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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...
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...
...tape? Not a bit. None of the Republican presidential candidates have dared to challenge Robertson on the church-state issue, even though the former televangelist may run third in Iowa. This seeming immunity from reproach is reminiscent of the see-no-evil response to Jesse Jackson's "Hymietown" slurs about New York City in 1984. The Democrats running last time out made only muted responses to those anti-Semitic comments, nor did they stress Jackson's ties with black Hatemonger Louis Farrakhan. Last fall Jackson received a similar free ride about a far more minor peccadillo: his brief...
Mistakes he made in his past campaign,including a reference to New York City as"hymietown"--considered to be an antisemiticepithet--may haunt him in this election...