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Jesse Jackson apologizes to the United States for speaking
By Meseret Haddis
After disparaging remarks made against Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Reverend Jesse Jackson apologized to the United States for speaking.
"Ever since I was a young boy, I've had this terrible compulsion to speak. For the most part it has been used for the betterment of society, but on occasion, my speaking gets away from me and for that I am sorry."
Jesse Jackson's remarks on the FOX News channel were recorded in an off-air conversation with Reid Tuckson, an Executive Vice President at United Health Group, who was waiting to be interviewed on “FOX & Friends". His remarks were centered around a speech Barack Obama gave on Father's Day, where he scolded black fathers in single parent households. Jesse Jackson is recorded saying, "See, Barack been, talking down to black people on this faith based. . . I wanna cut his nuts off." The clip was later played on Bill O'Reilly’s show The O'Reilly Factor. O’Reilly is also known to have a problem with speaking, when recently an old clip of him from Inside Edition surfaced that featured a tyrannical outburst of frustration and obscenities. Unlike Jesse Jackson, Bill O'Reilly has yet to comment about his actions.
Senator Obama's Campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, clarified the intention of Obama's speech and stated that, “We of course accept Mr. Jackson's apology.” Jesse Jackson's comments have brought back suspicions that he will be more of a liability than an asset to the Democratic nominee’s campaign. When asked about it on Thursday, Mr. Jackson said this, "I would like to put all speculating suspicions to rest about me being a liability to their campaign. Furthermore, I want to express my unequivocal seriousness and dedication to the Obama campaign. I will, from now, until the election, refrain from speaking altogether." This came as a shock to many pundits who saw Jesse Jackson as a proud individual who spoke his mind on issues in a time when no one wanted to listen. This also came as a shock to many in the black community, who often thought of Mr. Jackson as their spokesperson. "Who will speak for us now?" said Theresa Johnson, a 5th grade teacher in Westchester, New York. "When an issue comes up in the community, how will we now express it to the white majority?" In a surprise turn of events, Reverend Al Sharpton also announced that he would abstain from speaking until the election in a show of solidarity with Jesse Jackson. "I have spoken a lot in my day," Al Sharpton said to a group of lost tourists in the Bronx on Friday,"but one must know the time when speaking serves no purpose. If only Martin Luther King Jr. himself would have stopped speaking, we wouldn't be in this awful mess of outspoken dialogue and outright criticism of Judicial America. We must teach our children, that words should be used in only the right circumstances, because speaking may lead to thinking and we have established, that we can not do that." Jesse Jackson, along with Al Sharpton and other leaders of the black community, will hold a march in silent protest against speaking in Washington D.C. later this month.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
Mitt Romney claims he suffers from "Verbal diarrhea".
With the slew of misstatements made by the presidential candidate Mitt Romney, he has announced in a statement released by his campaign, that he suffers from verbal diarrhea.
This comes admist the recent scrutiny of some of Mr. Romney's statements. In a speech last spring, Mr. Romney boasted that he had been a hunter "pretty much all my life", but later recanted that statement, by revealing that he had been hunting only twice. He also boasted the N.R.A.'s endorsement, which the N.R.A. never did.
This is kind of scrutiny, especially now that the presidential race is heating up, is becoming more and more common. Political analyst Cort Burton says that presidential candidates, now more than ever, have to be careful of what they say. "Anything you say can be construed and twisted into anything. Many think that Tancredo pulled out of the race, because of the quip he made about global warming being a product of computer fan exhaust." Mr. Burton stated. "Things like that are hard to spin into something good. If Romney doesn't take care of this it could crush his campaign and eventually ruin his life."
Mr. Romney at a press conference early Wednesday morning addressed many of the concerns with his statements. "I acknowledge I have a problem that in any other field wouldn't be a problem, but I understand the responsibilities of a presidential candidate."
When asked about a push from his campaign to go to rehab to help with his problem, he said "I assure you I have the problem under control now. I was even telling my wife, who use to be a model for Esquire, that I was getting it under control."
Romney's wife later corrected her husband, by saying that she was in fact never a model for Esquire.
