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Jesse Jackson says sorry to Obama for 'crude' remark
0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson apologized to Barack Obama on Wednesday for making a "crude" remark about him, which was picked up by a live television microphone.
Jackson said the Fox News microphone picked up his disparaging remarks about the way Obama, vying to be America's first black president, addresses the African American community.
"For any harm or hurt that this hot mic private conversation may have caused, I apologize," Jackson said in a statement, which did not specify the exact remark.
"My support for Senator Obama's campaign is wide, deep and unequivocal. I cherish this redemptive and historical moment.
"My appeal was for the moral content of his message to not only deal with the personal and moral...
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