Jesse Jackson is officially insane. In a new article, Jackson claims the 2000 and 2004 elections were both frauds. He starts out his piece with:
As our nation has witnessed in the democracy debacle of the last two American presidential elections—in which the loser won and the winner lost—the right to vote preserves all other rights.
Of course, numerous claims were thrown about that the 2000 election was a fraud, but the Justice Department and numerous other groups looked into this, and it's just not true. The winner did, INDEED, win, and the loser did lose. Gore lost, Bush won. Jackson can imagine new facts all he wants. Even the major newspapers went to Florida and counted every hanging chad they could find throught the entire state, and Bush STILL came out on top. There would have been no problem at all with the Florida results had not the networks named Gore the winner of Florida 1 hour before the polls in Florida even closed! Many polls workers in the panhandle have come forward with numerous stories of people not voting because of the erroneous claim that Gore had won the state, which, experts say, might have cost Bush tens of thousands of votes.
Nutcase Jackson goes on to claim that the right to vote isn't actual a right at all in the US, and wants a Constitutional Amendment to make sure everyone has the to vote. His claim is that minorities are often times not allowed to vote, but that's nonsense. Minorities aren't barred from the polls, and that wasn't the case in 2000 or 2004. Even if that IS the case in Jackson's imaginary world that exists only in his own mind.
He then complains:
The United States is one of the 11 democratic nations in the world whose constitution provides no such thing. Such a gaping hole in American democracy affects other critical issues, such as public education, the right of American workers to organize, a living wage and universal healthcare for all Americans, regardless of resources.
Before this paragraph, he talks about how even Iraq's constitution explicitly gives all the right to vote...a jab at the US, which he surely thinks it's democratic at all. To use Iraq as an example, he's obviously trying to claim that that nation is actually more free in regards to voting than even we are. Bologna, of course.
His claim that the "gaping hole" (no explicit right to vote for president) in our democracy affects other social areas, including workers' right to organize (that's an odd argument!) and universal access to healthcare for all Americans regardless of resources. How is that a hole in our democracy, considering polls show the American people are fully against socialized healthcare? Doesn't he remember the rejection of Hillary Clinton's socialist plan of the 90's? Maybe he's forgetful.
I could point out the failure of universal healthcare from around the globe (including months of waiting, poor service, and the lack of technology that is available to almost everyone in the US), but that's a whole new post in itself.
Tho Jackson thinks otherwise, the 2000 and 2004 elections weren't rigged, the winner (Bush) won, and the losers lost...Not even John Kerry is claiming that he really won the election. Jackson tho, with his god-like wisdom, knows better. The elections were a fraud, and Bush is illegitimate. And, in the end, it's all about race (anyone see a pattern between Jackson and Al Sharpton?), and it's minorities who got the shaft. The facts don't pan out that way, but that's the situation in Jackson's head, and what floats around Jackson's brain MUST be true.
Jackson has long used his own people to help him climb the ladder of self-promotion and success.And what do they get in return? Nada.Zip.Zilch.This shameless man has a pile of black folks laying in his wake,all victims of his use'em and lose'em attitude.He incites everyone he can,into a racial and cultural crapstorm,then moseys on his merry way.
He's a racist and an anti-Semite,extraordinaire.He'd steal lollipops from little white babies then blame it on the Jews,if he thought he could get away with it.
i still find it amazing how this guy STILL gets respect. when i see him on various news shows, i have to wonder how the interviewer or whoever can sit there without jumping over the table and strangling the guy.
the sad fact is- he destroys racial harmony in this country. him, sharpton, and people like them- theyre racial profiteers, and even worse, millions of blacks buy into his garbage. hell, you have people of all races buying into the nonsense he peddles with the election "fraud" crap.
and youre right...a racist, an anti-semite. the guy just makes me sick. i would give anything to be on a talk show with this guy and run thru the list of all his racial offenses or his hymietown remark, and watch him soil his pants, since no one ever really truly confronts him anymore.