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Jesse Jackson: President Bush is 'Unliterate'
NewsMax.com ^
| 7/09/02
| Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 07/09/2002 1:27:20 PM PDT by kattracks
The Rev. Jesse Jackson slammed President Bush as "unliterate" on Monday during an address to the NAACP's 93rd annual convention, citing Bush's comparison of last month's Supreme Court decision backing school vouchers to the historic 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation case.
Jackson coined the new word, which he apparently intended as synonymous with the term "illiterate," in the midst of an attack on Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft, whom he called "the most threatening combination in our lifetime."
The sweeping criticism is nothing new for the fading civil rights leader, who condemned Bush's political tactics during the 2000 presidential campaign as "Nazi-like" - a reference to unsubstantiated charges that Republican officials in Florida denied African-Americans the right to vote.
Jackson's latest Bush attack came on the second day of NAACP convention rhetoric insulting the president, reported the Washington Times.
On Sunday, NAACP chief Julian Bond slammed Bush as a "snake oil salesman" who was part of a "right-wing conspiracy."
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To: Sabertooth
I dipped my shirt in Martin's blood and lied: "His last words were for me, and then he just died." I often wonder how much better this country would be if the assassin has shot JJ instead of MLK. But then it's not proper to shoot the person who hired you to make the hit.
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posted on
07/09/2002 2:52:46 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
LOL. Now we are inited in our uniformness of mentalitics!
To: Constitution Day
referred to the accounting firm as Smith-Barney-Frank.Let me guess... they only count $3 bills?
That's possible, but one thing is for certain - they queer up the books.
83
posted on
07/09/2002 2:58:17 PM PDT
by
reg45
To: kattracks
"I am a tree shaker, not a jelly maker!"
"Umm, Mr. Jackson, what does that mean?"
>a pause<
"I am a tree shaker, not a jelly maker!"
To: maxwell; kattracks
The sweeping criticism is nothing new for the fading civil rights leader, who condemned Bush's political tactics during the 2000 presidential campaign as "Nazi-like" - a reference to unsubstantiated charges that Republican officials in Florida denied African-Americans the right to vote. I hope they're referring to his influence and not implying he's pulling a Michael Jackson!
To: Mike-o-Matic
Hey, cut Jesse some slack.....he was speaking in Ebonics!
86
posted on
07/09/2002 3:17:59 PM PDT
by
albee
To: kattracks
Jakee Jesson's inderwear was unbiously in a bind when he tried to hoot his little torn and it fackbired on him.:)
87
posted on
07/09/2002 3:27:28 PM PDT
by
AmerRepb
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To: kattracks
Je$$e Jack$on ignorant?
UNCONCEIVABLE!
To: EggsAckley
Yo Eggs:
I think she said "Solomon - Barney Franks". What she meant to say is Solomon - Smith Barney. Yep she is an idiot.
Jim
To: kattracks
Jackson thinks literacy is constructing a monorhyme. Well, I think the loudmouth is "unliterate" his ownself.
To: kattracks
What a hoot. The king of the malapropism calls the president ignorant.
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posted on
07/09/2002 3:55:26 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Vets_Husband_and_Wife
We are blessed to have these angels from God in our midst.....................Amen.
To: skeeter
At least I think thats what he was calling him...
94
posted on
07/09/2002 3:56:33 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: JimFreedom
"Solomon Barney Franks"
If a Republican made a gaffe like that, it would be on all the evening news shows and become part of American folklore, like Dan Quayle's "tomatoe" gaffe. But Waters' comment will be allowed to quickly pass into blessed oblivion.
To: JimFreedom
Jim---yer rite. Ahm the won whats unliterate.......LOL!
To: kattracks
Ralph Wiggum: "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"
To: kattracks
Oh my God this post is funny!
To: kattracks
Whenever I hear of Rev. JJ I think of "She's Havin' my Baby" - the old Paul Anka song hilariously reworded by Rush to describe Papa Jess' new extramarital baby...nothing more and nothing less.
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posted on
07/09/2002 5:04:11 PM PDT
by
eleni121
To: kattracks
He's right. Bush and Ashcroft are definitely threats.....to his lifestyle. Looks like the end of the line for Jesse's Gravy Train Express.
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