toke
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:13:18 PM new
I've been gone since yesterday. When I left, Jesse Jackson was scheduled to march on behalf of the NAACP in Palm Beach. Today...I haven't heard a word about it. What happened???
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mrpotatoheadd
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:20:01 PM new
I think they took a vote on whether or not he should march, and they're still counting the ballots.
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toke
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:27:07 PM new
Ah, my Idaho friend...hi! So. Does this mean he's ideologically available to the perceived majority of the moment???
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calamity49
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:31:14 PM new
Toke,
Jesse had his rally but got mad in the middle of it and left. It was said on the news that he was afraid for his safety.
There were too many hecklers there. I also seem to remember he didn't have the supporters he thought he would have.
Calamity
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mrpotatoheadd
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:36:41 PM new
Hi toke-
I have to admit that I really don't know anything at all (aside from the post above ^^^) on this subject. I just made up the earlier post. I don't know what came over me.
Does this mean he's ideologically available to the perceived majority of the moment???
No, I think that would be either Bush or Gore, but I probably need to read a couple hundred more posts to be sure. 
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toke
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:41:00 PM new
Calamity...
That's good news.
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toke
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posted on November 14, 2000 01:48:41 PM new
What can I say? As a Libertarian...I am deeply...uh...done.
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HartCottageQuilts
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posted on November 14, 2000 02:35:52 PM new
Word on Fox TV, at least, is that although he expected 15,000 to show up, only 1,500 did, so he blamed voter apathy and stomped off in a huff.
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krs
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posted on November 14, 2000 03:19:28 PM new
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/palm_beach/index.html
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toke
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posted on November 14, 2000 03:51:48 PM new
Thanks, everyone.
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njrazd
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posted on November 14, 2000 03:59:17 PM new
I heard he's hand counting ballots in Palm Beach.
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That's Flunky Gerbiltush to you!
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HartCottageQuilts
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posted on November 14, 2000 05:33:49 PM new
Does anybody but me find it just a tad bizarre that Jackson, who likes to believe he took up Dr. King's mantle, is supposed to have had to leave a rally because of hecklers and "fear for his safety"?
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njrazd
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posted on November 14, 2000 06:42:58 PM new
HCQ...according to the article, there were 3,000 supporters and a dozen hecklers. Can't imagine they would have been a threat. Although, he's not used to other African-American being the hecklers. That probably unnerved him!
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That's Flunky Gerbiltush to you!
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jada
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posted on November 14, 2000 07:12:08 PM new
HCQ - Yep, I do.
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calamity49
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posted on November 14, 2000 11:13:58 PM new
Toke and HCQ,
I think he really left because he got too hot. HCQ, did you see the sweat pouring off of him? LOL! He looked miserable and mad at the same time.
He came to our area last year to "defend the righteous" and did we have a mess.
HCQ, As a great admirer of Dr. MLK. I find Jesse a------well----DUD.
Calamity
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HartCottageQuilts
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posted on November 15, 2000 05:07:55 AM new
I'd go farther and call him a shameless self-promoter who now bears a creepy resemblance to Sharpton and Cochran. It's a shame, considering where he started out, kinda like watching Sinatra in his dotage.
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toke
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posted on November 15, 2000 05:20:10 AM new
"As Monday's protest march reaches Narcissus Avenue, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his team turn left."
This is from KRS's link. Cracked me up!
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