Quote Originally Posted by CGM View Post
As for the clothes thing, I think that once the story came out there was a bit of damage control done, the final story was probably a little different than what actually happened.

One guy I had to chuckle at was Jesse Jackson and his comment about cutting Obama's nuts off. It was good to see Obama rise above that comment. Reminded me of the time when Jackson was running for the Democratic nomination some years back, and he refered to New York as hymie town. Blew himself right out of the water. All that being said, Jackson is a good guy as politicians go, if it weren't for his apparent inability to keep his mouth shut, he might have really got somewhere.
I gotta disagree. Obama is a lot more palatable than Jesse Jackson. Jackson is a marble mouth of dubious pedigree while Obama is very well spoken with a degree from a prestigious university. Even if Jackson was the nicest guy on earth, his command of the English language would have kept him out of office. I have no doubt he's an intelligent person, but when you speak the language like it's your second language you won't get elected.