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Jesse Jackson: 'You Can't Vote Against Health Care and Call Yourself a Black Man'
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”
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Go to "GOVTRACK.US" Enter HR3200 in the search line for looking up bills.
You can then download a pdf version of the 2074 page bill. In the upper right corner of this download, there is a "find" line. Just type in whatever you want to look for. Try "disadvantaged", bonuses, exemptions, etc etc
This process will immediately show where the instances of the words occur in the bill, and you can read for yourself what it contains.
Ak Sleddawg
You can't be J.J. and call yourself a black man.
leebob
Obamas health care for wounded GIs;
REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT... "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"
OhGodFreedom
Is he saying that the line should be drawed? Can we call him reverse racist?
RighttoLife
He just told his brothers to buy health care or go to jail
LAWoman
Boo hoo, waaaahhh!
STFU Jesse; your rhetoric is as old and crusty as you are!
Boo Dog
Jesse Jackson, In my opinion, you insult the intelligence of all Americans by that statement.
democrats implode
I didn't realize that being born black, you belonged to a club.
Is it more of love or more of bullying???
You decide.
Same deal with republicans telling conservatives what to think.
We don't belong to a club.
You're not there for me, so it's called bullying.
And how does that make you different than the enemy?
It doesn't.
So Huckabee, don't think you can lecture others. Lead by example.
If we like what we see, and if it looks effective, people will follow.
democrats implode
This is a racist statement. If someone had said white people should vote
for this, he'd be screaming racism.
And if he's a rev, then he's a wolf in sheep's clothing.
ladyswiss
What a supid stupid statement Jackson made. He is most definitely racist as is Obama, and a Muslim to boot.
democrats implode
Yes, Obama is a racist and a muslim and probably not even qualified to be president.
True KY
Jessi! That statement is just plain stupid!
IntellDezine
mmmmm... mmmmmmmmmmmmm;;;;2010 we americans are gona show the world a sweeping change they can believe in an all republican and conservative house and senate they can believe in..real chang is comeing and comeing with dreams of our founding father's A.S.A.P....GOD BLESS AMERICA
IntellDezine
this guy is not a rev...what a joke he really is..trying his hardest to play the card but the educated americans know he is a fake and pathetic rev that is full of hate 4 whites and black and yellow and jews....he will take his self down with his own ignorance....and we the educated know this :)
Grouchy1
I see Jesse Jackson is still playing the "you owe us" card. This man is a redundancy and he is no friend of the Black hard working Americans.
democrats implode
That is a racist statement, Jesse Jackson.
Won't Be Silenced In Texas
Thank you Mr. Davis for standing up for the people you represent. The liberals hate it when someone does not go along with their plans. And their plans are to live in their past so to justify screwing up our future. Thank you Sir for being your own man with your own convictions. Jackson didn't elect you, the people did.
steve.c.
Here are four key facts about the costs of the Democrats' 2,074-page Senate health bill:
1. According to the CBO, only 1 percent of the bill's costs would kick in prior to the fifth year of its alleged "first ten years" (2010 to 2019). Starting in 2014, 99 percent of the bill's costs would hit -- meaning that the bill's true first 10 years are from 2014 to 2023. Before then, it wouldn't really take effect.
2. In the bills' real first decade (2014-23), it would cost $1.8 trillion, raise Americans' taxes by $892 billion, and siphon $802 billion out of already barely-solvent Medicare to spend elsewhere -- according to CBO projections.
3. According to CBO projections, in the bill's real first decade (2014-23), it would do one of two things: It would either cut doctors' pay under Medicare by $431 billion (as it claims it would but as nobody believes it would), or it would raise United States deficits by $286 billion
4. So, if the bill doesn't follow through on its pledge to cut doctors' pay by a drastic 23 percent under Medicare and never raise it back up, it would violate President Obama's very public and very emphatic pledge in his Sept. 9 speech to the joint-session of Congress that he would "not sign" any bill that "
Paul -Indiana
mmm mmm mmm Welcome to Obamacare! mmm mmm mmm Present! mmm mmm mmm Michelle and I have great insurance plans! mmm mmm mmm The Congress has great plans, too! mmm mmm mmm Too bad for you. mmm mmm mmm Good luck! mmm mmm mmm
americanwoman33
Does anyone remember this one?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A31-46&version=NIV
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ISSUES!
