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Gregory Humphrey
@gregoryhumphrey.bsky.social

Many are forgotten once they drift from an elected position. A very few are remembered decades later not for winning, but for striving. Jesse Jackson was such a man. caffeinatedpolitics.com/2026/02/17/r...

caffeinatedpolitics.comRev. Jesse Jackson Used State Representative Lary Swoboda’s Office For Coat Drop During 1988 Statehouse Campaign Rally“ (George) Bush and I have one thing in common, and that is that we both came in second.”  The laughter that filled the large room at the Monona Terrace in Madison in December 2007, following …
BellatheChocolateLab
@bellathelab.bsky.social

I remember cameras focusing in on Rev. Jessie Jackson the night Barack Obama won the 2008 election Tears streaming unchecked down his face. So glad he experienced that joy along with all the challenges.

BFLOGRL
@bflogrl64.bsky.social

As I recall it, a great activist. But also a great hypocrit, "counseling" Bill Clinton, to downplay a scandal, while having his own affair at the same time. So sick of "great" men who turn out to be not so great.

(Lizzie)🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈
@pip-kin.bsky.social

Sooner or later everyone is a hypocrite. Jackson led a life of activism & was a pivotal player in the Civil Rights movement all of his life, he moved the needle. I can't discount a lifetime of good & toss out someone's character & impact like a baby's bathwater. I don't judge folks that way

Quinn Norton
@quinn.yoyodyne-it.eu

Well we can downgrade him to a good man, and appreciate that he tried, and sometimes helped. He inspired and comforted people and also failed his own principals at times.