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Texans should be happy--anyway it goes, we win. I'm a Texan, too, y'all. But for Black Texans, it may not be so clear cut. Will Blacks still support Dukakis and Bentsen even though the Rev. Jesse Jackson isn't on the ticket? Here's what Black Texans...
...like the way they treated Jackson," said Jennie Jarmon, a cosmetologist in Houston. "I think he's a jack-ass for not picking Jackson. He had so much support behind me. He would have been a fine addition to the ticket...
...think Dukakis could have treated Jackson better," said Jane Everage, a chiropractor in Houston. "I'm still going to support the ticket. I think Blacks will have to decide whether or not they will support the ticket without Jackson...
...hoping that Dukakis was going to pick Jackson," Prarie View A&M student Kevin Walls said. "I'm going to support the Democratic ticket because I'm a Democrat. I guess, in a way, it's good that Jesse wasn't on the ticket. Some racist idiot may have tried to kill...
Some Blacks are saying that Jackson deserves to be on the ticket because he finished second in the primary. In 1984 Gary Hart finished second behind Walter Mondale, but the Colorado Senator was not selected...