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Building The Bridge
Jesse Jackson 9/1/2008
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The choice now is clear. With his pick of Joe Biden as his running mate, Barack Obama sharpened the contrast with the policies of George Bush and John McCain that leave you on your own. With his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain bowed to the will of the right wing of his party. Americans will have a profound choice of direction to make this November.

The challenge for Obama is clear. With Americans yearning for change, can he build the bridge -- across our divides on race, on region, on religion, on party and ideology -- and bring Americans together? The challenge for McCain is clear. Can he campaign as a "maverick" while his negative campaign is run by Karl Rove's proteges, and his agenda is even more bellicose, more extreme on social issues, more dedicated to the failed ideas of trickle-down economics?

Obama's mission builds on the arc of American history. In his stunning address at Mile High Stadium on the 45th anniversary of the march on Washington, where Dr. King told America about his dream, Obama noted: "The men and women
who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred. But what the people heard instead -- people of every creed and color, from every walk of life -- is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. That together, our dreams can be one."

When Dr. King delivered that speech, he was scarred and bloody from trying to knock down locked doors. He was maligned, attacked as an outside troublemaker, beaten, arrested, and denounced as too divisive and too extreme. The marchers came to a Washington where African-Americans could not eat at most lunch counters. They came from a South where apartheid was still the law of the land. There was not one black athlete in a Southern college. Public accommodations were closed. The bombings in Birmingham took place one month later. The battles over the Mississippi Democratic Party were one year later. The Voting Rights Act would not be passed for another two years.

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Posted By: John Handforth  on Monday, September 01, 2008

Jesse, you lie so well that you should've been a politician.

Oh...

That's right, you atill are.

"The challenge for Obama is clear. With Americans yearning for change, can he build the bridge?"

No he can't build a bridge.  Governor Palin already cancelled the "Bridge to Nowhere."

Governor Palin, by the way, has attributes that are shared by Senators Obama and Biden.  She is intelligent and outspoken, while Obama is intelligent and Biden is outspoken.

I thought that journalists had to be objective and free from bias.  Somehow, I am missing the objectivity, but I was able to detect some bias.

Posted By: Gregg Green  on Monday, September 01, 2008

I do not understand negative remarks to this article by Jesse Jackson - he not a lier!



How does Gov. Palin (a big fish in a small pond) stand up as a leader? Senators Obama and Biden have proven their leadership. Senator Obama is exercising his leadership now as he brings people together through technology and his own books and speeches. Instead of choosing based on party or demographic, how about simple choosing the best leader. This is what the President of the United States is elected to be - a leader. I don't see John McCain leading our country. I don't see Gov. Palin leading a nation.



Who would you rather have coaching your team, a man like Pat Riley or a high school coach. Look at what Senator Obama has already done and he is not even elected yet: Best Selling Books, probably the best DNC ever, the best web site, email campaign and text messaging which is something I see as very important in order to communicate with the people. We need someone who believes and understands technology.



I can't wait for the debates. It will be like Tiger Woods up against the US Amateur runner up - no contest. It's a good comparison because Tiger had to go through a lot of what Obama has to go through and in the end Tiger proved himself through his performance. This is the way Obama will win - by using his talent. Proving himself to more and more people until finally the opposition recognizes he knows what he is doing.



McCain doesn't have to prove himself. He represents the Republicans and that's all. He may also represent whites too. He is a representative - not a leader that could impress me by his unique talent.

Posted By: Carlos  on Tuesday, September 02, 2008

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