HEALTHCARE! Once it passes their is no going back! (THINK)
CAP & TRADE! You will pay more for everything you buy! (THINK)
OBAMAS CZARS! Nobody including congress knows what they are doing! (THINK)
IMMIGRATION REFORM! Obama plans to make all illegals (THINK)
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NOTHING obama is doing is good for our country! Hes destroying it!
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NotsoSilent
Its no wonder Jesse wanted to remove the presidents appendages, he looked at Obama and saw himself, he didn't like what he saw...If Jesse wasn't so self-serving he might have actually helped people, instead of shaking down businesses and complaining about how badly he is treated, I bet jesse don't live in a double wide in the country.......
Stardust0001
Jesse Jackson has always been a race hustler. Nothing has changed over the years. Imagine a world where equality exists and people treated each other with compassion and respect. There will be no place for persons like Jesse/Sharpton. He's an ignorant, race hustling hypocrite that has done tremendous damage to the physche of the black community.
Not a Pinko
JESSE JACKSON IS A DETRIMENT TO HIS RACE. HE PREYS UPON HIS PEEPS AND THEY FALL FOR IT EVERYTIME. YOU'D THINK AFTER 45 YEARS THEY WOULD SAY TO EACH OTHER, AND SAY, WAIT, THIS ISN'T WORKING.
mish
Jesse tells blacks they can`t decide for themselves-while living a pretty nice life paid for by blacks and whites and their support. He seems to decide for himself-he has a life that has no worries while telling others how to live. Way to go, Jesse.
puckerup America
Jesse to all, "Don't think for yourself - you can't if you're black. You are inferior. You fall in line and vote with the color of your skin like all the other blacks. We know better, not you."
Wow, a far cry from Mr. King...
Not a Pinko
JESSE JACKSON IS A DETRIMENT TO HIS PEEPS. HE PREYS UPON THEIR PREJUDICES AND THEIR FALL FOR IT EVERYTIME. YOU'D THINK AFTER 45 YEARS THE BLACKS WOULD SAY TO EACH OTHER, WAIT THIS ISN'T WORKING.
Tennessee Veteran
I guess Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are the only 2 real black men in America. All the rest who do not toe the Jackson/Sharpton line can not be real black men. It's a shame there are only 2 left.
puckerup America
So, Jesse believes blacks don't have a brain - don't think for yourself; fall in line and vote with the color of your skin...
Far cry from Mr King.
Paladin8541 (Oath Keeper)
man... if you dont vote for this bill you'll be sent to h i m me y t o w n .... this coming from the ultimate race baiting piece of gutter trash
tropic1
i am afraid this administration will set back black/white relations decades.
NO GUTS
ACORN also helped with the dividing line between blacks and whites, they have been working on this for years.
Wills
Yo! Right on Jessie, da bruvahs and sistahs deserve a free ride. As long as da sistahs keep making little democrat voters they'll be taken care of.
dogman
is he saying it is the responsibility of white people to pay the health care of blacks. This man is the biggest racist in the country. It is time to stop playing the race card. It is used way to much. What ever happened to getting a job and supporting yourself and stop saying the rich owe me.
keefir1
Isn't this the Libtard who,during the campaign,expressed the desire to castrate..his candidate, Obowma?
So Jackson.....if a black doesn't vote for extreme entitlements(reparations)he's not a true black?What complexion would result?Paleface?Mocha chip?Another ludicrous comment from a pompous buffoon!
NoleFan
Jesse needs a new deck of cards. For some strange reason, his current deck includes nothing but race cards. You can't listen to Jesse Jackson and call yourself intelligent.
D.W.
That's right Jesse, all Black men should vote for the invisible chains of slavery with your new master being Big Government!
Debianne
Mr. Jackson, it is so sad that you are profiting from keeping your own people chained to the new "slavery"......Welfare. As long as there is money and publicity in it for you you will continue to hold them down without shame. And please stop calling yourself "Reverend".
#34
Especially if you are a black woman.
CHIP
The "bugeyed" racist has spoken!!
Jenney
And this is why 90% of Americans voted for barack, defend him, applaud him, vote for anything he says. It is people like Jesse that keeps them down, they can't act freely from the chains of having to be "true" to the race, or you are labeled a traitor. It is this kind of people that are the real racists.
