Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Jesse Jackson Uses the "N" Word in Mic Gaff Aimed at Obama


The mystery has been cleared up about what else Jesse Jackson said last week when he made his crude remarks about Barack Obama.

The previously unreported comment, disclosed Wednesday morning by the TVNewser blog, was:

“Barack ... he’s talking down to black people ... telling [black people] how to behave.” Only Jackson used the plural form of the “n-word,” not “black people,” in the second part of his comment.

For the remainder of this story, visit the Los Angeles Times Blog.