Perhaps nothing better highlights today's Democratic party's all-encompassing malignancy than the fact that Jesse Jackson -- a venal race-hustler and civil rights fraud -- now seems a respectable grifter and middling anti-Semite compared with the pathological, race-hating jackals who occupy pride of place and power in the D's wretched hive of lionized scum and villainy.
You have had many yourself, my friend, but I do have to agree that that is one of the most awesome one-sentence take-downs I have ever seen. Oh my, would I ever not want to go up against him in Court. I'm just glad I always precede him in comedy! My mama din't raise no fool! AG
Yes, indeed, David. The loony lesbians like Ellen and Rosie have also neglected to mention that Trump was one of the first corporate bosses to welcome the partners of gay people to company functions. But, now it's "scary" for gay people, though they cannot point to a single instance in which that is either true or Trump's fault. Poor Jussie Smollett, wandering around in below zero Chicago with his sammich, waiting for the African goons he paid by check to show up and put that pathetic noose around his neck...Lordy, what an embarrassment. AG
No one (really) knows it now. People who think they do demonstrate something Ronaldus Magnus said: "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
I've mentioned many times that DJT was a JFK Democrat, and still is. Not even a Scoop Jackson Democrat. His problem with the Republican establishment is they don't much care for populist, soft on public social deviance, financial nitpicking and score settling tradesmen, regardless of how rich they have become. He will always be that guy from Long Island who builds houses. His problem with the political elite in general is that even though he wants their approval, he also knows how little it takes to buy it and how long it lasts.
That SNL song -- intended as parody back then -- is the EXACT program the Democrat Party is currently running on. It's almost eerie, isn't it? From parody to platform in a mere 38 years! Yikes!
Very good recap of Jackson's career. Having lived and worked in New York during the 1980's and 90's, I remember Jackson being in the news quite often and also remember that he worked quite closely with Donald Trump who supported a few of his saner initiatives. I never cared for Jackson but found him much less repulsive than Sharpton, Mason or Maddox. He perfected the art of the shakedown: choosing a company (usually a successful Wall Street firm), accusing them of racist tactics in hiring, and then threatening them until they came across with sufficient funds that persuaded Jesse to call off the dogs. His "Rainbow Coalition" was often derided, accurately in my opinion, as the "Monochrome Coalition". But he truly did despise Hussein Soetero, which brings him up a few notches in my eyes. RIP.
After reading D.J. Trump's comments on Jackson, I considered the totality (i.e., my general recollection) of Trump's comments, written and oral, often spontaneous, over the last 11 years. Many seemed counter productive. Nevertheless, taking in the totality of Trump's comments, he is typically correct (even if his being correct is not recognized till later) and (remember I'm talking about the totality of his comments), he has proven himself to be a class (as in first or high) act.
Once again, I pat myself on the back for being a Trump supporter ever since the last primary election of 2016.
Tom Wolfe was way ahead of the curve when it came to observing the normalization of black antisemitism in his 1970 essay "Radical Chic," that first appeared in NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It's well worth re-reading along with "Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers." It's conveniently available in one paperback.
One of my more ambitious felines has written a short sequel to that paperback -- he has titled it "Meow-Meowing the Rat Catchers". I have spoken to him about plagiarism, but like most of my lectures, it fell on deaf ears.
And remember, dear lady, in honor of almost ALL of the DEI College Presidents, "it is only 'plagiarism' if you get CAUGHT." If it LOOKS like you are going to get caught, even if you are already a black lesbian woman, consider converting to Islam...total criminal immunity! AG
I dunno if that tactic will work for Jesse, the perpetrator of this plagiarism. As his press agent, I think I can accomplish most of what you recommended by a quick haircolor change, the addition of a fancy hijab in the style of Ilhan, and as for the lesbian component, he will probably be very willing to double his weight and change his affect to one of toxic aggression with victim overtones.
Susan, c'mon taqiyya is cultural appropriation even if you are or especially if you are, a black lesbian woman. It you are a black lesbian trans person you get a pass cuz you're living your taqiyya. That's why you spell taqiyya with two YYs, as in XYY.
Alls I can say is, Jackson must have been one pissed off grifter when he saw the ascension of the revrund Al be so prominent at St Floyd of George’s death festivities.
At long last we can finally miss him because he finally is gone.
I always thought that manner of pronunciation was an exaggeration of the way William F. Buckley pronounced it in the several debates he had with Jackson in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Speaking of missing people, nobody has come close to replacing Rush Limbaugh. Maybe DeGaulle, or whoever said it, was wrong about indispensable people.
