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He may not know who the leader of Iran is, but he knows his country classics. I like how his voice turns a little “black” at the very end, too. Not as black as, say, Al Gore’s, but it’s the racial-pandering thought that counts.

Just when you thought the 2004 presidential election was over, just when you thought it was time to move on towards other news stories, just when you thought the left was finally through with their whining and carping, just when you thought all that was done, here comes Je$$e Jackson. Yes, yes, my friends the supreme race-pimp himself, Je$$e Jackson, has found another way to get free airtime and free publicity. I guess he could not stand not having cameras on him for too long, because he is in Ohio stirring up tensions and dividing people, which is, of course,...

While Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry addressed education during a speech at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, critics of Daimler-Chrysler picketed outside the building. Reverend Jackson is trying to help Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry connect with African American voters and this year's Rainbow PUSH conference provided a perfect venue. But Kerry's appearance this morning was overshadowed by a crowd of black activists. They're angry at Jackson for allowing an allegedly racist auto company to underwrite a portion of the rain be bow push conference. "The black vote is not for sale. The black vote is not for sale," chanted the demonstrators. Nearly...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Was Martin Luther King a shakedown artist? Surprising as it might sound, he was -- in the eyes of, get this, Jesse Jackson. Yes, I know this seems improbable, but so many of the things the Rev. Jackson has said seem improbable. He is a man who has risen on the power of his own scandals. Do you recall his grave appearances at the Clinton White House to counsel the Boy President on his sex scandal with Miss Monica Lewinsky? Shortly thereafter, it transpired that the Reverend brought along his very own mistress, and she at the...

The usually friendly competition between two of Chicago's top news-and-talk radio stations exploded this week over the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the aftermath of the E2 nightclub catastrophe. In a stunning, personal attack on his top-rated rival, WLS-AM (890) morning host Don Wade blasted Felicia Middlebrooks, the high-profile morning news anchor at WBBM-AM (780), as "Jesse Jackson's million-dollar mouthpiece." Wade concluded his on-air tirade by calling on Middlebrooks' bosses to take her off the air "whenever a Jesse Jackson controversy erupts" because of Jackson's role in securing her new contract with the station last year. Operating behind the scenes, Jackson...

The barbers at Handsome Barber Shop, 2711 N. Teutonia Ave., have a message for Jesse Jackson. Lighten up, Jesse. This comes in the aftermath of Jackson's criticism of some of the dialogue in the country's No. 1 movie, "Barbershop." Jackson is upset because some characters in the movie - which is written, produced and directed by blacks - engage in mean-spirited banter about leading civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. There are also biting comments made about a certain Chicago-based minister. Meaning, Jesse Jackson. In his criticism of the film's irreverent attitude toward civil rights...