Can Jesse Jackson Please Shut Up?

Was it just me or were the headlines getting a little stale? Things seemed to have gotten too quiet on the political front. Shrillary remains, for all intents and purposes, in the silent corner (however, don't think for a minute that the Bride of Satan isn't plotting something) still stinging from the implosion of her campaign. The Angriest Old Man in the US Senate is managing to avoid gaffes and Obama had overcome the scrum of the Jeremiah jeremiads. And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...(queue the ominous "Jaws" theme)

It's Jesse Jackson! Wow! Kudos Jesse to demonstrating just how virulent and petty you really are. You sure brought a ton of class to your title as "Reverend." I'm sure that's what people are looking for in their spiritual leader - someone who has enough class and style to threaten to essentially castrate another man because he's saying the same things you've said to the same audiences before. That's right Jesse - you've given the same speech many, many times. You've called on the African-American man to step up and care for family, but you've forgotten that haven't you? I guess that's what happens when you become completely irrelevant, when you fall out of the limelight and are cast aside as a symbol of the past that needs to be forgotten. And something tells me that your income has taken a hit too as a result of Obama's rising star and ability to do what you could never do - unite. So kudos for demonstrating what you really are all about. Jealousy is sure fun to watch when it unravels on a hot mic.

It is good to see that while class clearly skipped Jesse, it has not escaped his son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. He quickly repudiated his father and should be commended for doing so.

And Obama has done yet another masterful job of staying out of the fray and not letting petty attacks take him off message. He has demonstrated an ability to not make this campaign about race. He has fended off nasty attacks from the Clintons (modern-day Gadianton robbers) and various sundry talking heads, pundits and inbreds (see the primary results in West Virginia). There's substance in the message of overcoming this kind of garbage.

So in ruminating over a good 80's video to accompany today's post, it really could be only one thing with Jesse in the headlines again. I give you Rick Springfield and "Jessie's Girl":