Jesse Jackson at Chavez Funeral: 'He Lifted the Poor' and 'Helped Them

March 8th, 2013 3:27 PM
"Hugo fed the hungry. He lifted the poor. He raised their hopes. He helped them realize their dreams." So said Jesse Jackson at the funeral of Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez Friday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Chicago Tribune Obsesses Over Potential GOP Candidate's Criminal Recor

March 5th, 2013 6:27 PM
The Chicago Tribune has less of a problem with a politician being a crook while in office than an ex-con running decades later for office, just so long as the former is a Democrat and the latter a Republican.  Take a look at what Bill Ruthhart of the Chicago Tribune did to Paul McKinley, who could be the possible GOP challenger to Democratic Illinois State House Rep. Robin Kelly.  The Tribune…

On The Ed Show: Jesse Jackson Compares Scott Walker to Racist Governor

June 5th, 2012 3:53 PM
On the eve of the Wisconsin recall election Ed Schultz invited on the Reverend Jesse Jackson to compare Republican Governor Scott Walker to the segregationist George Wallace and call him “a threat to democracy.” Schultz, on Monday’s edition of The Ed Show, prompted Jackson to explain the comparison, to which the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition responded that the former Alabama governor “…