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1st? Well, I couldn’t understand why he was crying either, maybe he felt like an azzhole for everything that he said… who knows….

what a great video, i decide to share it with all my friends at ^^^^^^^^^SUGARBABy meet.co m ^^^^^^^ they will like it, i think…..

umm…did anybody else catch that white lady getting patted on her head like ” good girl”……lol

nah,i think he was cryin 1/2 bc we made progress in american history and 1/2 bc he knows hes going to be blacklisted in washington now……

jus a thought.

str8 jealousy.. u can see on his face. He’s prolly thinkin: Damn if only I came across like that during my campaign, I may have attained a certain amount of relevancy…

Bye Messy Jesse. Hi Hater. Sit your ho ass down. Buster!

i can’t tell why jesse is crying but my president black and my landlord’s too

Crying because of all his struggles with Martin Luther King Jr. to get us the right to vote amongst other things like equlaity as human beings, to finally see a black man become the president of the us. I could see why it torn him up emotionally, and I give him that even though he was hating on Obama prior.

There’s something about knowing that I was busted talking shyt about the person who ended up become PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FRICKING STATES that would make me cry too!

I’d boo hoo my buns off as well.

I believe his tears are out of joy, he has seen a lot and he knows the injustice that has faced the black people and to stand there and see the ultimate dream come true is definitely something to so your emotions about, no mather what anyone thinks.

He was crying cause his career is officially OVER!!!!

Yeah right he was crying because he has tried for so many years to become the 1st black president. He didn’t support Obama, he ENDORSED him but never supported him. He is a hater!

I think it’s a combination of both: regret for what he said and sheer pride over the outcome. Even though what he said was stupid, we should respect that Jesse Jackson was the first black man to run for President of the U.S., and he walked with MLK and was a major part of our movement for equal rights. I felt bad that he seemed alone–none of ‘us’ were with him when he was crying. Plus, he started with a tear or two and then the floodgates opened–that man was getting his cry ON. That was real.

fake, fake faker. pls he’s just doin it 4 the cameras. they dont look like genuine tears 2 me.

Quite frankly, I think Jesse is so in need of media attention that crying was the only way to get it unfortunately. I hope the likes of him, Al Sharpton, Tavis Smiley, Bob Johnson and all the other Hillary Clinton ass-kissing, old negro brigade goes away now.

co-sign with Vee…..

its probably regret for bein a busta in the beginnin, but I think 90% of it was he never thought he would actually see a black prez AND he wished that MLK was here to witness it. He went through all that stuff wit MLK and im sure its a pleasant surprise to see. I think it his tears were sincere. Probably a mixture of regret, pride, hope, disbelief , and a testament to what he had fought so hard for all these years. The chance to let the world see that not all african americans are ignorant, pants saggin, gangbanging, baby mama’s and uneducated fools who don’t care, but instead educated, classy, and going somewhere. I admit I never thought in my life I would see a black man get elected prez but my eyes have been welling up with tears ever since

BooHooHoo Jesse, go sit down!!

Newsweek says that the Clinton and McCain camp was very chaotic…said they tried to find chaos in the Obama camp…couldn’t do it…and believe me he said…we were looking…the Obama camp ran their campaign quite smoothly…

Now, deal with that!!

I think in the end he really was proud.

He is an african american first.

He can’t deny it and he is proud.

He may be jealous, but in the end its a victory for us.

You only see Jesse at the height of the moment…his time is up!

That ain’t right to call that man a biatch! But I DID forget that he was talking out his neck during the primaries and such.

I wonder if Messt Jesse is right up behind that white woman… the crowds so large, she can’t move away; he gets a free ‘ dry hump

I know y’all katz know what i’m talkin bout…..lol

Morning All!

I believe that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton not really backing Obama was really apart of a bigger plan, the outcome which is true today, that Obama is President. If they would have supported him, being the leaders of the civil rights movement and being known for causing raukus and sticking up for the black community, the white votes may not have poured in as they did. I believe It was a strategic plan to make others believe that Obama didn’t have their support so that it wouldn’t deter certain people from voting for him, which is genius. I think that it shouldn’t matter who supports who, but we all know the country we live in, and how they try to pick out anything they can turn into something negative to steal the votes and change the minds of those who were still persuasive. I believe that every one that we thought was “back biting” Obama was supporting him all along and just didn’t want to inadvertently interfere with this election.

