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Rev. Jesse Jackson: ‘Healing the nation’
politico.com ^ | July 19, 2013 | JAMES ARKIN

Posted on 07/19/2013 7:50:18 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin on Friday, saying they were a step towards healing the country.

“There’s a step in the direction of healing. Of course, he has had to suppress much of his feelings because of just the intensity of it all,” Jackson said on CNN. “You know, if he had done the saxophone thing like Bill Clinton did, I would consider it inclusion. If he had done it, it would have been considered polarizing. He has had to walk on those egg shells, but I think that the situation now is so intense he felt the need to express and I think it’s good for the healing of the nation.”

Obama spoke of creating a national conversation about race and improving the situation for youth in America, but Jackson said it takes more than just a conversation.

“We must invest in the formative years of these children,” Jackson said. “So we need more than a conversation. We need transportation and education and trade skill training. And that will cost. It will cost more to not do it.”

In regards to the potential federal prosecution of Zimmerman from the Department of Justice, Jackson said he might be disappointed if they decide against any action, but that Trayvon Martin is a symbol of “a deeper malady.”

“Do you realize that there are more than a million black men in jail, the most of any place in the world?” Jackson said. “We have had this jail negative safety net and that’s why President Obama suggests we need to invest in it, not just talk about it.”


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Florida
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1 posted on 07/19/2013 7:50:18 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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2 posted on 07/19/2013 7:52:23 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

How much do you think the Kenyan is paying him and Sharpton to deflect from Benghazi, Egypt and commie care? How long can they stretch this out? I think even the stupid are starting to say “Hey! Waaait a minute!”


3 posted on 07/19/2013 7:55:14 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey JJ, just send your kid off to jail already.


4 posted on 07/19/2013 7:55:16 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Best way to heal the nation:

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5 posted on 07/19/2013 7:55:40 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

One of the best steps in healing the nation is if the Rev. would just STFU and go home.


6 posted on 07/19/2013 7:55:41 PM PDT by doc1019 (Get our troops the hell out of the ME)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
they were a step towards healing the country.

I've got your damn healing! Go F yourself JJ and Obamamation too!

7 posted on 07/19/2013 7:57:10 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

They are going to inflame, then calm, the masses to build up their cred. Predictable, yet disgraceful Kabuki theatre.

As I have said before, there is no surprise that the likes of JJ and Sharpie try to run their game. The appalling part is how puppet-like the folks are who are so seemingly eager to be deceived by bad acting. They just eat it up, like they were getting some kind of nourishment from it...and all it does is to perpetuate their hate-based sense of righteous entitlement.

Sad. And sick.


8 posted on 07/19/2013 8:01:53 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Both parties are trying to elect a new PEOPLE.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“Do you realize that there are more than a million black men in jail, the most of any place in the world?” Jackson said


Yea Jessie, maybe because black racist like you teach black children that the different between right and wrong is wether or not you get caught.

And I love this “National Discussion” CRAP...

Racist Marxist a-holes aren’t capable of a “ Discussion”. Everyone knows that. They just scream and talk over and spew hate and emotional garbage.

The FACT is, if something positive is to come of this, blacks need to tell their feral offspring that UNDER NO Circumstances is it OK to hide in the bushes and ambush someone, committing a Felony assult and battery.

The correct answer is to run away, avoid conflict, call the cops.

But that will never happen and we all know it.

So keep it up Jessie, we can always build more prisons.


9 posted on 07/19/2013 8:03:18 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: SkyDancer

Excellent! And so true.


10 posted on 07/19/2013 8:05:14 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Tailgunner Joe
“Do you realize that there are more than a million black men in jail?

Yes, I did realize that. And I realized that your son will soon be one of them.

11 posted on 07/19/2013 8:06:10 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Did you edit out the line that says “SEND MONEY!”?


12 posted on 07/19/2013 8:12:26 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: SkyDancer

Zero’s ain’t in the cartoon.


13 posted on 07/19/2013 8:13:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Zero is a walking cartoon Especially after today’s news-presser where he walked in on it unannounced and mumbled something and left.


14 posted on 07/19/2013 8:15:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"The Rev. Jesse Jackson praised President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin on Friday, saying they were a step towards healing the country."

Wait, I thought Fuhrer Obama was supposed to heal the earth and lower the oceans or some other crap like that. Whatever happened to that project ?

What a load of steaming poop.
15 posted on 07/19/2013 8:17:47 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (The Doomsday Clock is at 11:59:00......tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

And he gets his gun back (Actually, no he doesn’t)
Friday, July 19, 2013 7:41:26 AM · 39 of 44
mosesdapoet to 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3044800/posts
Too bad half of the so called conservatives talk show hosts I’ve been listening to can’t seem to be willing to connect the dots to what a heavy hand his imperious highness played in this example of socialist justice meted out to serve the policies of the state . Turning this into a show trial replete with wall to wall tv coverage.The least they can do is get the facts out instead of copping a “Well I don’t know all the facts “ while they’re milking the emotion response.routine like “big brother “does..