The gist seems to be he could have been worse. Look at Al Sharpton with blood on his hands, and Vernon mason, etc al. I also remember when Jackson said how he worries when he sees black kids behind him. Quote approximate. He backtracked faster then sound. What could he have done if he would have been intellectually honest?
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps, then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
I think that was an honest, important, and as he said PAINFUL take. Ira, I try to imagine how it would feel to read about some heinous crime in the newspaper, day after day, and have to PRAY it wasn't a Jew. Or to be "relieved" in a dark neighborhood to realize that it was Christians and not Jews following us. AG
In 2012, Dukakis worked to support the successful candidacy of fellow Democrat Elizabeth Warren to the U.S. Senate.[74] During the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Dukakis endorsed the campaign of Hillary Clinton.[75] Dukakis endorsed Setti Warren's unsuccessful 2018 candidacy for the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Thanks for the reminder that SNL was once really funny — and relatively even-handed politically. Those days are long gone now.
As for Jackson, I sort of liked him in his early days, but not so much when he developed into a world-class grifter and race baiter. But I have to say, he did pretty well for himself.
Reading this recollection about Jesse Jackson makes me feel old. I've been following public policy for a very long time; I remember all this unfolding in real time. I always thought Jackson was a racial grifter civil rights sell-out, after his noble start marching with MLK Jr. He was a better man than many of his fellow grifters, I suppose.
I found Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers of interest in that it presented an explanation of what some community organizers do, at least as presented by Tom Wolfe. Prior to reading that story, I had no idea of what the job could entail.
Perhaps nothing better highlights today's Democratic party's all-encompassing malignancy than the fact that Jesse Jackson -- a venal race-hustler and civil rights fraud -- now seems a respectable grifter and middling anti-Semite compared with the pathological, race-hating jackals who occupy pride of place and power in the D's wretched hive of lionized scum and villainy.
And they said the perfect comment could never be written. HA!
You have had many yourself, my friend, but I do have to agree that that is one of the most awesome one-sentence take-downs I have ever seen. Oh my, would I ever not want to go up against him in Court. I'm just glad I always precede him in comedy! My mama din't raise no fool! AG
Not only is it a great take-down, the truth of every word can be easily proven. We truly face evil, as NYC and Virginia are finding out.
Woof-Woof, NYC
The closing photo reminds us that no one knew Mr. Trump was a racist until he ran for the Republican nomination.
Yes, indeed, David. The loony lesbians like Ellen and Rosie have also neglected to mention that Trump was one of the first corporate bosses to welcome the partners of gay people to company functions. But, now it's "scary" for gay people, though they cannot point to a single instance in which that is either true or Trump's fault. Poor Jussie Smollett, wandering around in below zero Chicago with his sammich, waiting for the African goons he paid by check to show up and put that pathetic noose around his neck...Lordy, what an embarrassment. AG
No one (really) knows it now. People who think they do demonstrate something Ronaldus Magnus said: "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
I've mentioned many times that DJT was a JFK Democrat, and still is. Not even a Scoop Jackson Democrat. His problem with the Republican establishment is they don't much care for populist, soft on public social deviance, financial nitpicking and score settling tradesmen, regardless of how rich they have become. He will always be that guy from Long Island who builds houses. His problem with the political elite in general is that even though he wants their approval, he also knows how little it takes to buy it and how long it lasts.
That SNL song -- intended as parody back then -- is the EXACT program the Democrat Party is currently running on. It's almost eerie, isn't it? From parody to platform in a mere 38 years! Yikes!
AG
Very good recap of Jackson's career. Having lived and worked in New York during the 1980's and 90's, I remember Jackson being in the news quite often and also remember that he worked quite closely with Donald Trump who supported a few of his saner initiatives. I never cared for Jackson but found him much less repulsive than Sharpton, Mason or Maddox. He perfected the art of the shakedown: choosing a company (usually a successful Wall Street firm), accusing them of racist tactics in hiring, and then threatening them until they came across with sufficient funds that persuaded Jesse to call off the dogs. His "Rainbow Coalition" was often derided, accurately in my opinion, as the "Monochrome Coalition". But he truly did despise Hussein Soetero, which brings him up a few notches in my eyes. RIP.
Steve Hayward wrote a book about this. I have a copy.
After reading D.J. Trump's comments on Jackson, I considered the totality (i.e., my general recollection) of Trump's comments, written and oral, often spontaneous, over the last 11 years. Many seemed counter productive. Nevertheless, taking in the totality of Trump's comments, he is typically correct (even if his being correct is not recognized till later) and (remember I'm talking about the totality of his comments), he has proven himself to be a class (as in first or high) act.
