Word: jessee
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The awkward title says it all: the platform tries to meld the "competence" of Michael Dukakis with the "hope" conveyed by Jesse Jackson. "Restoration" can be seen as a small bow to the platform's author, Theodore Sorensen, who was John Kennedy's speechwriter. Sorensen's secret: exhausting run-on...
This is the way some have pictured Blacks this year. They are said to be following the Rev. Jesse Jackson blindly, waiting on his every word. And that eventually, they too will be led to the shed to die a Republican death.
BLACK voters have made a mistake by sitting out the last two elections. And once again, if instructed by Jesse Jackson, they may be tempted to sit at home again. But maybe the third time will be a charm. Sitting at home will leave the presidency in the hands of...
And in 1984, there was another reason to sit at home. Apparently, the Democrats had treated Jesse Jackson poorly.
How odd that the Brawley case should run in historical parallel to the political progress of Jesse Jackson. Any American with a memory watched in astonishment this spring as thousands of white Americans, blue-collar workers among them, an old reliable class of Wallaceites, took Jackson as their leader. Is...