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First Amongst Daves said:
How do Jesse Jackson and all those all stalwarts make of him?



Some reports indicate that there is a distinct lack of enthusiasm among so-called civil rights leaders:

    At a meeting of activists in New York last week, the Rev Jesse Jackson, the first black candidate to run for president, declined to endorse Obama. "Our focus right now is not on who's running, because there are a number of allies running," Jackson said.

    The Rev Al Sharpton, the fiery New York preacher who joined the Democratic primary race in 2004, said he was considering another presidential run of his own. And Harry Belafonte, the calypso singer who became an influential civil rights activist, said America needed to be "careful" about Obama: "We don't know what he's truly about." . . .

    When asked about Obama's likely candidacy, Sharpton shrugged: "Right now we're hearing a lot of media razzle-dazzle. I'm not hearing a lot of meat, or a lot of content. I think when the meat hits the fire, we'll find out if it's just fat, or if there's some real meat there." . . .

    "He's a young man in many ways to be admired," Belafonte said. "Obviously very bright, speaks very well, cuts a handsome figure. But all of that is just the king's clothes. Who's the king?"


Of course, some of this may have to do with the fact that these guys probably already cut secret deals to endorse Hillary. Or it might be, as PJP, surmised that

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PJP said:
They are Christian and he is Muslim.....