Xlorrax
when you vote for anything you need to think of the good it will do for americans not the color of them This bill clearly is bad and unconstitutional look past color and vote intelligently. Your comments show you have no idea what this bill is and to tell someone they are less becuse they do not support bad legislation is a tactic best not used
Kari
This is how J.J. characterizes the black man?
A proponent of social programs because he is dependant upon them?
He needs a self-appointed leader to follow because he is unable to find his own way, unwilling or incapable of thinking and making decisions for himself?
Is this stereotyping or profiling? Or just racist?
WE NEED CIA PROTECTION
STOP ANY SATERDAY VOTE ON HEALTHCARE! DEMAND THE VOTE NOT TAKE PLACE ON SATERDAY!
DEMAND THAT THE PUBLIC OPTION BE REMOVED FROM THE BILL! PLEASE ACT NOW!
URGENT! Sign The Letter To President Obama
FOLLOW THIS LINK http://stormlobby.50webs.com STOP obama!!!!
support the letter sent by 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America and theBravest.com
urging you to not bring the terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to trial in Article III courts.
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE AskDOJ@usdoj.gov.
LINK TO MY WEBSITE! USE MY LINK IN YOUR POST! SEND PEOPLE TO MY SITE TO LOBBY CONGRESS!
http://stormlobby.50webs.com
SUPPORT THE EMAIL REVOLUTION AGAINST THE LIBS IN CONGRESS & PRESIDENT OBAMA!
CONTACT CONGRESS,OBAMA, OR THE LIBERAL MEDIA CNN,MSNBC,CBS,ABC,NBC
CONTACT THEM AT http://stormlobby.50webs.com ACT NOW!
ISSUES!
HEALTHCARE! Once it passes their is no going back! (THINK)
CAP & TRADE! You will pay more for everything you buy! (THINK)
OBAMAS CZARS! Nobody including congress knows what they are doing! (THINK)
IMMIGRATION REFORM! Obama plans to make all illegals (THINK)
OBAMA IN OUR SCHOOLS (SICK)
NOTHING obama is doing is good for our country! Hes destroying it!
If we don't act & act now tomarrow may be to late!
Post my link on myspace ,twitter,youtube,facebook http://stormlobby.50webs.com
CONTACT CONGRESS AT http://stormlobby.50webs.com
Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/stormlobby!!!
support the letter sent by 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America and theBravest.com
urging you to not bring the terrorist detainees held at Guantanamo Bay to trial in Article III courts.
LINK TO MY WEBSITE! USE MY LINK IN YOUR POST! SEND PEOPLE TO MY SITE TO LOBBY CONGRESS!
http://stormlobby.50webs.com
Candycane
NAACP, Rev Wright! ACORN, Congressional Black Caucus.
J Jackson, Al S.
You can vote for B O and be racist.
Looks and sounds like a lot of racism going on here!
The real Bigots and all that support them.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste!
Stop the political slavery!
Let's empower these indivuals to think for themselves and vote what's best for all Americans.
Color block voting is racist!
Buying votes is illegal!
Voter fraud is illegal!
MLK: "No man should be judged my his skin color"
Stop affirmative action and diversity programs.
Let qualifications determine outcome, it works in professional sports.
Condor
Only to MSNBC, and liberal blacks, do you still have any credibility! The rest of Normal America Laughs at you!!!!!!
MSgt Jim
What a total idiot. Thats like saying if you vote against food stamps you are not a black man.
RabidRightWingExtremeVotingAmerican
Obama could not have said it better himself. Jesse and the likes of Sharpton and Rev. Wright are the new black slave overseer's keeping black people in bondage to the government. Now with the Obama administration he wants everyone to be in bondage, dependent and slaves to the government. I think and I pray that more and more black folks are seeing through this and are wanting to embrace real freedom. May God bless our country, and bring us together in real freedom.
neut
hey aint this the a.. h... who wanted to crush obamadalama nuts what a fool
hey jessey baby go back to extorting money from big businesses your a fraud
most afro amers dont trust you and dont listen. so get lost
CzarsRUs
So I guess the whole "content of character" being more important than the color of a person's skin is no longer relevant. Martin Luther King would not be pleased I think.