Jesse Jackson on Obama: "I Wanna Cut His Nuts Off"
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 09:36PM Tap, tap, tap…..Is this thing on?
Jesse Jackson was being interviewed about health care by a Fox News reporter on Sunday when he was asked his opinion about Obama speaking in black churches. This Jackson’s comment when he thought he was off-mic:
“See, Barack has been, um, talking down to black people on his faith based…..I wanna cut his nuts off. Barack, he’s talking down to black people.”
Jesse Jackson is not the paragon of virtue to be sure and he also seems to have a fondness for talking down those who are holier than he in their moral, private lives during commercial breaks. I was on the Montel Williams show 2 years ago and sat next to Jesse Jackson. He spoke about Bush in the most undignified of ways during commercial breaks. I mentioned to him that this Bush WAS the Commander in Chief, REVEREND, and we’re not supposed to speak disrespectfully of our leaders, but he pretended not to hear.
I am no fan of Barack Obama but I’m even less of a fan of so-called Christian ministers like Jesse Jackson, Jeremiah Wright and Michael Pfleger, so don’t expect to see a “Rev” or “Fr” in front of any of these lewd and crude preachers.
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Cool ... you've got the video!!
I'm back videoblogging again. We received some of our household goods this week so my computer arrived.
nasty, arrogant, rotten, bigot, sanctimonious. take your pick.
What bothered me even more was Jesse Jackson Jr's willingness to throw his own father under the wheels out of loyalty to Don Obama... I suppose "it's not personal, it's only business"
I saw that too, Keith, but didn't have the same reaction. I think his son was right to condemn his father's statements, although I'm not sure why he did it so publicly.
I do think it's time everyone admit that where Jackson is actually a Christian or not, he doesn't resemble one in the glimpses we see in both his public nor personal life.
Amy: "... I do think it's time everyone admit that where Jackson is actually a Christian or not, he doesn't resemble one in the glimpses we see in both his public nor personal life."
SG: Yes unlike Falwell, Haggard, Hagee, Dobson, Pat Poberts, Oral Roberts and his wife, etc., etc., etc.
Snerd
Amy: I mentioned to him that this Bush WAS the Commander in Chief, REVEREND, and we’re not supposed to speak disrespectfully of our leaders, but he pretended not to hear.
SG: Probably because he realized that he couldn't do to you, what he wanted to do to Barack's 'Obamas' .... or he may have been confused by your syntax, as I was ....
Snerd
wow - gosh using language like that probably isn't the best way to be an ambassador for Christ - no wonder people think us Christians are all tard from the same brush *sigh*
Aimz, Jackson is no ambassador for Christ. He embraces a social gospel with very little evidence of a Christian. I don't think he's a particularly happy person, either.
Snerd: Falwell, Haggard, Hagee, Dobson, Pat Poberts, Oral Roberts and his wife
With the exception of Falwell, Hagee, Dobson and Pat Robertson, I agree. None of them are living lifestyles that contradict the Christian church or Christ's teachings but the others, Haggard, the Bakers, etc., weren't showing the fruit of being a Christian, either.
When we heard this, both of us LOL'd ... especially at the little gesture he made. JJ is probably green with envy that BHO has gotten farther than he in the bid for the Whitehouse ... just goes to show, not all are in love with the obamamessiah.
snerd,
don't make excuses, we caught a glimpse into the real man.
Well I hope you won't be saying anything disrespectful about Barack Obama once he is elected president, then!
it was more than just hurtful, it was meaningful. he left no doubt as to his feelings towards obama and why he felt that. and no apology can take that away from his words.
I agree Jr should have discussed this with his father, but what they discussed should have been between them. Publicly reprimanding your dad... that's just wrong. They have other spokespeople.
I'm no fan of Jackson Sr, and I think it was good for folks to get a glimpse of what is really in his heart courtesy of an open mic, but to me the story goes beyond this instance and points to a pattern that is becoming very apparent: if you are in Obama's path, he will toss you under the wheels. In this case he accepted Jackson's apology while sending Jr out to do the tossing.
Hey! We're side-by-side on the RCP front page (for now) :-)
I'm sending Jesse a pair of tin snips for Christmas.
"and we’re not supposed to speak disrespectfully of our leaders...,"
ROFLOL
Another example of how religion makes for a docile citizenry. Subservience learned at an early age, fortified with threats of damnation and hellfire.
Jo, I noticed the same thing about Jesse Jackson making a couple gestures there. I call it doing the Jeremiah Wright "riding dirty" move.
Actually, grumpy, the point is that Jesse Jackson ISN'T an example of religion, he's an example of liberalism.
Ah, that's cool, Keith. Gotta love RCP!
Absolutely! I still get excited when my "Insignificant Microbe" of a blog is fortunate enough to get on the front page of RCP alongside the "Large Mammals" of our world :-) And since "Bottom Line, Up Front" remains one of my two favorite stops on the net, (along with "Gina Cobb"), I got a kick out of seeing my post next to yours... even though it was purely coincidence.
