From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   danny burstein  wrote:   
      
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   >https://apnews.com/article/jesse-jackson-dies-43abb84d2ffc76d967f9a5596ebd0be1   
      
   Why not comment?   
      
   On family values, he was quite conservative, reflecting the era in which   
   he grew up. He didn't shy away from criticizing black-on-black crime and   
   made hypothetical statements that he might fear black teenage boys if he   
   encountered them on the street as potentially violent.   
      
   His civil rights advocacy was mixed. He was no Thomas Sowell and failed   
   to take an introspective look at the unintended consequences of Great   
   Society federal welfare expansions. He offered a mixed message, plenty   
   of speeches about taking advantages of opportunities offered by America   
   as it got less repressive and pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps   
   contrasted with advocacy for quotas to address past discrimimation.   
      
   His thinking evolved little beyond 1960s-era liberalism.   
      
   But as a Chicago sout' side political power broker, he was an absolute   
   disaster. The politicians whom he promoted were lousy for the most part;   
   Bobby Rush was not one of them. Robin Kelly is but she's gotten out from   
   under his influence and survived his political decline. Please note that   
   it was Michelle and not Barack who was friends with one of his   
   daughters; Barack was smart enough to maintain independence from   
   Jackson.   
      
   There were notorious incidents in which he extorted big business for   
   opportunities for his children. They obtained liquor distributorships as   
   state post-prohibition laws artificially restrict entry into the   
   wholesale market. Promoting his own son Jesse Jr for Congress, Jr and   
   wife were convicted of accepting bribes and both went to prison. Jr is   
   on the primary ballot to succeed Kelly who is running for Senate.   
      
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