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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for making a crude comment about Barack Obama… ‘Barack, he’s talking down to black people… I want to cut his nuts off,’ Jackson said, making a jabbing gesture with his hand....
Jackson said he hoped his remarks would not be taken as a lack of support for Obama’s campaign… ‘[B]ecause I support it unequivocally.’
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Following his apology Wednesday, Jackson bought lunch at Da Giuseppe, on 71st and Broadway. “Giuseppe [Formentini, owner and chef of Da Giuseppe], his gnocchi are giving indigestion to black people. I want to carve his tongue out and feed it back to him,” said Jackson.
Jackson quickly apologized and reaffirmed his “lifelong conviction” that Da Giuseppe “is the best Italian [restaurant] on the Upper West Side.”
Later, on an afternoon walk through Central Park, the Rev. Jackson had an allergy attack as he passed a bed of daisies. “These no-good daisies,” said Jackson, “they’re making black people sneeze. I want to slowly tear off their petals, break their stems in half, and shove the broken half-stems right up their hateful pestils.”
Jackson subsequently expressed regret for his remarks and declared that daisies were in fact “absolutely, positively, my very favorite flower[s] in the whole wide world.”
Jackson finished his long day back at his Harlem penthouse, where he immediately retired to bed.
“Damn Sealy Posturepedic Mattress,” Jackson muttered, already half-asleep, “you’re making black people sleepy. I want to take a machete, slice open your mattreshmmmm...” Jackson then drifted off to sleep.
An apology and full retraction of Jackson’s last statement are expected in the morning.