From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 10:30:44 MDT
...Jesse Jackson, who in 1994 said, "There is nothing more
painful to me at
this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear
footsteps and
start thinking about robbery. Then look around and see someone
white
and feel relieved."
There is more than one way to interpret this comment by the good
reverend Jackson. His detractors have accused him of blatant
racism, but look at what he actually *says*. He hears footsteps.
These are his own, since he is walking down the street. He
thinks about robbery. He is after all, a politician of sorts. Perhaps
this robbery will take the form of increased taxation, to support
the reverend's many social programs. spike
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