time.com - 12/8/2008
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July 9, 2008 "See Barack Obama been, um, talking down to black people on his faith based...I want to cut his nuts off."Rev. Jesse Jackson , picked up on a hot mic whispering to a colleague before an interview with Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor The crude remark, made a few weeks after a speech ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/10/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the
anonymous "Senate Candidate #5" whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod...
Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources ...
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Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5'
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/9/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
Gov. Blagojevich's own words make it clear that
he did not believe that Barack Obama wanted a...
person called "Senate Candidate 5" to be appointed to the Senate. Later on November 10, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Advisor A discussed the open Senate seat. ...
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Blago Indictment: Who Is Senate Candidate 5?
abcnews.go.com - 12/10/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Chicago Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. , D-Ill., is
the anonymous "Senate Candidate No. 5" whose emissaries Illinois...
Gov. Rod Blagojevich reportedly offered up to $1 million to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News. ...
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Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Is 'Senate Candidate ...
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Top Ten Everything of 2008
Swampland —
... . My favorite so far is "Top 10 Open Mic Moments," featuring the unexpectedly picked up musings of Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Swampland contributor Mike Murphy, among others. (Warning: Sometimes they use language not allowed on Swampland.) ...
TIME's Top 10 List Of Everything 2008
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... TIME magazine has put out their Top 10 List of Everything 2008, and their first choice is when Jesse Jackson got caught on a hot mic uttering a vulgar line about Barack Obama. The video, first shown on "The O'Reilly Factor," spread like wildfire. ...
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