From story in the NY Times. I did not see anything about this, so I thought I would get this out.
I believe that people are looking for racism where there exist none. For people here and in the media to keep pushing race into this campaign is sick and sad. This is what the neo-cons do, NOT Democrats!
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said late Sunday that he was not offended by comments on Saturday by former President Bill Clinton, who brought up Mr. Jackson’s name in response to a question about Senator Barack Obama.
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Jesse Jackson is being the voice of reason. Could we please all slow down, take a deep breath and get off this race baiting nonsense.
"I don’t read anything negative into Clinton’s observation," Mr. Jackson said in a phone conversation late Sunday night from India, where he is taking part in a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
Still, Mr. Jackson said that he had spoken to Mr. Obama on Saturday night and to Mr. Clinton a few days earlier and that he had appealed to both to "take it to a higher ground."
Mr. Jackson, the long-time civil rights activist, is supporting Mr. Obama while his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, is supporting Mrs. Clinton. Their son, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., is supporting Mr. Obama.
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But, Mr. Jackson said, "Bill has done so much for race relations and inclusion, I would tend not to read a negative scenario into his comments." He said his chief concern was that Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton not "bloody themselves" so much that they can’t unite against the Republicans in November.
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Peace... From a John Edwards supporter.