction in Kenya on behalf of Islamofasicst Odinga. Jackie Robinson never said an unkind word in public.
Result:
Obama is an empty suit trying to claim the mantle of a great American , Jackie Robinson.Obama is getting desperate.
Also worthy of note, when Obama made his "address" at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany recently, he never even mentioned Jesse Owens. Go figure! Obama claimed to be the first black American to address crowds in Germany. That was a lie. Owens addressed the crowds at the 1936 Olympics.Jesse was the first well known Black American to address crowds in Germany.
Obama is just a wanna be compared to great Americans like Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens. The fact that he claims to be like them is a measure of a desperate man in desperate straights. Soon he will advocate violence like the neo liberal socialist fascist he truly is.
LOL! So that’s why he wasn’t pledging allegiance. He was protecting his assets.
Not really.
Jackie Robinson became disgruntled with Nixon in 1960 and thought of switching to backing JFK. You're right he did back Nelsen Rockefeller in the GOP primaries in 1964. Rockefeller was a liberal Republican, btw. Later he became disgusted with Goldwater and winded up supporting and voting for LBJ. Robinson was also a huge admirer of MLK.
At best, Jackie Robinson was a Rockefeller Republican.
Obama is just exactly like Jackie Robinson, but without the talent, and without the dignity.
No, no,.. but you I think you’re onto something!
“Obama: the Black Jimmie Carter!”
NOW we know...;)
It wouldn't be the first time that a Dem office holder or candidate hadn't bothered to get basic historical facts in order or even blatantly tried to revise history. It's one of left's standard tricks. Certainly the MSM doesn't usually hold their feet to the fire when they engage in this type of distortion or outright lie.
What an odd comment: Rockefeller WAS a Republican, back when "Republican" meant "rich East Coast liberal."
If you want to get a better understanding of Jackie Robinson`s betrayal of the GOP check this out. From Jackie Robinson's autobiography, "I Never Had It Made":
"I admit freely that I think, live, and breathe black first and foremost. That is one of the reasons I was so committed to the governor [Nelsen Rockefeller] and so opposed to Senator Barry Goldwater. Early in 1964 I wrote a Speaking Out piece for The Saturday Evening Post. A Barry Goldwater victory would insure that the GOP would be completely the white man's party. What happened at San Francisco when Senator Goldwater became the Republican standard-bearer confirmed my prediction."
~snip~
"I joined the national headquarters of Republicans for Johnson, based in New York, and accepted speaking assignments wherever I could to tell black and white and mixed audiences how deeply I felt that Goldwater must be overwhelmingly repudiated."
OK, so Robinson did support Johnson vs. Goldwater, but he still identified as a Republican. He far from alone among Republicans - black and white - in doing exactly that. That’s a big reason why Goldwater was swamped. I’m not putting a value judgment on what Robinson did, but he never renounced his identification as a Republican. I still don’t think that Jackson Jr. realized that Robinson was a Republican and probably wouldn’t have brought his name up if he did realize that.
You’re entitled to your opinion.
I was simply placing the issue in historic context.
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