The first thing I shouted when I saw him crying was “Hi Hater!” LMAO

He may feel proud but I’m stickin’ with he’s jealous first cuz it ain’t been but a minute since he said he wanted to rip Obama’s nuts off!

am basking in the Obamanance today. We are living in ObamaNation, whatever you do today, do it Obamanantly…..

I think those are genuine tears of pride despite what he said in the past. he never expected it to happen and it dawned on him that we did it, now i think he will be more supportive of Mr. President OBAMA

HEY MS PHILLY!!

HEY VEE!!

HEY AFIYA!!

NOW TO KEEP FROM BEING DISRESPECTFUL, I WONT CLOWN THIS MAN. HOWEVER, I WILL SIMPLY SAY THAT THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON HAS SOME NERVE. IT REALLY HONESTLY ANNOYED ME TO SEE HIM CRYING AFTER HIS PREVIOUS BEHAVIOR.

Phillyluvbug…you might have something there.

PENNSYLVANIA STAND UP…turned that state BLUE.

VIRGINIA STAND UP…turned that state BLUE.

OHIO STAND UP…turned that state BLUE.

FLORIDA STAND UP…turned that state BLUE.

ALL YOU BLUE STATES…STAND UP!

ALL YOU RED STATES…SIT DOWN!!

REMEMBER THAT SONG ENVIOUS?? THATS IT!! HE IS SO ENVIOUS, THATS WHY THE TEARS!!

Who really knows…but what I do know is, my President is black (by the way that song is HOTT)…YES WE CAN AND YES WE DID!

i really can’t believe the people on this site man, i think that all of you that is saying negative comments need to think again. You wouldn’t be able to even voice your opinion about ANYTHING if it wasn’t for this man and his generation, and you guys are making dissapointed in yall. Come on, man, stop this….

Yes, he was being a HATER but I feel that the tears were real. He has seen an been through so much. It was not meant for him to be the 1st BLACK PRESIDENT.

Most of you got it wrong he was crying because this is what he’s has faught his whole life for. Eventhough he made some stupid funny comments he has faught for the rights of blacks for a long time. Without Martin Luther King and people like him there would be no Barack Obama. Its a new Era out with the old in with the new.

I agree with u Wesley….

Obama is president because Jesse, Shirley, and AL paved the way.

PERIOD.

@Z…Jesse’s hands ain’t been clean since Martin…all he’s done is show up.

It’s the blood, sweat & tears from YOUR ANCESTORS that got us to this point…not just a few individuals.

@Phillyluvbug

I LIKE YOUR POINT OF VIEW ON THIS….. SO TRUE.

IF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS SUPPORTED OBAMA IT MAY HAVE DETTERED THE WHITE VOTERS.

It is astonishing how individuals with a supposedly high mental capacity, can write such an inanely, fatuous article about jealousy and resentment.

DON’T WORRY JESSE, I WAS CRYING TOO…

The norm Man response to crying would be to wipe the tears away not let them sit on your cheek for a “Close Up” so Im sad to say this was a photo Op for Jesse. SMH

error: ‘parents’ not ‘marents’

If you watched it closely they showed someone crying then went to Jesse he saw the monitor and showing his face then they paned away from Jesse then paned back to him, once he saw he was on tv again then the crocidile tears started to flow.

He had to cry to save face.

I hope I’m wrong and that they were genuine but after his comment hard for me to believe.

You be the judge.

I think he may have been genuinely moved, but because of the things he has done and said during President Obama’s run for the white house, people no longer see him as genuine!!!

Please to all the people in President Obama’s inner circle: KEEP JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON AWAY FROM OUR PRESIDENT. SHARPTON AND AL DO NOT SPEAK FOR US AND THEY NEVER DID, THEY JUST HOGGED THE DAMN CAMERAS ALL THE TIME.

amen @ Z

I couldn’t have said that any better…

Jamdown you are absolutely right! I saw the same damn thing and Jackson looked angry as hell. We all know the evil that lives in this man’s heart after he exposed his true colors. Jackson has always believed that he was some kind of King and he would still be shouting those same old slogans of blaming everybody else for our problems.

