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Protestors Call Jesse Jackson 'Worst Nightmare' for Black Community
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
June 30, 2004

Chicago (CNSNews.com) - As Democrat John F. Kerry addressed Jesse Jackson's
33rd annual Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference on Tuesday, about 100
African-American religious and community leaders gathered on a sidewalk
outside the conference to protest Jackson for being the black community's
"worst nightmare."

"Jesse is an immoral person. He has a history of being on the wrong side of
history," said Pastor Anthony Williams of Chicago's St. Stephens Lutheran
Church.

"The media -- the American media -- has invented our worst nightmare in the
black community. He has never done anything beneficial for our people,"
Williams told CNSNews.com.

"We are letting the Democratic Party know -- from a state, county and
federal level -- that the black vote is not for sale. I will vote for Mickey
Mouse before I vote for John Kerry," Williams added.

The protestors chanted and carried signs that read "Jesse does not speak for
black people" and "America's number-one pimp selling the black vote."

Williams does not believe that black voters' overwhelming support for the
Democratic Party has proven beneficial to minorities.

"The African American community has historically got nothing (from
supporting the Democratic Party) -- a precious few has gotten something like
these old civil rights organizations and people like Jesse," Williams said.

"We have been taken for granted because of people like Jesse. His day is
over with," he added.

Another protestor, Harold Davis objected to what he perceived as Jackson's
character defects.

"We know that his history speaks that he is a liar, he is a thief, he's a
charlatan, he is a pimp. He is all the things that the black community
should now say to him it's time for you to stop -- it's time for you to stop
misleading and misguiding folks," said Harold Davis, a member of the Chicago
chapter of the Amer-I-Can Program, a California-based self-esteem-building
organization that operates in inner cites and prisons. The group was founded
in 1988 by NFL Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown.

The protestors said Jackson does not represent black America.

"We want the Democratic Party to know that we will no longer be taken for
granted, we will no longer just give our vote to them. We will no longer
allow Jesse to pigeonhole the black community into a vote for them," Davis
said.

Bishop Lance Davis, of the New Zion Christian Fellowship Church in Dalton,
Ill., questioned what Jackson and his various organizations do with their
money, much of which comes from major U.S. corporations.

"We were wondering where the money is going. We don't see it in Chicago. Who
is being helped?" Davis commented to CNSNews.com.

Answering his own question, Davis said, "We have no clue. The only thing we
know is [Rainbow/PUSH] salaries and their trips around the world. All we
know is that our children are not receiving a dime," Davis said. Davis also
heads the community group Voices of Morality.

Kimberly Corley, of Section 16 Ward Englewood Task Force, said Jackson "is
not over there (in the inner city) helping us. He is not speaking for us."

Another protestor, Annie Taylor, noted the absence of Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s widow Coretta Scott King as proof that Jackson is not the heir to
King's leadership.

"If Jesse was for us, for the blacks, if he stood for anything that Martin
Luther King represented, where is Coretta [Scott king]? Where is Coretta
Scott? She would be on the forefront; she would be with him, right by his
side. That's my question -- where is Coretta?" Taylor asked.

'Hush money'

The protestors also accused Jackson of selling out to Daimler Chrysler
Corporation in exchange for a donation.

The auto giant is the target of a lawsuit alleging that black buyers were
subjected to racial slurs and discrimination. Daimler Chrysler helped
underwrite the cost of the 2004 Rainbow/PUSH Coalition conference. Jackson's
program lists Daimler Chrysler as an "Ebony Sponsor."

"It is appalling that Jesse continues to take money from the organization --
from Daimler Chrysler -- and it is intolerable for him to not even comment
on the fact they referred to him and others that look like him as niggers
and jigaboos in the year 2004," Williams said.

Lance Davis said Jackson should not accept any money from Daimler Chrysler
until the controversy has been resolved.

"A vanguard organization in the African-American community should not
receive money from a corporation that obviously does not value the
African-American dollar," Davis said. "We believe that that it's hush
money," Davis added.

Harold Davis agreed. "Rather than joining with the people fighting [Daimler
Chrysler], Jesse went into Chrysler and said 'Give me the money and I will
stay out of it.' So they actually paid Jackson to stay out of it," Davis
asserted.

"He has not opened his mouth about Daimler Chrysler," he added.

Jackson responds

Jackson, in an interview with CNSNews.com following the protests, denied the
allegations that he was essentially paid off by Daimler Chrysler to keep
quiet.

"As for Daimler Chrysler, we challenge corporations. There are workers at
Daimler Chrysler who are here who want the organization represented. I don't
know any corporations who records are pure; we challenge all of them and our
government," Jackson said.

Jackson also scoffed at the protestors' openness to the GOP.

"The Republican Party has basically written off workers and black people and
Latino people. They have not had one meeting with organized labor, [NAACP]
Leadership Conference in three years -- neither Bush nor [Attorney General
John] Ashcroft," Jackson said.

But protestor Williams was not persuaded that blacks have no other option
except to vote for the Democratic Party.

I say, 'Guess what? We can go fishing on Election Day, and let's see what is
going to happen to Mr. Kerry then," Williams said. "I will just encourage my
congregation of 3000 people to go fishing."

Harold Davis said he was willing to give Bush and the GOP a chance to
compete for his vote.

"Let's see what the Republican Party has to say about pulling yourself up by
your own boot straps. Let's give them the opportunity to come to the talk,"
Davis said.

Jackson compared to Jesus Christ

Clarence Thompson, a Jackson supporter and a member of Rainbow/PUSH
Coalition, clashed with anti-Jackson protestors on the sidewalk.

"I think [the anti-Jackson protestors] are stupid, I think they are stone
stupid. Just a bunch of idiots that should be at home up in their beds,"
Thompson told CNSNews.com.

"The Rev. Jackson has not been paid off by nobody," Thompson said. He then
compared Jackson to Jesus Christ.

"Any time you try to do what is right, somebody will try to find some fault
and accuse you of wrong. They did that to Jesus Christ, so why should they
stop now? They did that to Jesus Christ, they accused him, they crucified
him like they are trying to do to Jesse Jackson," Thompson said.

They are trying to crucify Jesse Jackson, and for what? Because he is trying
to do the right thing," he added.

See Related Story:
Jesse Jackson Says GOP Pushing 'Ideology of the Confederacy' (6/30/04)
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