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Winners and Losers: July 9, 2008

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LOSER: Mr. “I Want To Cut His Nuts Off”

It’s been years since Jesse Jackson was relevant. Not that he’s all that relevant anymore after criticizing Barack Obama into a hot microphone after an interview on Fox News over the weekend.

It’s not exactly what he said – OK, saying you want to cut somebody’s, ahem, you know, off, is bad, m’kay? – but what he was saying it about. Namely, Obama’s Father’s Day speech in which he laid down the gauntlet to young men in the African-American community to be a part of their children’s lives.

That was what led Jackson to say what he said. Because, in his mind, Obama was “talking down to black people.”

TODAY’S HOT OR NOT: Four-day work weeks

If you’re working, it’s probably hot. If you’re talking about your kids having another day off from school, it’s probably not.

I understand we’re trying to keep the costs of running school systems in line. I’m all for that. Taxpayers fund the schools. I understand that. But don’t those same taxpayers have to figure out what to do with their kids that extra day?

(And I’m saying that, and I don’t have any kids of my own.)

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].