Jesse Jackson, the Prophet Who Became a Politician – Wall Street Journal

"When leaders become dependent on outrage, solutions become threats to their power. Chicago, the adopted hometown of both Jackson and Mr. Obama, proves the point. Jackson rose in a political culture of entrenched corruption, where moral accountability was too often weakened by ethnic loyalty and party interest. Rather than resist this culture, Jackson and other civil-rights veterans were absorbed by it."
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David F
2 months ago

Yes JJ did enrich corruption.

Call my shrink
2 months ago

Profit is the correct spelling. He was a shakedown artist who hid his financial gains from all with his Reverend status

Pat
2 months ago

Reverend was an honorary degree. POS BLACKMAILED businesses . Son got the BUDWEISER beer DISTRIBUTORSHIP in WRIGLEYVILLE !!!

Hello, Indiana!
2 months ago

Jesse was a charlatan that the $ in Operation PU$H told us all about him. Jr. isn’t much better, seeking public office after serving a tailor made prison sentence and still collecting an estimated 148K/ disability pension for ADHD.

Taxpayer
2 months ago

$138,400.00 to be exact. Had he been (re)elected, he would have been instantly cured of his bi-polar and depression. 🤣 Then maybe start earning an honest paycheck. No he’s back to sponging off us taxpayers.

Hello, Indiana!
2 months ago
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Like father, like son if father can even be located.

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