I think that Jesse was crying because he finally got a chance to see a historic moment, A black man become president.Those are probably tears of joy knowing that he a black man ran for president back in the 80′s and lost but now watching a Black man become president it must be very emotional and historical for him.So throw away all that Cut his nuts crap

Z, everyone isn’t going to feel the same as you…it’s called personal opinions…don’t knock it cause you don’t like what’s being said.

I personally don’t like him, never did…and I don’t support anything he does…as far as I’m concerned he can still go sit down!

JMO!

I don’t give a damn about Jackson, Sharpton, Julian Bond, or any of the others sobbing right now. I don’t give a damn about their envy and jealousy which was real and we all know it. Because black folks today know what we have to do for the future to advance further. We know that we have to take the reins of responsibility and do what is right. Take care of our families and get them educated. Start early, get the tutors in our schools and the thugs out. Get young black females to stop having babies and focuse on their education. No more blaming racism for this that and the other. Racism will be here until the sun falls into the sea, but that won’t stop us from succeeding.

No matter how many mistakes Jesse Jackson may have made, he is still a National Treasure. He was a FRIEND to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For that alone he deserves a measure of respect. We ALL make mistakes and say and do things that we shouldn’t. This man has seen things that we have only read about and he lived to tell about them. He was crying because the color barrier has been broken. He was crying because he witnessed it. He was crying because I am sure he wished his friend and mentor, Dr. King had lived to see it. Ease up. Get a life and stop trying to tear down others. YES WE CAN!!!!!

To Robin

Maybe you should give a damn, because while you know the way to the future, you shouldn’t be so ignorant to the past…

Always as my name sake HOPE4MORE, that is what really happened. Jessie probably was glad but he certainly didn’t help and will not play a role with Barack.

You know, what he said about Obama a few months ago, was ignorant, and yes he does get on our nerves sometimes. But, that was joy…pure joy. He ran for president so long ago. He was a staple in the Civil Rights movement, I believe he was happy to see the dream come true. Black folks that didn’t think he would become pres were just as happy and crying. Give him a pass. We sometimes say stupid ish, but that doesn’t mean our hearts aren’t in the right place. Peace!

I watched the entire event on CNN. What I saw was the cameras panning the crowd until Jessie was spotted. He had a combined look of bewilderment and disgust on his face. As soon as he became aware of the camera trained on him, he began crying, as if on cue.I think he is the phoniest,hypocrite ever. Don’t believe the hype!

Phillyluvbug

I believe that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton not really backing Obama was really apart of a bigger plan, the outcome which is true today, that Obama is President. If they would have supported him, being the leaders of the civil rights movement and being known for causing raukus and sticking up for the black community, the white votes may not have poured in as they did. I believe It was a strategic plan to make others believe that Obama didn’t have their support so that it wouldn’t deter certain people from voting for him, which is genius. I think that it shouldn’t matter who supports who, but we all know the country we live in, and how they try to pick out anything they can turn into something negative to steal the votes and change the minds of those who were still persuasive. I believe that every one that we thought was “back biting” Obama was supporting him all along and just didn’t want to inadvertently interfere with this election.

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You on point with that observation, I thought the same sentiment too..

Probably a mixture of both…He was jealous b/c he could never make it HALF as far as Obama did. No one would ever respect him as much as they do Obama (he has a baby’s mama for heaven’s sake!…how embarassing!)…Also, I think he just wanted to jump on the bandwagon after dogging Obama the way he did. He probably didn’t expect Obama to win and when he did he knew he’d look like an even BIGGER ass if he didn’t show some support. I can’t stand Jackson.

OUR president is Biracial not black.

Cut the man a break. We ALL cried. It was difficult not to. Jesse may have his faults but he has done more work for Black equality than MOST have and I am sure he was at least (if not more) as personally affected as the rest of us. He ran a long time ago and it just was not his time. I am sure he has long since reconciled himself to that fact.