Sooner or later I won't be a favorite blogger of yours. I end up torquing people off, especially on my stance against pornography and for the understanding of Islam for the sake of counterinsurgency and winning the war.
I like Gina Cobb. She's on my blogroll. As are you.
Unlikely. Even on the offchance I disagree to any large extent with your views, I respect and enjoy the delivery.
I think I may have fallen off your blogroll though... a lot of folks dropped me while I was away for a few months at the end of last year and earlier this year, which is understandable. Unfortunately, blogging needs to take a back seat to making money until I retire or find a way to make a living without working 50-60 hour weeks, so there will be times when I seem to disappear. But even when I'm not writing, I am listening in here :-)
Oh, don't be too hard on Reverend Jackson. I think he is being uncommonly prescient for a racist Dim ideologue.
In the unlikely event that Obama actually does become our first Socialist president, give him a couple of years and everyone will want to cut Obama's balls off.
Amy: "... With the exception of Falwell, Hagee, Dobson and Pat Robertson, I agree. None of them are living lifestyles that contradict the Christian church or Christ's teachings but the others, Haggard, the Bakers, etc., weren't showing the fruit of being a Christian, either."
SG: I think bringing up fallibility on the other side of the spectum was misunderstood. Comparing 'religious' leaders is kind of a child's game. A sorta,'My dad's tougher than your dad'. I misses the point of personal salvation utterly.
"Judge not ..." is not an Old Testament edict, but advice, I think. In the case of the latter, one is invited to explore and discover for one's self, to test the limits of the advice, etc . The former is just about 'traffic lights', 'speed limits', and 'Stop signs' in particular. For me, more Life exists in the one and more Death in the other.
We are all fallible and being on the left or right, does not in and of itself establish virtue. 'Vi(R)tue' is not the property of any one 'side'.
That is the point I was trying to make ...
Snerd
Amy Proctor is the definition of "Christian".
-ie conservative "pull yourself up from your bootstraps"/"nevermind the downtrodden", war-loving, Republican
All the qualities of which Jesus would be proud.
Mavic, you have no idea who I am or what I do in my life. You might want to mature a little and be tolerant, judging not, and try to separate a person's ideoloy from how they live their lives.
Hillary, I certainly won't be saying I'd like to cut off his nuts! Tackling issues, platforms and political agendas is different from name calling and hateful comments, which I don't do.
Um, Snerd, aren't you the one who brought up comparing religious leaders? I took 3 and compared their words and deeds to the faith; you brought up several and compared them to the ones I used as examples.
The Law was an old Testament "edict". The infamous Judge Not discourse is from Jesus and comes from Matthew 7:
Your interpretation is wrong. Judging refers to hypocrisy and eternal destination. St. Paul wrote in either his letter to the Cornthians or Romans (my bible is still traveling here from the U.S.) that we are to judge those within the Church to determine if they really are Christians or just so-called Christians. In fact, his admonition is to cut off association with so-called Christians completely in order to stop the perpetuation of the lie they are telling themselves that they are still Christians while their lifestyles or actions prove otherwise.
In defence of Amy and all of us bloggers, it's a little hard to "judge" what someone is in the rest of their life just from what you see and read on a computer screen. I guarantee she's not what you think she is. There's more to her than just words...
Oblabla's getting quite a rep for putting his foot in his mouth, but Jesse's suggestion goes a bit far, don't you think?
:D
Both of them are sociopathic snakes, IMO. They deserve whatever venom they can dentally inject into each other.
You know what cracks me up? The people who preach tolerance to us, and then are completely intolerant of our beliefs.
And since when would Jesus not be proud of someone who could pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Since when did succeeding by your own hard efforts become something to sneer at?
Why does Mavic think people should NOT work hard, or that Jesus would only be proud of those people who sit and wait for someone to give them success?
But back to the Reverend Jackson... I honestly think that he's got a bad case of jealousy going here. I may disagree with Senator Obama vehemently on most things and will NOT be voting for him, but it is really an outward sign of how far our country has come that he is the Democrat nominee.
And Jackson never was. And never will be. He's probably thinking "It's not fair!" right about now.
For once we agree, airforcewife. Jackson is not an example of liberalism, but of egotism. The country has moved beyond his simple minded rhyming rants, and it's killing him.
Airforcewife, dont try to twist my words into something that suits your nonsensical version of reality. Who said people should not "work hard"?? You're right, those "socialists" are advocates of laziness and if it wasn't for you "hard-working" conservative ramblers, we wouldn't exist! We just want everything given to us by you worker bees. Evidently, the only things common with Conservatives and common sense, is the letter "C".
And, what is your definition of "Success"? There are plenty of "hard-working" people who struggle to make a living. We weren't all born with silver spoons in our mouths like most of you Americans.
