Dean opens S.C. office, leaves with Jesse Jackson Jr. endorsement

[pruner]

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean rallied about 400 supporters at a downtown hotel Sunday with the announcement of his latest supporter - Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

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It was Dean's first visit to the state since being pressured into apologizing for urging Democrats to court Southern whites who display Confederate flags on their pickup trucks. Critics said Dean misunderstood Southerners.

Jackson, a Greenville native, defended Dean's remarks a month ago and had been expected to endorse the his presidential bid.

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After Dean's speech, he called people to come forward to register to vote. Those who came forward included a man wearing a coat decorated with a Confederate flag.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/7437993.htm

[candy331]

1. HA ha ha ha

I thought the confederate flag registrant was so funny. Maybe Dean did get through to them. Thanks for telling us that!

[slinkerwink]

2. :kick:

[shanti]

3. a jesse jackson endorsement....

hmmm....not necessarily a good thing in the black community. many bp cannot stand him for his hypocrisy. hopefully, it will not be that big of an issue.

[AnnabelLee]

4. Do you have a link?

Really, are there any articles or sites dealing with how Jesse Jackson is regarded in the African-American community? I'm curious, because the (admittedly) few times it has come up with the Black people that I know, no one has had anything bad to say about him.

Also, the endorsement was from Jesse Jackson, Jr., not Jesse Jackson.

[TrueAmerican]

5. Follow the money

How much do you think Jesse Jr got?

[janx]

6. This is great!

I've been waiting to hear something about the people down there and how they reacted to the speech.