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* This story is starting to get some play out there in Medialand…
At least some of his constituents want embattled Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to resign.
About a dozen protesters stood outside his Chicago office Saturday shouting, “Ho ho ho, Jesse Jr.’s gotta go.”
Protest organizer Harold Davis says he believes allegations that an emissary may have offered to raise money for Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for Jackson being appointed to President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
* That above story followed this…
A citizens group says it will call on Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to resign.
Citizens of Illinois for Better Government says its members will gather at noon in front of Jackson’s Chicago office and call for his resignation.
Doesn’t anybody know how to use The Google?
* First of all, “Citizens of Illinois for Better Government” doesn’t appear to be a “real” organization.
* Also, this Harold Davis guy has been a longtime critic of Rev., Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Congressman Jackson. Today’s developments are an organic, grassroots display of outrage.
* This is from the 2004 presidential campaign…
“We want the Democratic Party to know that we will no longer be taken for granted, we will no longer just give our vote to them. We will no longer allow Jesse to pigeonhole the black community into a vote for them,” Davis said.
Harold Davis said he was willing to give Bush and the GOP a chance to compete for his vote.
“Let’s see what the Republican Party has to say about pulling yourself up by your own boot straps. Let’s give them the opportunity to come to the talk,” Davis said.
* From 2003…
Protestor Harold Davis complained to CNSNews.com that Jackson “is a shakedown artist and nobody holds him accountable.”
* This year, Davis held a “mock funeral” for Rev. Jackson, citing Jackson’s “Betrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King.”
* But he does have some street cred, as this op-ed clearly shows.
Context, please.
posted by Rich Miller
Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 4:26 pm
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You can get a dozen people to protest anything.
Comment by wordslinger Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 5:03 pm
Exactly.
Comment by Rich Miller Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 5:10 pm
True, but no one showed up in the lobby of the Thompson Center this week, which was a bit of a surprise given the cameras that were staked out there.
Comment by Scooby Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 5:59 pm
I feel like they are protesting the wrong guy. At least for now. Jackson isn’t creating a statewide political and financial crisis by staying in office. Where is the outrage in the form of protesters of the Governor?
Comment by Duffman80 Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 7:18 pm
It doesn’t look good. The bottom line is that this “taint” will follow him wherever he goes. Basically he will keep his Congressional Seat, but beyond that forget it.
Comment by anon Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 7:31 pm
J3 shamelessly went after the job of Senator. Time will tell if anything was illegal, but when you go on national TV (Morning Joe) and actually cross your fingers for the audience relative to getting that job, you are at the very least guilty of classless, unfettered ambition. Where did he get that sort of persona I wonder…
Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 7:43 pm
Hey I used to see this man on Chicago Cable Access. I had no idea he was so busy.
Comment by Levois Saturday, Dec 13, 08 @ 7:54 pm
AT least he actually has actual grass under his feet, which is more than you can say for Axelrod and his paid projects and “protests” and “grass” anything roots or whatever.
Comment by Peach Sunday, Dec 14, 08 @ 2:56 am
Rich,
J3 would not be in so much trouble had he not been so over the top in his desperate attempt for an office he knew the gov would never give him. He has made it seem he would do anything to get the senate seat and now it looks like his associates did do anything!
Comment by moral Sunday, Dec 14, 08 @ 10:53 am