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Sorry in advance, Jesse Jackson (The reverend turns down a preemptive 'I'm sorry')
LA Times ^ | 5 December 2006 | Joel Stein

Posted on 12/05/2006 5:00:23 AM PST by shrinkermd

...So after putting in a request that I thought Jackson's staff wouldn't take seriously, I was startled when my phone rang two hours later and the reverend was on the other end. I would be absolved, I thought, in two or three minutes.

I was very wrong. When I explained my request, it became clear that this hypothetical offensive thing I might do someday was instead happening right now.

"Why should you be offensive?" Jackson asked, annoyed. "I don't know why you would do that."

Luckily, as I was stammering a response, Jackson smoothly segued into reciting his own agenda. I was not surprised to hear him tell me about America's lack of concern about Katrina victims, the media ignoring Trent Lott's return to party leadership and the dearth of black actors on television ("all day, all night, all white"). I was, however, surprised that it took him nearly four minutes before he mentioned that he worked with Martin Luther King Jr.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: apologies; jessejackson; preemptive
People without a sense of humor should not read this editorial. Otherwise, it is hilarious even if not true and I suspect it is.

The LA Times is redeeming itself as having some justification for existence. They are either back courting conservatives or new management has discovered we are an important part of the "reading" public.

In any case Joel should write comedy.

1 posted on 12/05/2006 5:00:28 AM PST by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
I was, however, surprised that it took him nearly four minutes before he mentioned that he worked with Martin Luther King Jr.

Three minutes to find the shirt, one minute to put it on.

2 posted on 12/05/2006 5:03:40 AM PST by RGSpincich
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To: RGSpincich
Didn't hear from ol Jesse when the blacks beat up the white girls Oct. 31 in Long Beach Calif. hhhmmmm?
3 posted on 12/05/2006 5:09:07 AM PST by Plains Drifter (America First, Last, and Always!!!)
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To: shrinkermd

I believe the majority (perhaps all) of what Joel writes is comedy. In the end, Joel's piece is a bit of a puff piece which ends up justifying Jesse's role as arbiter for African-American and African-American issues, saying we "need" people acting out on the stage.


4 posted on 12/05/2006 5:09:47 AM PST by the808bass
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To: shrinkermd

I'm sorry, but after reading his little "I Don't Support Our Troops" piece, nothing he could ever write would redeem him in my eyes.

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=18938_LA_Times_Oped-_I_Dont_Support_Our_Troops&only

Trust me, he's no conservative.


5 posted on 12/05/2006 5:11:08 AM PST by USMCWife6869
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To: RGSpincich
Three minutes to find the shirt, one minute to put it on.
LOL!
6 posted on 12/05/2006 5:14:19 AM PST by samtheman (The Democrats are the DhimmiGods of the New Religion of PC)
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To: shrinkermd

Joel Stein is scum. Even if he makes fun of other scum, he's still scum.


7 posted on 12/05/2006 5:41:23 AM PST by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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