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From: delano@sunybcs.UUCP (Harry DeLano)
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Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan/Bombing USSR
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 10:20:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 10:20:51 1984
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> Okay, so it was a pretty dumb thing to say...
> 
> But really, its a joke, EVERYONE, including the Russians, knows it is, etc.
> Its supposed to be FUNNY!!!  I mean really, comedians tell jokes about
> people in wheelchairs, accidents, etc., and no one thinks any more about it
> than as a joke.  I for one, thought it was amusing when I heard about, as
> did lots of people I know.  What Jesse Jackson said was NOT said as a joke,
> it was a 'behind the scenes' remark, not primarily intended for its humorous
> value.
> 
> Its time the media learned to laugh about these things, and then forget them,
> the way they're supposed to...  Now lets talk about some REAL issues in this
> campaign, not phony made-up ones...
> 
> 						-JCP-

Ronald Coleman, the reporter who printed Jackson's comments now says that
Jackson said "Let's talk Black" before his ethnic remarks. No excuse, but 
it does seem to put the remarks in a slightly different light. 
considered a joke.