{"id":26893,"date":"2007-09-20T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:55:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:55:33","slug":"reverend_jackson_obama_is_black2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2007\/09\/20\/reverend_jackson_obama_is_black2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverend Jackson: Obama Is Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: Now, the Reverend Jackson was on CNN\u2019s American Morning this morning, and the cohost, Kiran Chetry, said, &#8216;A Columbia, South Carolina, newspaper, the State, is reporting you were unhappy with presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, and that you criticized him for acting like he\u2019s white.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>JACKSON: That is an unfortunate misinterpretation. Fact is, I endorse Barack without solicitation and support him today unequivocally. So we will not let that be a diversion from our support of this campaign &#8212;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125116.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"78\" class=\"alignright\"\/>CHETRY: I have to say, our producers did call the paper, and they did say that they stand by their reporter, that you did make those comments, that Obama is acting like he\u2019s white. What did you mean by that statement?<\/p>\n<p>JACKSON: I have not in any way engaged in the degrees-of-blackness debate. I think he is black, he\u2019s Hispanic, and he\u2019s brilliant. I support him, and I stand by that position. <\/p>\n<p>(Playing of &#8216;Barack, the &#8216;Magic Negro&#8221; spoof.) <\/p>\n<p>(Playing of Justice Brothers spoof.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Now, the Reverend Jackson was on CNN\u2019s American Morning this morning, and the cohost, Kiran Chetry, said, &#8216;A Columbia, South Carolina, newspaper, the State, is reporting you were unhappy with presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, and that you criticized him for acting like he\u2019s white.\u2019 JACKSON: That is an unfortunate misinterpretation. 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