Stolen for the CHicago crime thread...It’s the chicago way! BTW earlier post says Washington and his ties to CPUSA was the reason BO came to CHicago in the first place.
To: STARWISE; ETL
Jarrett was fanatical about African Americans registering and voting in mass for socially conscious candidates. He championed Harold Washington like a great warrior, and this March, from his hospital bed, wrote an article appealing to Black Chicago to turn out to vote for Barack Obama in the Illinois primaries. Obama astounded everyone with an incredible landslide victory as the progressive, Black candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois. From his sickbed, Vernon Jarrett issued a clarion call, and the people responded.
I think Black Chicago was passionately in love with Vernon Jarrett...His unrelenting drive kept us reminded of a sense of purpose and helped to instill the courage of our convictions in struggle as a people. We will forever be indebted; we will never forget.
Indeed, Vernon Jarrett’s legacy is far from forgotten. Much of it lives on in the work of his daughter-in-law Valerie Jarrett.
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http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-38-barack-obama-frank.html
above link thanks to FReeper ETL’s fantastic homepage.
24 posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:47:41 AM by PGalt
Excellent thread by Starwise contains much information on Jarret and Rahm-E by various posters and a very good article to boot.
Obama Aides Hire Defense Counsel for Blagojevich Probe (Emanuel, Jarrett)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156010/posts