No Talley, I don’t give a damn about people who for the last 40 odd years pursued a failing policy for Black America even when they saw that it was not working. My grandparents and parents were heavily involved in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960′s, and they said that Dr. King was suspicious of Jackson’s motives and his tendency to want to display himself for his own personal reasons. The Black family fell apart under the watch of this old timey Negroes who constantly insisted on blaming racism for everything, instead of pursuing a doctrine of self-help. The old Civil Right activists became self-righteous and arrogant and would not tolerate any opposing opinions but their own. They pushed welfare which lead to the destruction of the black family and work ethnic. They wanted the government to do it all for us, to hold our hands like we were dependent children, instead of telling black people that we don’t need government handouts to make it. When we were the poorest folks in the country without government handouts, we still took care of our families and were responsible for them. We were hard-working and believed in education and personal responsibility. The old timey Negroe policies were a failure but they would rather crawl over broken glass on their hands and knees, then to admit it. My whole family for three generations were involved in the Movement and the NAACP, but they had to cut them loose because they saw the wrong road they were going down.

Jesse smeared blood on him, lied – telling people that MLK died in his arms.

I noticed the same thing @ greg jenkins.

Change comes to all people, no one is immuned from it, and those in power will fight it tooth and nail to hold on to their dwindling influence and that is what Jackson, Sharpton, NAACP, Smiley and all the rest did. We needed a better more sensible way of thinking for the future not the same old tired arguments of the past, but those people simply could not accept change.

well, i’ll give him this, he did manage to SQUEEZE some tears out [hear that julia] – if i was obama, i’d still cover my ‘nuts’ when i’m around reverend baby daddy messy jessie – my president is black .. hot tune – i’m just bobbing my head already counting down to when work is ovah!! OBAMA you need to give blacks at least two days extra off a week and that reparation money! anyone got our president’s private cell phone number, i need to holla at him

The only thought that came through my head was that he saw the cameras there right up in his grill, and thought this would make amends for him not supporting the brutha. Its almost as if he knew exactly where the cameras were and he pandered to them, like a pro.

Sucka!!

And that white lady getting tapped on the head like I pet my dogs, that was for her to get out the damn shot…lol, I loved that part as well.

Jesse was crying cause now Obama will increase his child support payments to his baby mama. For those who think Jesse was really being sincere, I have some beach front property in Green Bay, Wi to sell to you for dirt cheap.

jesse MADE hiself cry..i could still the the haterism thru his tears…after the “cut his nuts off” comment,i cant respect that old man.

What do I think? I think Obama should do Shaq remix and say, “Jesse, tell me house my ass (or should I say nutz) taste?” LOLOLOLOL!

Sick of these HATERS……JESSIE needs to take a seat……speaking of HATERS….what’s up with sandra rose (sandrarose.com)….she hates BARACK…always talking smack..word is…she’s is not a US Citizen..what is her story….??? I would love to know….reading her comments sections….they were giving her the blues…..

to Robin,

Regardless of the fact that the past 40 years were as successful as they could have been, it was greater than it was 80 years ago. The policies did not work for the future that we have now, but that’s what the struggle is all about. You WILL fail until the right way is stumbled upon. Regardless of what you feel should have been done, we should be gracious from the point of where Jesse Jackson’s generation brought us to. Remember, they were the ones that could not vote PERIOD. They fought and died for that right. They were the ones that were assasinated, tortured and hung from trees for the belief that we all should be treated equal. Regardless of what you say, they securedd the hope, dream and future of equality for all of us. That’s the point that you are clearly missing. please wake up and see that, these folks didn’t die for us to let them be forgotten. As much as i love Obama, he has his own ambitions to pursue while he is in the White House. and it’s nothing wrong with that, because he is a great man, and even his personal wants are something that this country needs. So, you can’t look down to the likes of Jesse who want some things done his way, even it was wrong or right. what you said was very disrespectful, not to Jesse, but to all of the people that dies for YOU AND ME to have the right to advance further as ONE nation. We are the present, but they fought for our future. you have to understand that just because their views and thoughts were outdated for our time doesn’t mean that you should you should disregard them. They didn’t disregard you when they marched and cried for justice. they weren’t thinking about their gains then. Besides, it’s not their generation’s responsibility to advance our generation. That’s our task. They got us til this point, and it is our duty to keep it moving, and take the task from them…..

Jesse did that same bullshyt crying when they broke ground for the Dr.King memorial in Washington.

I don’t buy his tears one bit.

