Posted on 03/15/2005 7:17:24 PM PST by NCjim
Michael Jackson has been starting his trial days by praying with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the minister and the singer's spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Michael Jackson receives advice from the activist minister on both spiritual and personal issues, said Raymone K. Bain, the singer's spokeswoman.
``He speaks to the Rev. Jesse Jackson every morning,'' Bain said after Jackson's child molestation case recessed for the afternoon Tuesday. ``They've known each other for a long time.''
She said the singer usually wakes up at about 4:30 a.m., and talks to Rev. Jackson for 15 to 20 minutes. The two talk to each other by phone and pray together, she said.
Earlier in the case the pop star received advice and security from members of the Nation of Islam.
Rev. Jackson said in a telephone interview that the entertainer and his family are Jehovah's Witnesses and the prayer they share is nondenominational.
Rev. Jackson said he speaks to the entertainer in the morning and the evening.
``I counsel him and his family,'' he said.
He said his main message to them is to ``stay focused.''
``He is serious. He is focused,'' Rev. Jackson said of the pop star's demeanor.
``This is a difficulty for all involved, the accuser and the accused. ... He will survive this,'' Rev. Jackson said.
He also said that it was unfair that Michael Jackson's jury has no black members and he challenged a reporter to imagine a situation in which a white person would be charged with molestation and have a predominantly black jury.
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"[Obviously nobody has told Jessie that Michael is broke.]
Obviously nobody has told Michael that Jessie is broke."
...and not a little boy.
Who is that old lady and what does she have to do with either of the Jacksons?
/sarcasm (mostly)
Puppy Love...I can't even begin to reconnect with those silly feelings during those couple of years. LOL! What a dork I was!
Of course, now I torture my teenage daughters about the Backstreet Boys.....They are very embarrassed about that.
This is turning into a real freak show - Michael Jackson and Rev. JJ.
Because, when it comes to the race card, when this Jessie (Lee Peterson) leaves home without it.
I'm actually more impressed with the fact that you remember those names........... I just remember being mad when I wanted to marry Michael and my sister got first dibs that day........
I had a Rolling Stones 8track that was pink.......... lol
LOL! Another funny memory!
remember those names...
My long term memory is good. Short term? ................................................What was I talking about?
Rev. Jackson said in a telephone interview that the entertainer and his family are Jehovah's Witnesses and the prayer they share is nondenominational.
And before that it was that rabbi whose name I forget.
Who's coming to pray with Jacko next week? Madonna, High Priestess of Kabbalah? Will John Travolta "audit" him? The public has a right to know . . .
LOL, that made me laugh out loud!! I was watching the day he showed up late in pajamas.
You've got a cartoon for everything, LOL.
hahahaa! Once a fool, always a fool, I guess.
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