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Wednesday, 8 Oct 2008

More of Jesse Jackson's comments on Barack Obama revealed



By Isabel Gonçalves
16 July 2008 @ 11:23 pm EST

NEW YORK - Rev. Jesse Jackson made additional disparaging remarks during the infamous break in an interview on Fox News, in which he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.


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The previously unreported comment was disclosed by the TVNewser blog.

"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.

The longtime civil rights leader already came under fire this month for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a "Fox & Friends" news show.

Jackson, who is traveling in Spain, apologized in a statement Wednesday for "hurtful words" but did not offer specifics.

"I am deeply saddened and distressed by the pain and sorrow that I have caused as a result of my hurtful words. I apologize again to Senator Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, their children as well as to the American public," Jackson said in a written statement.

"There really is no justification for my comments and I hope that the Obama family and the American public will forgive me. I also pray that we, as a nation, can move on to address the real issues that affect the American people."

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