Come on…yall haten! How can we judge this man’s (Jesse Jackson) service for the last 50 years based on what he did in the last 6 months? Straight up, we’re being short sighted

This is the man that marched with MLK…of course he’s gonna cry when he sees a black man as president…the man fought his whole life for it. Stop hatin and gossipping and lets all unite and love people for what they did for us

Jackson and Sharpton just need to go sit down somewhere and be quiet. We want new, modern, smart, intellectual spokespersons on the scene now.

it’s the beyonce rihanna syndrome.

seems in the black community there’s only room for one.

wile other races have many heroes, we can’t seem to celebrate one icon without ripping apart another.

and we wonder what our problem is.

yes, Z, you are right. We don’t all have the same opinions about things but the media thinks that we do, which is why they keep running to the same handful of folks to talk about the issues. I have been saying this for years. The media simply has no respect for individual Black thought and they constantly want to lump us in together. They would never do this to white people or any other group. I wish CNN, ABC, NBC and all the rest would go to other Black people from different categories in life, like the academics and science to get a different point of view. And I truly wish that Jackson and Sharpton would stop running after the media cameras all the time and just go sit down somewhere, please. We are tired of what you have to say.

I think it was because he realized his reign was TRULY over. He’s NOT to be trusted, but then again Baracks smart enough to know how to handle this fool.

I think that if he was crying for whatever reason it was his!! HOW DARE U QUESTION IT!! REMEMBER HE AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOW!! SHAME ON YOU!! ALTHOUGH THIS ROAD FOR HIM MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT BUT IF IT WAS NOT FOR REV. JESSE JACKSON THERE WOULD BE NO BARACK OBAMA. LETS NOT TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN WHEN WE HAVE MADE SUCH A HUGE STEP FORWARD. THIS IS WHERE THE HARD WORK BEGINS!

I think Jesse’s tears were genuine. this man stood on the balcony with MLK when he was shot, this man marched for our rights and no matter how he goes about it, he wanted this as much as anyone else. MLK and others who died during his error are not here to celebrate this amazing event so when his tears are falling, remember how hard this man has worked to help (even if we felt like he didnt) our nation break barriers. please respect this man because no one has marched with MLK or even felt a peice of the same hurt he and our older generation felt during their error of ignorance and racism.

HONESTLY, JESSE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE!!!!!