Then have publications like the The New Amsterdam whatits follow like martinets, or is duped by the handouts of lies they’re getting from this government.

.For certain since the not guilty verdict has been rendered the facts of this case are still being concealed by the media such as not using pictures of both side by side because they look like cousins.

Many Neigborhood Watch areas consist of modest dwellings including the one Zimmerman was a “watch captain” in.His was a mini US melting pot which includes a number of black families which banded together and set up patrols to protect their area. In this case they were struggling with single and groups of young blacks from other “hoods” on the prowl., In some instances armed, preying on homeowners in his area.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3043817/posts

Usually such neighborhood watch areas are posted with a window or garden sign announcing that fact and those patrols will observe any one; black,white, green, or blue and sometimes even stop and question them. ..That fact and the area wasn’t even examinined by any of the so called media because it wouldn’t fit their agenda if true journalisim existed, because it couldn’t support any racial assertion..

It might even explain Zimmerman’s action taken during his surveilance of Martin because this watch volunteer got out of his car and continued his observation on foot because he lost sight of Martin. In many watch areas that’s done frequently when the subject disappears from view they may leave their vehicle and continue surveilance on foot.. ....

According to the testimony there was an exchange after which Zimmerman was going back to his vehicle when Martin attacked him and was severly beating him to the extent he feared for his life. To put it bluntly Saint Trayvon was a smart ass punk who messed with a guy with a gun and got killed .

Even after learning the shooter was a staunch Obama supporter, not Jewish,(note how quickly that got denied) and a very dark skinned “hispanic” Obama did nothing to curtail the hyperbole or tone down his edict creating this as a racist episode. Obama the boss of bosses and gets all the information about anybody ignored Zimmerman’s defence of a homeless black maltreated by a local police officer which resulted in the disciplining of the offending officer at Zimmermans insistance .

The socialists controlling the media propaganda machine oblidged.. They began claiming the exclusive “gated” neighborhood watch captain was a “white hispanic” . used a picture of a 12 year old Martin instead of the 6 foot 165 pound person he was vs the smaller 140 pound lttle fatty neighborhood watch captain. Worse yet allowed his US Attorney General to use questionable activities to promote a show trial and ignored using a threat of prosecution to black militant groups threatening the watch captain’s life.

Do not confuse todays politicians and their ahearants in the press and academia as followers of “Liberalism”. . These are die hard God denying I’m right you’re wrong socialists incapable of independent thinking running todays media.. Devising political campaigns of lies and manipulated inflamatory languange disguised as “news or reliable information” designed to destroy any opponent or group to what is edict-ed by their leader. You must wind up goose-stepping in unison protecting the collective otherwise we will through the use of government step on you and squash you like some insect.. Until the quashers are quashed this will continue..


16 posted on 07/19/2013 8:26:00 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

More like padding Jessie’s bank account.


17 posted on 07/19/2013 8:30:22 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Goodbye America. Glad the majority of my years were spent during the good days.)
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To: DanielRedfoot

I watched about five minutes at start of “Hanity”. Had to turn to Baseball which I really don’t care for, a lot!
Reason was two particular speakers(liberals were screaming while trying to make their (point ?)). Libs if losing a debate, believe ever increasing vocalizing will convince the opponent.
We saw that in the Zimmerman trial from Bernie “The Bald Dude”.


18 posted on 07/19/2013 8:30:54 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Martin Family Attorney Crump hired Julison Communication. Julison created and marketed to media the Trayvon Martin image and narrative. The 5 year back-dated photo, the “white on black” narrative, all a false image created by Julison.

Crump associate Vanessa Baden created Dream Defenders, a “spontaneous student group”. Dream Defenders organized protest marches and coordinated with the NAACP, Sharpton, Jackson, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Black Panthers. These groups and individuals engaged in a campaign of intimidation resulting in the firing of the Chief of Police, demotion of detectives, and eventually the arrest and charging of Zimmerman.

Crump has caused the production and marketing of a false narrative and a campaign of intimidation of public officials.

The racist hypocrite Jessie Hymie-Town Jackson perpetuates the Trayvon Martin hoax.


19 posted on 07/19/2013 8:31:55 PM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey, adulterous “Hymietown” - you have no moral authority to preach to me about anything, you bleary-eyed has-been. Get lost. Go away.


20 posted on 07/19/2013 8:34:20 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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