TVNewser breaks more in the matter of Hot Mic comments made by Jesse Jackson via Fox News. While the "N" word will get the attention, the actual gist of Jackson's comment reveals that, like many others, Jackson believes Obama to be an elitist.
Barack...he's talking down to black people...telling n—s how to behave.
Jackson is actually projecting the attitude that many black people are somehow less than onto Obama, in other words, that he is treating them like niggers in terms of how he is approaching certain factions of the black community.
If that spells any potential trouble for Obama, it is in the area of black voter turnout in the Fall. If many in the black community begin to perceive Obama as someone who thinks he is somehow better than them, they could conclude he's no better than the average white guy and stay home.
Whether or not that sense of Obama is widespread within the black community, or just a product of Jackson's jealousy remains to be seen. But it is interesting to note that Jackson echoes the "elitist" attack on Obama, usually reserved for Right-wing pundits. I guess they've pegged Obama right in this case. Don't look for that to become a cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker anytime soon.
Off her/his rocker moe now claims Haditha is yet another governmentr[sic] cover-up:
"Either way, a military court overseen by Bush Admin flunkies and ideologies that fail to convict the seven Haditha killers for murder doesn't exactly acquit them of anything. They attacked and children died. The people they killed were marked off as acceptable casualties, and the soldiers were forgiven for their actions.
They were soldiers on a combat mission, which gives them a little leeway when civilian casualties start racking up. But to claim that civilians weren't killed is still the height of delusion, even for you Fred."
I don't understand why the military should investigate anything. They should just contact Moe for a decision.
By the way, Left-wing saint, I did not "claim that civilians weren't killed". I claimed, just as you quoted me as claiming that, "-- Of course I was talking about the accusation that Marines murdered "innocent" civilians, not that no one was killed in Haditha."
Perhaps Moe, your brain numbing turbulent emotions do not permit you to recognize the difference in meaning between the words murdered and killed. In that respect you resemble your pride and joy, Mighty John Murtha (Compare with Mighty Joe Young at your nearest retro movie theater).
Posted by: Fred Beloit | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 08:31 AM