I am beginning to believe Jesse Jackson will do anything to keep

[Jon8503]

himself in the news.

[davidinalameda]

1. guess being Michael Jackson's spirtual advisor wasn't enough

the man is a media whore

hate to admit that the cons were right about him

[Radical Activist]

6. Name me a successful political leader who ISN'T a media whore. n/t

[pretzel4gore]

21. maybe he saw what bushinc was doing...

and maybe he's trying to dampen their powder for when shiavo dies. The idea is bushinc saw a case that they could use to get bad news off the tv....also, they know the law is on the husband's side, so there's no risk to them by supporting the family (thus creating illusion that the libs/dems are the bad guys ie killing someone) maybe jackson saw it as it was: terri's dead, has been dead for years, and feeding her is like feeding a houseplant; jackson maybe thinks if he jumps on the bandwagon, then the busheviks will have harder time demonising the dems after it's all over (when jackson lines upwith the democrats)(?)
i mean Jackson saw Martin King murdered right in front of him, he knows full well how depraved the busheviks are
we should use all our vitriol on the repukes..all off it (well lieberman too)

[Hobarticus]

2. Notice he shows up and insists the feeding tube be reinserted AFTER

her doctors say that she's past the point of no return?

[Ms Chicklet]

3. What's he going to do, rhyme her back to health?

"Keep my career alive!"

[Radical Activist]

4. I'm beginning to think the same thing about Dean, Clark, Nader, H. Clinton

and EVERY OTHER Democratic politician. Why are people criticizing Jackson for what is perfectly normal and acceptable behavior for other leaders on the left? So what if he gets on TV? Why the double standard?

[XemaSab]

18. Dean's party chair

Do you honestly want a party chair who shies from the limelight?

Hillary's an elected official, and as such she has the right to gain and use media attention to further her policies.

Clark's a smart man, and I think it's good that we've got a high profile career military man in the media.

Nader's not a democrat.

[Radical Activist]

19. So, what's your point?

You still haven't explained why its ok for them to be in the media and not Jackson. Talking about the background of those four people is a distraction from the issue. My post said EVERY OTHER Democratic leader and activist tries to get in the media as much as possible. Yet, Jackson is the only one getting criticized for it. Can you justify that double standard?

[XemaSab]

20. The OP said that he'll

"do anything to keep himself in the news."

You said you think that about many democrats.

I was trying to give some rationalization for these politicians being in the media.

And about Jesse Jackson, while I don't care for him personally and I think he is using the Schiavo issue as a cheap political ploy, which not many democrats have done, he is occasionally a very effective speaker, and he's one of the most prominent African-American voices in the public discourse today. So if he wants media attention, and the media want to give him attention, it's all good.

[daydreamer]

5. At least he is consistent

with his believes. He is anti-war too. You can't say that he is a hypocrite (except the sexual morality part).

[ElectroPrincess]

14. That's not consistency ... a feeding tube is an intervention, many

Christians, such as myself, think it's cruel to intervene to extend a brain dead woman's death.

The only thing consistent about Jesse Jackson is the demonstration of his overblown ego.

[HereSince1628]

7. I'm not a Christian and my beliefs aren't like Jackson's but

I can accept that because of his moral beliefs could feel differently than me. I have no reason to believe he is not sincere in his belief.

I disagree with him on this issue; I don't need to hate him for that. Disagreement doesn't require disrespect.

[Jon8503]

9. I agree with you on all points, no disrespect however, showing up

now, why now; the only issues he seems to get involved with are those where there
is heavy media coverage.

[Radical Activist]

13. That isn't true at all.

The media just likes to ignore most of the issues Jackson gets involved in. Since when does the media cover issue related to urban poverty and racial discrimination in an honest way? You're allowing the media to manipulate your views of Jackson if you think what you see on TV is all he does.

[Stand and Fight]

29. Hogwash!

The most recent issue he got involved in and there was virtually NO media coverage was the aftermath of the last election. He got involved in that and when there was NO main stream media coverage. None. There are many other examples I could site... But this is the most recent one and by far the best.

[HereSince1628]

15. Dunno, maybe because the Republicans have turned their backs

on the Schindler family.

They hoped for help from the Republicans. The Republicans did a one step forward and two steps back once it was seen as politically incorrect.

Maybe now they are willing to turn to a celebrity (who happens to be a democrat)whose beliefs agree with them.

I am not a confidant or intimate of Jesse Jackson, I can't do more than guess what his motives are. I respect him too much as a democrat and as a person with a history of compassion to immediately disparage him.

I will disagree with him, but still respect him.

[okieinpain]

8. now you guy's hate jesse. man oh man.

[starwolf]

11. I have always thought poorly of him

A media whore like no other

[Tinoire]

23. Lol. And DUers are calling what's going on in Fla a circus

The real circus is watching musical Hero-of-the-week at DU because too many of us refuse to look at the WHOLE politician before adoring or burning.

:shaking head too:

Time to hate the Congressional Black Caucus too... Half of it is right behind Jackson as is his son, Jesse Jackson Jr.

Whoops, and Harold Ford Jr too.

What will the Democratic Party do after it has alienated and insulted every single faction it can think of?

[davidinalameda]

26. I never liked Harold Ford

and no, I don't like what the CBC is doing on certain issues including gay marriage

Most of the CBC voted for the FMA last time around

and yes, I've always thought that Jesse Jackson is a media whore

[oncall]

24. republicans eat their young

I watch with amusement as i see wing nuts turn on jeb and the congress that they voted into power

[rzemanfl]

10. Why do I have this feeling that the Schindlers and Randall Terry

were not really glad to see him? Strange bedfellows indeed.

[Catt03]

12. Looks that way

Don't hate him. Happen to like him but being part of this fiasco is not something I like seeing.

I think it is a setup anyway. The Shindlers probably want to distance themselves from all the crazies and know that public opinion is against them. Pretty shrewd political move.

[Jon8503]

16. If they want to distance themselves from the crazies, I think the

sickest thing yet is their sellng a video of their daughter in this state to anyone who is willing to donate $100.00 to the right-wing causes such as this one along with anti-abortion.

What parent would do that to their daughter. If these people were willing to donate would'nt they do it without a video.

[XemaSab]

17. I lost respect for him

when the daughter thing came out and he announced he was taking a break from politics.

That lasted a whole two weeks.

:eyes:

[tritsofme]

22. Duh

You're just figuring this out now?

Where you been the past 30 years or so?

[barbaraann]

25. Bloody shirt controversy

"Jackson has stirred both admiration and criticism. His behavior in the hours immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., was a subject of controversy: Jackson claimed that he had held the dying leader, heard his last words, and had his shirt stained by King's blood. Other SCLC officers present at the murder have disputed those claims..."

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/jackson_j.htm

[otohara]

27. Hope Alive?

after hearing a few minutes with his "Easter interview with Michael Jackson" I lost all respect.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

28. I know how the Rethugs keep "winning"...

Dems just keep eating their own -- 'one "mistake", and you are out' seems to be the credo around here and among the progressive public in general.

We could discuss if there is some merit to Jackson's position on this isolated incident, we could talk about ways of getting around the idiotic, suicidal media/right-wing coalition of the pseudo-righteous -- but no, Jackson takes one stand unpopular here and immediately his entire life (spent almost exclusively on fighting for the common good, I might add) is negated and he is a media whore...

What will it take to drill some sense of perspective into the "left"?
Not even an anything-for-us cabal firmly in control of every known institutional lever?