BLACKS VS. JACKSON BACK BUSH ON KING’S BIRTHDAYBy J. Grant Swank, Jr.posted Jan 16, 2004, 13:20
It all comes together. Blacks — conservative and active — rally for United States President George W. Bush and against Jesse Jackson on Martin Luther King’s Birthday, that is, the federal observance of same.
Monday, January 19 at 10 AM, they’ll meet in front of Jackson’s offices. The rally supports not only the political conservatism of Mr. Bush but also the biblical message of Christ. Combining the two demands no apology from the organizers, championed by the Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of the Brotherhood Order of a New Destiny (BOND), a force originated especially to combat Jesse Jackson’s liberal agenda.
Mychal Massie will be a highlight speaker at the rally. In his address, Massie proclaims: "When you look at the spiritual landscape of America, what has 'The Reverend Jackson' done to further the kingdom of God? What has he done to lead people, starting with his own children, into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ? Under what circumstances could a young minister turn to Jesse Jackson for advice? Or should I rather ask, 'Why would a young minister turn to Reverend Jackson for advice?'"
On Martin Luther King’s actual birthday, January 15, Mr. Bush spoke at King’s gravesite, midst boos from some black onlookers. The liberal press accented the opposition’s presence, particularly as Mr. Bush laid a wreath alongside the tombstone. Mrs. King stood nearby.
Newscasts reported that Mr. Bush had not been invited by the King family to take part in the remembrance but when he communicated with Mrs. King, relating his wishes, she complied. In other words, the liberal press would have the public believe that the American black community is — in the majority — anti-Bush.
This of course, if true, is no fault of Mr. Bush. It is that Democrats have brainwashed the black community — not all, but some — against Mr. Bush, beginning with the Florida ballot count at the last national election. That in itself is an indictment on those who permitted the demagogues to twist reality against Mr. Bush.
Nevertheless, there are those blacks who see truth; their representation will gather Monday for the California rally. The occasion traditionally is labeled "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson."
Rally organizers contend that Jackson is not fit for public example — political or religious — because of "his comments against the Bush Administration’s war on terrorism, his corporate shakedowns that benefit his own political groups and his past adulterous affair that resulted in the birth of a child out of wedlock."
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