[dog breath]

You have got to love a good salesman, Jesse could sell manure cones and make them sound good. Now that I think of it, selling manure is pretty much what he does. He is a fixture in American culture, much like Bozo and Ronald McDonald. OK, in order to be fair to him he fulfills a important function in American politics....I'm not sure what it is, but I am sure it's important.

[scannell]

Jesse has it just backwards. Jesus was in Bethlehem because his family was returning to (as required) their home to pay their taxes (tribute). So what ever situation Jesus's family was in when he was born in a barn in Bethlehem was not be cause he was homeless, but because of the taxes that was imposed by the state. I believe the analogy should be that it was Bush that reduced the taxes and eliminated that taxes for people in the socio/economic bracket that Jesus's family was in.

In short under Bush Jesus's family would not have been in the adverse situation that they were in because of their requirement to pay taxes.

[A CA Guy]

Jesse is a racist, thug, mobster and father of bastard children out of marriage.

If he were a real reverend, he would have figured Christ's home was not of this world.

Jesse is about getting Jesse rich and that is it.

[Fruitbat]

First of all, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph were NOT homeless. They had a home, they were just away from it. They were in a different city and accommodations were tight.

[jwalsh07]

"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."

Oy vey.

[L.N. Smithee]

"Today we are celebrating the wealthy and war, not the poor and peace," he contended, while urging the Bush administration to "restore the Lyndon Baines Johnson vision where we wipe out poverty - not wipe out the poor."

Oh, yeah, LBJ, the Great Society, all that rot. Say, uh, Jesse: Weren't Democrats in charge of the Executive and Legislative branches during the race riots of the '60s? Weren't Democrats dominant in Congress all through the '60s and '70s?

Why, if LBJ was such a genius, do we still have poor people in America?

Sounds to me like you need another trip to the woodshed with Bill Cosby.

Let me interject at this point that I am black.

[MikefromOhio]

"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."

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Thanks for the opening Reverend jack-sUMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sure Christ was born as an "at-risk" baby (whatever that means, at risk for what?). I think He turned out ok without any government hand outs.....

[MikefromOhio]

"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."

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Thanks for the opening Reverend jack-sUMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sure Christ was born as an "at-risk" baby (whatever that means, at risk for what?). I think He turned out ok without any government hand outs.....

[MikefromOhio]

"Rome was a wealthy country that left Jesus and Mary and Joseph, in a sense, homeless," he complained. "He was born an at-risk baby."

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Thanks for the opening Reverend jack-sUMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sure Christ was born as an "at-risk" baby (whatever that means, at risk for what?). I think He turned out ok without any government hand outs.....

[Just mythoughts]

What an abomination this play actor has become.

First off Jesus was fulfilling the Heavenly Father's prophecy. So if Jesse has a problem with the birth of Christ then he actually has a problem with the Heavenly Father.

NOT even the trouble maker Jesse could have run Rome or any place else differently.

[fedupjohn]

President Bush has implemented economic policies that resemble those of the Roman Empire, which forced the baby Jesus into homelessness on the night of his birth, former civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson said in a pre-Christmas rant late Thursday.

First off lets get some things right. Mary and Joseph were not homeless, they were well off because they had to travel to Jerusalem to pay their taxes and only the wealthy paid taxes.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Well, Jessie boy. If LBJ wiped out poverty, obviosly there is no homelessness left.

We all know that Clinton wasn't renting out the Lincoln bedroom to help the homeless.

As for celebrating war, LBJ was the first President to ever send our troops into battle with their hands tied behind their back.

You are an idiot opportunist Jesse, everyone on earth knows that except you.

[dasein64]

What irks me is that those liberals like Jesse Jackson have so much to say about homeless people and other poverty problems. At the same time, they themselves have multiple homes, cars, eat as expensively as they want, and indulge in whatever excesses they want without feeling guilty. Exploiting the circumstances of the birth of Jesus for possible political gain is typical of these mouthy politicians who want to use taxes to pay for their benevolence. And the Reverend Jackson is first and foremost a politician. He is shameless.