Word: jacksonism
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...these statements bring to mind an emblematic moment of the 1992 campaign, when Bill Clinton, then Governor of Arkansas, went before the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition to denounce a controversial black rapper--and to prove he was not beholden to traditional Democratic interests. But Obama rejects that comparison. "I'm not interested in engaging in a bunch of Sister Souljah moments just for the sake of it," he says. "If I do that, it's not for effect but because it's what I really believe...
...Virginia Tech shooting, socioeconomic diversity, or other similar concerns and serves as a way in which faculty members interact and engage in a dialogue with students. It has the portraiture unveiling campaign, where people of color—like Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans and professor Eileen Jackson Southern Southern—who have given their lives to Harvard and contributed in major ways are finally being recognized throughout these halls where a picture memorializing a white woman seems to be asking too much. I can go on and on. Is it still unclear...
...Michael Jackson has decided not to block the auction of some of his vintage memorabilia, including the handwritten lyrics to ABC, his black silk jacket with gold sequined epaulets and a drawing of a young boy dated 1994. Blogsite DEFAMER cheekily predicts a potential result at the auction: "Sold! To the lady in the back row with no nose!" SCORE...
...higher wages and more affordable housing. Daley warned the new council Monday not to let the politics of yesteryear, of famously angry council wars, infiltrate the new body. But there is far more independence in the 50-member chamber now, with nine newcomers, including the wife of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. And many are promising to hold Daley firm on his twin promises to wipe out homelessness and create affordable housing, even as public housing projects are being rapidly demolished and vanishing from the cityscape...
...Clinton and Joe Biden. So the candidates are together on Iraq policy moving forward, however much sniping there might be about previous votes and statements. This reduces the chances of that issue fundamentally changing the dynamics of the race. This isn't 1972, with George McGovern battling Scoop Jackson and Ed Muskie caught between, or 2004, with Howard Dean challenging the field and Dick Gephardt and Joe Lieberman losing ground as war supporters...