Jesus probably had a little more compassion for disadvantaged peoples than you bible-thumping American folks want us to believe.
I don't think anyone is "intolerant" to your beliefs, we just want to know what your reasonings are. The KKK have plenty of interesting beliefs, and even profess to be Christian, does that mean they have a reasonable grounds for what they "believe"?
Probably not.
I wasn't judging how you live your life, I am mearly forming an opinion on the articles you write. Clearly, as a Republican house-wife your "idealogies" perhaps seem to contradict how you live your life. Kind of strange really. You have conservative idealogies, and social practices?
To each their own.
To add to what Grumpy was saying, the issue with religious fanatics or any other fanatics for that matter, is that "belief" takes precedence over logic and sound reasoning.
-ie conservative "pull yourself up from your bootstraps"/"nevermind the downtrodden", war-loving, Republican
All the qualities of which Jesus would be proud.
This is what you said. Unless you had no sarcasm meant, I fail to see how I could have twisted your words. I asked you since when pulling oneself up by their bootstraps is a quality to sneer at. You could try answering that, rather than throwing around ad hominems.
As for the "silver spoon in my mouth", my eldest daughter was born when I was in high school. My husband enlisted at 17 to provide for us, we paid our own way through college (I worked night shift at Denny's to make enough money), and he was comissioned 10 years ago. Bootstrappy enough for you? We never, NEVER went on welfare.
Sure, there are always extenuating circumstances, I understand that - we've hosted foster children to do our part. We've helped build houses, we taken the children of deployed parents into our home, we regularly volunteer in nursing homes with our dog, and that's just a few of the things we feel called to contribute.
You love to lecture people here about how heartless or worthless or whatever we are because we're so-called prosperous Americans. Did it ever occur to you that we might have EARNED our prosperity? Work does that.And as for the heartless portion, just because someone doesn't feel that handing out a resume of their activities to everyone they meet doesn't mean they aren't actually doing something.
I do feel justified in expecting people to pull themselves up - because I did. I know it's possible, because I did. I'm not rich - we don't even own a home because we move so often it would be an irresponsible move for us. But we budget our money, and we are certainly doing better than we were doing 16 years ago when my first daughter was born. And if we had to start over as Wal Mart greeters, we would.
But I do not, do NOT expect others to provide for me.
That chip on your shoulder is holding you down. You might try life without it - it makes it easier to get ahead.
airforcewife, we can't all be personal NGO's working on charities. Thats not the point I was making. I was referring to AMerica as a whole. And pertaining to that, America is by far the least generous nation when it comes the welfare of its own citizens or its contribution to GENUINE FOREIGN AID. Noticed I made "genuine" in bold??
Secondly, Airforcewife, I don't think you understand the nuances of poverty. Just because you weren't able to buy your house or your state of the art 50" inch television, doesn't make you particularly impoverished. I live a privileged life, yet I don't have all those amenities either.
There are numerous factors that contribute to poverty, the least of which is "laziness". I don't really have the time to get into the details of socio-economics and sociological history with you, but perhaps you might gather some insightful knowledge behind these topics before discussing the issues related to poverty.
And with respect to "pulling yourself from your bootstraps". Why don't you try to tell those 5 year old Ethiopian kids with a plate of food and clean water, to pull themselves up from their "bootstraps"? After all you did it!
Again, Common Sense and Conservative have only one thing in common, the letter "C".
Think about how much more effective the United STates would, if it spent a FRACTION of the trillions of dollars it wasted on throwing bombs with its military and into alleviating some of these conditions in Africa for example?
No! Instead, your beloved George loves his bunker busting bombs and trillions wasted dollars, and innocent lives, just so that Haliburton and other war profiteers can make bucks on your back. The irony of the situation is that these scumbags are using people like you and your lives for their own vested interests.
Yet people like Amy and yourself continue to support them "till death do you apart". Intriguing really.
Don't be ridiculous - I only have the bootstraps attitude towards people in America who CAN pull themselves up. Nor did I ever bring anything else into this particular discussion. You are still throwing ad hominems and changing the argument. You also aren't making much sense, but I think that is normal for someone who is so bent on being angry they can't bother themselves to do much more than complain at people on the computer. You should be careful about that - studies have shown that people with excessive anger and irritation are prone to more diseases and health issues.
You want to "teach" me about sociology? How silly. I think someone needs to teach YOU that being nasty behind the safety of a computer keyboard doesn't do much help ANYONE, in America or Africa, or anywhere else. Do you think that your angry visits to websites and comment droppings do anything to change the world for the better?
And for the ten thousandth time - I'm not now and never have been a Republican. Or even particularly conservative. I don't agree with everything Amy says - but she does present things in a way that makes me think. Just because she doesn't agree with you, and I don't agree with you, doesn't make our opinions useless. But your reaction to the fact that anyone disagrees with you sure does say quite a bit about how much your opinions are worth. And it's not much.
There's really no point in responding to you further.