Well, after some of the non-issue issues that Rove has put out, gay marriage and crap like that, it would be perfectly ok by me if it was a planned statement designed to make people like Obama even more... Let's face it, Jesse Jackson is a kiss of death.
Jesse and Al are Haters. Pure and simple. A lot of the older gen don't want the new gen to succeed. They believe that the old mindset should be THE MINDSET.
Obamam is not talking down to blacks, and I know of no black person, including me, that thinks that way. Jesse and Al I believe feel inferior. Jesse made that statement, either because he can't get on Obama's level, or because he wants Obama to get on his level.
It seems that because Obama maybe the 1st black President, Jesse is feeling jealous that he wasn't the 1st, so this is bittersweet. But, what Jesse doesn't realize, is that he helped prepare America for this.