Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has accepted an apology from the Rev. Jesse Jackson for making a crude comment about the candidate that was picked up by an open mic, the Associated Press reports.
"He will continue to speak out about our responsibilities to ourselves and each other, and he of course accepts Rev. Jackson's apology," Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton tells the AP.
Jackson was not aware that his microphone was on during a TV break for a Fox News program last Sunday, when he was heard criticizing the way he thinks Obama talks to the black community. He also used a slang term in reference to wanting to cut off Obama's testicles.
When he learned Wednesday that the Fox's The O'Reilly Factor would air his comments that night, Jackson apologized for his "hurtful and wrong" remarks.
A fellow guest on the Fox news show had asked Jackson about speeches on morality that Obama has given at black churches.
At a news conference Wednesday, Jackson said he was responding that Obama's speeches can come off as speaking down to black people and that there were other important issues to be addressed, such as unemployment, the mortgage crisis and the number of blacks in prison.
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Comments (13)
but it does Jesse no good, ouch!
I was shocked to read on Drudge what was said.
I may not agree with Barack on politics,
but he seems like a really nice guy
and he needs to be respected.