I AM THRILLED WITH OBAMA, AND WATCHING OUR NEW PRESIDENT TUESDAY NIGHT WAS AWESOME … THEN THE CAMERA WENT TO JESSE,I COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. ATLEAST MCCAIN IS DIRECT IN EXPRESSING HIS DISLIKE FOR OBAMA, WHEN JESSE DISSED HIM, THEN BLAME IT ON A HOT MIC! PLEASE. LET PRESIDENT OBAMA LED PEOPLE WHO TRULY BELIEVE IN HIM, THE ‘HIDDEN-HATERS’ NEED TO STAY AWAY ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE WHO TRULY LAID THE GROUNDWORK SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOW!!

~~~~IF IT WAS NOT FOR REV. JESSE JACKSON THERE WOULD BE NO BARACK OBAMA, WOW HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THAT ONE?

I SURE JESSE HAD MIXED EMOTIONS.

HE WISHED IT WAS HIM THAT WON

HE WISHED IT WAS HILLARY THAT WON

HE WISHED BARACK HAD SOUGHT HIM OUT FOR APPROVAL

MOST OF ALL HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE SHEER MAGNITUDE OF THE MOMENT

AFTER ALL HE WAS 10 FT. FROM THE GREAT REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ON THAT TRAGIC DAY.

HE HAS SEEN AND BEEN THRU ALOT FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND I AM HAPPY HE IS WHO HE IS.

Larry

you are the one who missed the point, sir.

you see, unfortunately, our present genration (80′s-until now) did not do what we were supposed to do. Why is it that these people like the Sharpton’s and Jackson’s had to step in for our generation in the first place. To be honest, we were responsible for us going backwards. the drug epidemic, gang violence, drop-out rates, teen pregnancies and other haneous problems doubles in frequency during OUR generation. These figures that the best that they could the only way they knew how. But we were the ones that dropped the ball. Not them. i’m glad that Obama did come along, to represent our generation. he was the only to step up to the plate and try to make a difference. We seemingly wanted to depend on the rappers and entertainers to make a difference. we limited ourselves, until now. So, like i said before, to blame them for our failure is just flat out disrespectful. to say that someone who has been thru the horrors of the african American 1950′s and 60′s and to say their emotion is fake is disrespectful. please check yourself, you are out of line, sir. They took the work that was put in by our ancestors and progressed it to the opportunities we have today. they did what they were supposed to do, and you can’t sit here and tell me that they didn’t do just that, unless you are ignorant yourself. We recieved what the previous generation did, and did ABSOLUTEY NOTHING WITH IT…..until now. That’s just if your parents send you to college, and you drop-out via bad grades, and then you turn around and blame them. That’s just wrong, and that’s what people on this site are trying to justify. So, how about you take that “Jesse Jackson’s payroll” crack and feed it to somebody else, because i will shut that down very quickly. Thank you sir……

I agree with all those who say Jessie was crying out of relief, when Sam Cook made that song “A change is gonna come”, Jessie live those words, unlike we can ever imagine. Now I will say that with aging people their mind sometimes gets a little wearisome and troublesome, I will use my grandmother for example, she sometimes can say very hurtful things, but we know that it’s not her heart, it’s that she is getting old and her mind has battle some injustices for so long, that there are wounds from the war. However, she will show her resentment for what she said n many ways, and it’s not always with words. Their heart is in the right place, even though their minds are all over the place trying to hang onto to whatever sanity they have. I’m not telling anyone how to feel, but, people, we have got to come together, a mature, because when our new President says we have work to do, I know he says that abroad, but I believe he is really narrowing that statement down to us. We can now say the sky is the limit, so let’s fly away from the world of hate, not physically, but mentally. The sky is the limited has to first be contrived in your mind before you start moving. I love all you all, and yes we can stop these divisive forums and forms of communication and thinking, we don’t have any excuse anymore, we can truly be, and act whatever and however we want to be.

@ Z and Talley-B ( hey u 2 should be a rap group-LMBAO!)

Sit your ho asses down!

Thank you Tally B…. someone with the IQ high enough to understand

woudat X

I’ll sit my “ho ass” down when you stand your punk ass up for something that’s not ignorant….dueces….

Gulity tears. Why was he there anyway!

Jesse knew the mic was hot!!! It’s called sacrifice!

Do you really think that Jesse would say all of those blatant and unrealistic sounding remarks to another black man? Wag the dog!!!!! THINK!!!

new website coming soon. that promotes the positive in our community. be on the look out for it.

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@ Joe – I considered your point when it happened, but there is no way that I can be sure. However, I do not think that Jesse or anyone else can give as much as he has to the cause and still have to fake tears….I truly believe the tears were real.

JESSE & OTHERS LIKE DR. KING HAD TO OPEN THEIR MOUTHS IN THE PAST SO THAT BARACK OBAMA CAN NOW OPEN HIS & SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS!!!

I think Jesse might be a little Overwhelmed because he fought so long for African Americans….He might wish it was him a little but what black man dont wish it could be them…..

over all think those tears are real as well as proud tears ……..I aint mad Jesse I feel you!!! Sometimes you got 2 let tears roll ……..

