I don't care what Reverend Jesse Jackson "really" meant, I don't care that he apologized, and I don't care if he supports Obama for President or not. Reverend Jesse Jackson has exposed the failing of young black leadership in this country to take a stand for Black America. It's our turn to lead and shape the African American agenda.
Jesse Jackson, Julian Bonds, Bill Cosby, Andrew Young, and Al Sharpton of the Civil Rights era of leadership need to GRACEFULLY and HONORABLY step slightly to the background and give a tiny nudge to the political forefront, Jesse Jackson Jr, Cory Booker, Malika Saada Saar, Harold Ford, Jr., and the numerous others that have been forced to stay in the background to appease "the old guard." Everyone has to get off the ferris wheel and leave the country fair at some point!
Check out other comments about Jackson's "green with envy" swipe at Obama:
"I think Jesse Jackson, he's the biggest player hater." - Nas
"Revered Jackson is my dad and I'll always love him. He should know how hard that I've worked for the last year and a half as a national co-chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. So, I thoroughly reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric. He should keep hope alive and any personal attacks and insults to himself." - Jesse Jackson, Jr.
"Hush, Jesse, Hush" - Jesse Jackson
"Publicly, Rev. Jackson states that he has issues with Sen. Obama's perceived lack of an 'urban agenda' or a major 'civil rights' platform. But, in reality, one senses a bit of generational tension and 'playa hate' -- a resentment of being left out of something bigger than him." - Charles Ellison, Black Policy.Org
"Aww, Grandpa Jackson's off his meds" - Taii K. Austin
"Don't say anything you wouldn't want on the air until you get out of the studio. Geez! I see Rev. Jackson is from the Ralph Nader school of thought. What is up with the leftist infatuation with the "black = poor so focus exclusively on talkin' 'bout the ghetto" meme, as though black folks haven't progressed since the Jim Crow 1930s. I'll say it again: 74% of black Americans are not poor. Most of us haven't been poor since the 1960s. That being said, Sen. Obama has addressed many of the issues that it is claimed that he hasn't addressed, but he also recognizes the class diversity in Black America. This brouhaha may actually help Sen. Obama, because it may reassure white moderates that he is "no Jesse Jackson". - Shay, Booker Rising
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Since it's now been revealed that good ole Reverend Jesse Jackson was tossing the N word around during his 'hot mike" escapades on Fake News, maybe black folks will stop blaming hip hop for every woe of black people. 