Romney then said that, "Sometimes I can't help myself. It's something impulsive I do. Whether I do it because of how excited I am about becoming president or because I'm Mormon. Maybe it's a Mormon thing you know? But I'm not saying I'm different...because I'm not. I just a regular guy. I mean as regular goes, you know regular is such a subjective term. I mean if a regular guy was falling asleep at the wheel, then I'm regular. But not if that's not regular, because I'm a regular guy, that's how people should see me. But I'm not going to force you to see that. I mean that I trust your opinion. I mean as trust goes, I'm pretty trustful. I mean I even won the trust award last year at the trust convention." This was met by many sighs from the campaign managers scattering to do damage control.
Jim Sigfield, one of Romney's campaign managers was very distressed at all the attention to Romney. "Frankly all the attention for Romney's statements are great for publicity and for him, but it's hell for me. I remember when he made the N.R.A. statement I was up all night combating reporters. I just don't like all the media buzz. I liked the days when people were to afraid to talk about Romney and I spent my days fighting rumors that he wore special underwear."
Romney continued to battle reporters all morning on the issue of his false statements, but he ended the conference by saying, "No matter what I say, I swear I'm going to be a good president. And really, at the end of the day, that's important. Not that you can't trust my words, but trust that I say that I'm right."
It's to early to tell if his statements will help or harm his campaign. All anyone knows is that, those who suffer from verbal diarrhea have a lower chance at becoming president. Just imagine if our current president said things that weren't true to the public. Could we live with ourselves as a society? The public seems to be giving Romney the benefit of the doubt in some national poles. So I guess we can.
This comes admist the recent scrutiny of some of Mr. Romney's statements. In a speech last spring, Mr. Romney boasted that he had been a hunter "pretty much all my life", but later recanted that statement, by revealing that he had been hunting only twice. He also boasted the N.R.A.'s endorsement, which the N.R.A. never did.
This is kind of scrutiny, especially now that the presidential race is heating up, is becoming more and more common. Political analyst Cort Burton says that presidential candidates, now more than ever, have to be careful of what they say. "Anything you say can be construed and twisted into anything. Many think that Tancredo pulled out of the race, because of the quip he made about global warming being a product of computer fan exhaust." Mr. Burton stated. "Things like that are hard to spin into something good. If Romney doesn't take care of this it could crush his campaign and eventually ruin his life."
Mr. Romney at a press conference early Wednesday morning addressed many of the concerns with his statements. "I acknowledge I have a problem that in any other field wouldn't be a problem, but I understand the responsibilities of a presidential candidate."
When asked about a push from his campaign to go to rehab to help with his problem, he said "I assure you I have the problem under control now. I was even telling my wife, who use to be a model for Esquire, that I was getting it under control."
Romney's wife later corrected her husband, by saying that she was in fact never a model for Esquire.
Romney then said that, "Sometimes I can't help myself. It's something impulsive I do. Whether I do it because of how excited I am about becoming president or because I'm Mormon. Maybe it's a Mormon thing you know? But I'm not saying I'm different...because I'm not. I just a regular guy. I mean as regular goes, you know regular is such a subjective term. I mean if a regular guy was falling asleep at the wheel, then I'm regular. But not if that's not regular, because I'm a regular guy, that's how people should see me. But I'm not going to force you to see that. I mean that I trust your opinion. I mean as trust goes, I'm pretty trustful. I mean I even won the trust award last year at the trust convention." This was met by many sighs from the campaign managers scattering to do damage control.
Jim Sigfield, one of Romney's campaign managers was very distressed at all the attention to Romney. "Frankly all the attention for Romney's statements are great for publicity and for him, but it's hell for me. I remember when he made the N.R.A. statement I was up all night combating reporters. I just don't like all the media buzz. I liked the days when people were to afraid to talk about Romney and I spent my days fighting rumors that he wore special underwear."
Romney continued to battle reporters all morning on the issue of his false statements, but he ended the conference by saying, "No matter what I say, I swear I'm going to be a good president. And really, at the end of the day, that's important. Not that you can't trust my words, but trust that I say that I'm right."
It's to early to tell if his statements will help or harm his campaign. All anyone knows is that, those who suffer from verbal diarrhea have a lower chance at becoming president. Just imagine if our current president said things that weren't true to the public. Could we live with ourselves as a society? The public seems to be giving Romney the benefit of the doubt in some national poles. So I guess we can.
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