Sarah Palin as Jesse Jackson

[dkf]

Peter Brown: "Sarah Palin would probably blanch at the comparison, given their widely divergent world views, but these days her political profile looks quite similar to the Rev. Jesse Jackson's just over two decades ago."

"Simply put, the two emerged as political and media celebrities backed by exceptionally strong support within the most ideological wing of their respective political parties. But both also carry substantial political baggage with the much larger numbers of American voters who decide November elections."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/02/24/sarah_palin_as_jesse_jackson.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Political writers treated both these charlatans as legitimate candidates. nt

[H2O Man]

2. shit and sugar ....

Palin is an idiot. Jesse is a very good man.

[Poker Player]

3. He is a good man, if you like anti-Semitic bigots

This is Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson you're talking about?

[H2O Man]

4. clown

[Poker Player]

5. Opposes anti-Semitism = clown?

Gotcha. :shrug:

[H2O Man]

7. lower case c clown

[Poker Player]

9. I would rather be thought a clown...

than an anti-Semitic bigot. You obviously support such bigotry.

[H2O Man]

10. silly clown

[H2O Man]

11. TSed silly lower case c clown!

[hfojvt]

6. Jesse also did not get plucked out of nowhere to run as Veep

He made a strong run at the nomination in 1988. I remember thinking he might win the nomination, and that was my hope, when I voted in the Wisconsin primary. Wiki agrees, but says it was Wisconsin that sorta ended his campaign.

"In the Super Tuesday races, Dukakis won six primaries, to Gore's five, Jesse Jackson five and Gephardt one, with Gore and Jackson splitting the Southern states. The next week, Simon won Illinois with Jesse Jackson finishing second. 1988 remains the race with the most candidates winning primaries since the McGovern reforms of 1971. Jackson captured 6.9 million votes and won 11 contests; seven primaries (Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Virginia) and four caucuses (Delaware, Michigan, South Carolina and Vermont). Jackson also scored March victories in Alaska's caucuses and Texas's local conventions, despite losing the Texas primary. Briefly, after he won 55% of the vote in the Michigan Democratic caucus, he was considered the frontrunner for the nomination, as he surpassed all the other candidates in total number of pledged delegates.

However, Jackson's campaign suffered a significant setback less than two weeks later when he was defeated handily in the Wisconsin primary by Michael Dukakis. Dukakis's win in New York and then in Pennsylvania effectively ended Jackson's hopes for the nomination."

I thought for a long time that he'd have been picked for Veep if he had been a white candidate with such a strong run, but I guess that's not true since Gary Hart made a strong run in 1984 and was not picked for Veep.

Speaking of Veeps though, Palin's probably far more like Geraldine Ferraro or John Edwards or Lloyd Bentsen. Veeps in losing campaigns who are gonna go nowhere in future campaigns.

[G_j]

8. except one of them has a brain

and it ain't Sarah!