Once again, I pat myself on the back for being a Trump supporter ever since the last primary election of 2016.
The genius and artistic courage of Eddie Murphy. . .
Tom Wolfe was way ahead of the curve when it came to observing the normalization of black antisemitism in his 1970 essay "Radical Chic," that first appeared in NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It's well worth re-reading along with "Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers." It's conveniently available in one paperback.
One of my more ambitious felines has written a short sequel to that paperback -- he has titled it "Meow-Meowing the Rat Catchers". I have spoken to him about plagiarism, but like most of my lectures, it fell on deaf ears.
And remember, dear lady, in honor of almost ALL of the DEI College Presidents, "it is only 'plagiarism' if you get CAUGHT." If it LOOKS like you are going to get caught, even if you are already a black lesbian woman, consider converting to Islam...total criminal immunity! AG
I dunno if that tactic will work for Jesse, the perpetrator of this plagiarism. As his press agent, I think I can accomplish most of what you recommended by a quick haircolor change, the addition of a fancy hijab in the style of Ilhan, and as for the lesbian component, he will probably be very willing to double his weight and change his affect to one of toxic aggression with victim overtones.
Susan, c'mon taqiyya is cultural appropriation even if you are or especially if you are, a black lesbian woman. It you are a black lesbian trans person you get a pass cuz you're living your taqiyya. That's why you spell taqiyya with two YYs, as in XYY.
Great post, and spot on. Here's an additional perspective that is largely consistent with it: https://kellyjohnston.substack.com/p/remembering-us-senator-jesse-jackson
Rush said it best.
The Rev rund Jackkkkk sunnn.
Alls I can say is, Jackson must have been one pissed off grifter when he saw the ascension of the revrund Al be so prominent at St Floyd of George’s death festivities.
At long last we can finally miss him because he finally is gone.
I always thought that manner of pronunciation was an exaggeration of the way William F. Buckley pronounced it in the several debates he had with Jackson in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Wasn't it "The Rev rund Jackkkkks-nnnn."
Speaking of missing people, nobody has come close to replacing Rush Limbaugh. Maybe DeGaulle, or whoever said it, was wrong about indispensable people.
I honestly do think he was wrong about Rush, Breitbart, Charlie Kirk and Scott Adams. Sometimes, God really DID "break the mold." AG
Don’t miss. Glad he’s gone. Another hypocrite
Imagine his frustration when he saw how much the Climate Change crowd made.
Sadly the only hoops St. Floyd ever shot involved Fentanyl. For St. Floyd it turned out to be a real bummer!
I feel honored. Anthony Lucido liked one of my remarks.
I feel honored every Friday by all y'all! AG
The gist seems to be he could have been worse. Look at Al Sharpton with blood on his hands, and Vernon mason, etc al. I also remember when Jackson said how he worries when he sees black kids behind him. Quote approximate. He backtracked faster then sound. What could he have done if he would have been intellectually honest?
I quote Jackson's statement often:
“There is nothing more painful to me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps, then turn around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”
I think that was an honest, important, and as he said PAINFUL take. Ira, I try to imagine how it would feel to read about some heinous crime in the newspaper, day after day, and have to PRAY it wasn't a Jew. Or to be "relieved" in a dark neighborhood to realize that it was Christians and not Jews following us. AG
Wikipedia
In 2012, Dukakis worked to support the successful candidacy of fellow Democrat Elizabeth Warren to the U.S. Senate.[74] During the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Dukakis endorsed the campaign of Hillary Clinton.[75] Dukakis endorsed Setti Warren's unsuccessful 2018 candidacy for the Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Ah Consistency!
Of Course He'll always be know for
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This.
Thanks for the reminder that SNL was once really funny — and relatively even-handed politically. Those days are long gone now.
As for Jackson, I sort of liked him in his early days, but not so much when he developed into a world-class grifter and race baiter. But I have to say, he did pretty well for himself.
Reading this recollection about Jesse Jackson makes me feel old. I've been following public policy for a very long time; I remember all this unfolding in real time. I always thought Jackson was a racial grifter civil rights sell-out, after his noble start marching with MLK Jr. He was a better man than many of his fellow grifters, I suppose.
Don't remember who the female comedian was, but remember the line: "Dukakis sounds like something you say to a child: 'Did you do kakis?'".
I found Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers of interest in that it presented an explanation of what some community organizers do, at least as presented by Tom Wolfe. Prior to reading that story, I had no idea of what the job could entail.