@ We “blacks”…. dont believe the hyde, know your history before you quote your history….

Every orgaization that we dont like has ties to some secret “evil” organization… When we dont like the President he was choosen by skulls & crossbones, to try his hand at world domination. Now Jackson is tied to freemasons… puhhhlease, get a life, and education.

I honestly think he was crying out of pride. We must not forget that despite he extreme and idiotic demeanor and crass statements against our great commander-in-chief (YES WE DID!!!!!!) he was one of the heavy hitters during the civil rights movement. He was around figures like Dr. King….Think about how amazing it is to witness a moment such as this having experienced they days of Jim Crow, bombings of little black girls, police brutatlity, hanging, and lynch mobs. Think about cities like Rosewood that have been erased from the map during to racial massacres. Im sure he wishes it was him, but all the same…I refuse to believe that any African American can have any negative thoughts geared toward a moment like that….They didnt give us 40 acres and a mule so we had to take 50 states and a white house!!!!!!!!

he is so freaking ugly… why does he remind me of a pug…with his beady ass eyes…he put his foot in his mouth thats why he’s crying…we as black people need to learn to support each other and get along….jesse is a prime example of why with his hating ass

i think its time we forgave messy jessy. we’ve got reason to now.

Queen, the information is at your fingertips. it’s your choice if you look it up or not. Don’t dismiss something that you’ve never heard because it is outside your realm of experience. I know my history. Extremely well, so the condescending attitude can burn. Go kick rocks and do your homework before you start clucking about truths and untruths.

He was crying because he didn’t get VIP for the event

(no surprise there).

Oh meant to post that on the story re: Manhattan w/ vid..oops sorry

Jesse gets a pass. His tears were humble and proud. He was looking at Obama like a son and it was beautiful.

Obama should stay far away from the Jackson Klan. Nothing hear for him (Jackson)to gain, so his tears are as fake as Operation Push.

He Looks like he’s already been blackballed!!!! Can u see a brown face around him???? His support has run out already. A historic moment, and no one to share it with. SMH….

I love jesse for what him and others has done for the black community but he does not uplift all people. How are we supposed to come together as one when we have leaders that cannot be trusted and thinks there opinion overrides everyone elses. He needs to step back and listen to the people instead of trying to talk for them all the time. How can we be treated egually when leaders like him an Sharpton acts as blacks incapable of doing things without the governments help. Its embarrising now!

He’s like all of US never thought he would see this day in his lifetime and being one of the people that marched with the King, i think he rightfully deserves this moment to himself!

GoBama!!!

Let him have a moment folks. Anyone his age didn’t read about segregation, they know well what it is to see that whites only sign. Those are some real tears and they should be. So many black folks not only know what it took to get here but were actually there on the way.

yeah, his ass was jealous

BARACK OBAMA IS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND GREAT THINGS ARE AHEAD!!!

HE WILL INSPIRE MILLIONS TO BE BETTER AND DO BETTER!!!

THE HATERS & FOOLS WHO ARE AGAINST HIM, HIS FAMILY, & ALL OF HIS SUPPORTERS WILL ALL FAIL IN TRYING TO STOP US FROM MOVING OURSELVES AND THIS COUNTRY FORWARD!!!!!!!

Considering Jessie’s history, and ego I have to say that those are crocodile tears. I feel like he felt like that should have been his moment. He is so self absorbed that he the type that if he is not the bride, he does not want to be a bride maid. I appreciate all he has done for civil right, but this man is mostly for Jessie Jackson, he claimed that Martin Luther King died in his arms,the baby mama, the horrendeous remarks the made about castrating Obama, he was probably crying because he wants to be up front and center stage. I say to Jessie exist right.

This is one of the worse songs I’ve heard.

Jesse wasn’t jealous but was genuinely moved by the moment.

F*^# Jesse Jackson. He is a hater from Hatersville.

@jaime…AHHHHHHHAHAHAHA!

I can’t believe this NICCA won…..now he is going to cut my balls off….OH DAMNNNN!!!!….now these muthafuschias got me on tv crying like a little biatch!!!

Even though he was acting silly during the election I think he was probably touched by what happened. By the looks of his hands over his mouth I think he was a little embarrassed himself by his tears. It looks real to me. I’m a child of the 80s so I can’t even try to call him because I haven’t seen what he’s seen. I can imagine if I was there when MLK was shot maybe I would be a little teary eyed too being that I’ve been in attendance to two major historic moments in the US.

He was real!!! Jesse was there fighting the fight before Obama was born. He opened the door along with many others for what happened Tuesday night. The rest of You can do what you want, but I will Not throw away Jesse Jackson nor belittle the contributions he has made, he has fought too many battles for us to just throw him away like yesterday’s trash. He gets a pass, but Tavis well that’s another story. We can have more than one black person at a time in the political arena. We can love Obama and respect Jesse also.

Nov 6, 2008 – 9:27 am Phillyluvbug

