Sen. Obama Accepts Jackson’s Apology For Crude Remark
Published: July 10, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama has shrugged off a crude comment aimed at him by Rev. Jesse Jackson. The veteran civil rights leader offered an apology for comments he said while on air about how Obama's speeches were not addressing a more variety of issues important to the black community.
While on a Fox News program last Sunday, Jackson said he was unaware that his microphone was on during a commercial break. His remarks included a vulgar reference towards Obama. After discovering that a Fox News Program, "The O'Reilly Factor," would air his comments later that night, Jackson apologized for his "hurtful and wrong" remarks.
Jackson said at a news conference on Wednesday that he was responded to a question as to whether Obama's recent speeches at predominately black churches come off as "speaking down to black people." Jackson stated that the Illinois senator needs to be addressing a number of other issues, there were other important issues such as unemployment, the mortgage crisis and the number of blacks in prison.
The Obama campaign responded to Jackson's remarks saying that Obama 'has spoken for many years about parental responsibility as well as jobs, justice and opportunity for all.'
"He will continue to speak out about our responsibilities to ourselves and each other, and he of course accepts Rev. Jackson's apology," says Bill Burton, and Obama campaign spokesman.
His son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., said he was very disappointed by his father's "reckless statements."
"His divisive and demeaning comments about the presumptive Democratic nominee - and I believe the next president of the United States - contradict his inspiring and courageous career," says Jackson Jr.
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