Word: hymietown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Does anyone realy think that a Black person voted for former white supremist David Duke in Louisianna? I wouldn't support Duke because he's racist, nor would I ever support Jackson because of his "hymietown" comment...
ACTUALLY, Jackson has been subject to unusual levels of scrutiny. The 1984 hymietown flap only became news when a Washington Post reporter decided to print the remarks made off the record. That incident has appeared in virtually every Jackson profile piece this year, as has his association with Farrakhan...
...Jackson, as he proved in 1984 after the hymietown incident, has sufficiently strong backing from a sufficiently large group of voters to withstand the occasional damaging story. Brinkley noted that the phenomenon of the constituent-less candidate was a relatively new and not particularly encouraging one. Jackson is throwback to an earlier political landscape, when candidates ran because people wanted them to, not just because they thought they should be president...
More recently Jackson called Zionism a "poisonous weed". In 1984, he labelled New York "hymietown", and pledged support for Louis Farrakhan, who calls Judaism a "gutter religion". No other white candidate could have gotten away with such words and actions and remained in the race. Are these the views the American people want in the presidency...
...major organizational effort, Operation PUSH, has produced more publicity than concrete accomplishments. In the past, government agencies have charged that Jackson's educational-motivation program, PUSH-EXCEL, misspent more than $1 million in federal grant money. In addition, Jackson has outraged Jews by calling New York City "Hymietown" and by preserving his links in 1984 to Louis Farrakhan, who called Judaism a "gutter religion." He has practiced diplomacy by wet kiss with some of the Third World's more controversial characters...