Jackson Trashes Obama | Jesse Jackson Apology
Jesse Jackson, a prominent US civil rights leader and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, trashes Barack Obama then apologizes for his hurtful and crude remark that was picked up by a hot mic from a FOX News Studio.
Reverend Jackson, a minister from Senator Obama's home town Chicago, said he made the comment in a private conversation with a fellow guest on a Fox News program after taping had finished, not realizing the microphone was still on and that his remark would be recorded.
A Chicago newspaper columnist reported Rev. Jackson told him he had been talking about Senator Obama's speeches to black churches across the US about personal morality, then said: "The senator is cutting off his you-know-what with black people".
