Rich Lucibella
Staff
Jesse made show biz history last night on CNN's Crossfire when Mary Matalin and Bill Press found themselves in identical positions opposing the good Reverend!
It was pure hilarity. After insisting that it was not an issue of "black and white", Jesse went a bit too far by comparing this event to Martin Luther King's civil rights movement. He might as well have made a pass at Press' boyfriend! Bill Press was visibly insulted by the invocation of King's name...enough so that he turned (in usual indignat rage)...at Jesse.
By the end of the show, Jesse was admonishing Bill for being on "the wrong side" of this issue. So much for "black and white".
On a serious note, it amazes me that someone with Jesse's influence and audience can't find an appropriate cause to fight. Surely bigotry and discrimination are not dead in this nation. But this case was hardly an issue of bigotry or discrimination. Had those kids been white, Jesse'd be arguing for prison sentences and calling it a "hate crime". Get a Life, Jesse.
Rich
ps: Turns out 1700 kids have been expelled from that school system; 40% were white. Where ya been, Reverend?
It was pure hilarity. After insisting that it was not an issue of "black and white", Jesse went a bit too far by comparing this event to Martin Luther King's civil rights movement. He might as well have made a pass at Press' boyfriend! Bill Press was visibly insulted by the invocation of King's name...enough so that he turned (in usual indignat rage)...at Jesse.
By the end of the show, Jesse was admonishing Bill for being on "the wrong side" of this issue. So much for "black and white".
On a serious note, it amazes me that someone with Jesse's influence and audience can't find an appropriate cause to fight. Surely bigotry and discrimination are not dead in this nation. But this case was hardly an issue of bigotry or discrimination. Had those kids been white, Jesse'd be arguing for prison sentences and calling it a "hate crime". Get a Life, Jesse.
Rich
ps: Turns out 1700 kids have been expelled from that school system; 40% were white. Where ya been, Reverend?