And is the accusation an example of racism from a so-called "civil rights leader".

Jesse Jackson reportedly ripped presidential candidate Barack Obama for "acting like he's white," according to The State newspaper in South Carolina, but the civil rights leader says he doesn't recall making any such comment.

Jackson, who endorsed Obama for president in March, reportedly blasted the Illinois senator for failing to bring attention to the case of six black kids arrested on attempted murder charges in Jena, La.

He later told the newspaper that he did not remember making the remark, but State reporter Roddie Burris told FOX News that Jackson's "acting like he's white" comment came during a 45-minute, one-on-one interview Tuesday after an hour-long speech at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C. Burris said he stands by his report.

The original article can be found here.

I suppose I would give Jesse a pass, except for teh fact that he has a long history of racist comments and has engaged in a pattern of self-dealing "economic justice campaigns" that have lined his own pockets and those of his family and close associates while doing nothing to help the black community as a whole. Not to mention stealing from his tax-exempt to cover up his fathering of a bastard by a close aide. Somehow, the Democrats don't find this nearly as troubling as shoe-tapping by Larry Craig.

But let's be clear -- the old corrupt race-hustler still supports Obama.

"I reaffirm my commitment to vote for Sen. Barack Obama," Jackson says in the statement. "He has remarkably transcended race, however the impact of Katrina and Jena makes America's unresolved moral dilemma of race unavoidable. I think Jena is another defining moment of the issue of race and the criminal justice system. This issue requires direct and bold leadership. I commend Sen. Obama for speaking out and demanding fairness on this defining issue. Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed."

Personally, I think Obama needs to repudiate Jackson and his politics of racial division -- but we all know that ain't gonna happen.

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