I believe that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton not really backing Obama was really apart of a bigger plan, the outcome which is true today, that Obama is President. If they would have supported him, being the leaders of the civil rights movement and being known for causing raukus and sticking up for the black community, the white votes may not have poured in as they did. I believe It was a strategic plan to make others believe that Obama didn’t have their support so that it wouldn’t deter certain people from voting for him, which is genius. I think that it shouldn’t matter who supports who, but we all know the country we live in, and how they try to pick out anything they can turn into something negative to steal the votes and change the minds of those who were still persuasive. I believe that every one that we thought was “back biting” Obama was supporting him all along and just didn’t want to inadvertently interfere with this election.——Phillyluvbug***

This is exactly the way I feel. There’s no way that Jesse with his years of experience in politics and in front of the cameras made a mistake that big. His comments against Obama were calculated and in the end,was for the cause. It says a lot about Jesse Jackson’s character. He was willing to take heat from the black community to help Barack get into the White House. If this isn’t true—how come he recieved and accepted an invitation to see Obama speak after he won the election? I believe his tears were genuine, because he fought hard for every black person on this site talking negatively about him. You need to brush up on your history and see his place in history. Learn a little more, before just spewing negativity.

JESSE JACKSON’S FAMILY IS CLOSER TO THE OBAMA FAMILY THAN YOU THINK AS JACKSON’S DAUGHTER IS BARACK OBAMA ELDEST DAUGHTER GOD-MOTHER. SINCE FINDING THIS OUT I NOW KNOW THAT JACKSON IS CRYING TEARS OF JOY. OBAMA’S SPEECH ON THE NIGHT IS SO REMINISENCE OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING’S. EITHER OBAMA HAS INTENSLY STUDIED DR KING’S SPEECHES OR HE IS DR KING REBORNED.

Jesse was crying because he saw Obama do what he could not. If Jesse had gotten some kind of political experience I think people would have voted for him.

Obama is a class act. If it had been up to me, Jessie probably would have been in the cheap seats.

It is a sad indictment to throw a jab at Jesse. First, yes Obama won, but Jesse along with Al Sharpton, Shirley Chisholm, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Carol Mosley Braun and Alan Keys, for that matter, paved the way. Second, do not forget that Dukakis would have had a stronger showing if he would have chosen Jesse as a running mate in 1988. Jesse, witnessing a day that he thought would not happen within his lifetime, thought of the moment he held a dying MLK in his arms and the struggle that he continues to fight to this day (you do know that racism is not over). Fourth, why are we taking shots at Jesse? By the fact that Jesse said what he said when he thought the mic was turned off showed that he supported Obama. Leaders make mistakes…now, I would like to see us not give Obama a free pass and hit him up when he needs to be critiqued.

This election result was about fulfilment of prophecy , from the slaves who suffered and said one day we will see the promised land , to martin , who said he had a dream , this was the might of faith and vision coming to pass , all the blood , all the broken bones , all the torn lives and bodies , all the pain that we have all carried for ove four hundred years , last night passed , and i dont care what you say , without jesse none of this would have been possible. This victory is to him , martin , and all those who went before. This is a new dawn for humanity and the black race.. we have finally come to the table , nothing and no one can ever hold us back again .. all men are equal. praise god . For us and humanity.. ANY THINING IS POSSIBLE.

Why wouldnt he be crying? Despite his stupid comment about Obama, lets not act like this man isnt responsible for half of the rights and freedoms that we have today. Lets not act like Jesse Jackson hasnt been waiting on this day during sit ins, rallies, marches, jailed numerous times for participating in numerous civil rights movements and etc. Lets not be closed minded and look at one issue and maximize it to something more than the real topic at hand, which is he is happy that all of the fighting that went on and all of the civil rights leaders and participants that died for our rights paid off and we have a newly elected African American President. Dont be ignorant. Ignorance is the cause of many failed groups.

Question: Why the hell was his finger in his mouth the whole damn time?

U people are effin ridiculous. Seriously get a life. He was crying cause it was a serious emotional event and he never thought he would live to see a black man elected. GOD, you really should be ashamed of yourselves.

Komjon, i am with you, these people must be really uneducated folks. Seriously I couldnt beleive was I was reading. I can see alot of you folks working at McDonalds for the rest of your lives. Stank ass low lives with some serious jealousy issues of your own.

I thought he was crying because now that he has been elected he really won’t be able to cut his nuts off now that he is surrounded by secret service men

“clap” “clap” Ray Ray you are my hero!!! Lol You expressed the truth so eloquently. Good Job.

There is room for everyone.We should not allow the media to choose whom we wish to respect or honor. We should never forget those who paved the way for us even those whom names and faces we may never know. Obama is the dream fulfilled a new beginning. He makes me proud, but not forgetful of those who came before him. We no longer have to defer our dreams, A new day!!!!