See:
JESSE JACKSON: AMERICA'S DAVID by Barbara A. Reynolds
Shakedown : Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson by Kenneth R. Timmerman
During the late 1990s, it was revealed that Jackson's sons and Jackson himself would protest against large businesses until the business 'paid' a donation to one of Jackson's tax exempt corporations.
On several occasions, Jackson publicly opposed a major corporate merger until one or both of the merging companies 'paid' a donation to Jackson's tax exempt corporations.
Are those facts?
Or, more strictly, are those relevant facts? I sense the prosecutor trying to defame character, perhaps without paying sufficient mind to Jackson's political goals. An entry on Jesse Jackson hardly deserves to leave out his politics. (Else why not write an entry on Steven Spielberg without discussing film?)
There was a book recently published outlining how Jackson has profited from his activities. I think the author published a series of articles in the Chicago Sun-Times or Tribune exposing Jackson's unstated 'for profit' motivation. None of these articles gained national news coverage. There was also a recent Wall Street Journal article on this. NOTE: I said article and not editorial.
A brief outline of Jackson's political goals is to be added later.
Jackson is an interesting character:
- He campaigns exclusively for unions, liberals and big government in order to help the downtrodden, discriminated against, and other little guys
- He has used this to become a multi-millionaire and get his son, [Jesse Jackson, Jr.]? elected to congress
Is he an 'entrepreneurial liberal'?
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