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The veteran civil rights activist made critical and crude comments over an open television microphone, accusing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of "talking down to black people."Source : International Herald Tribune (subscribe)Explore : Civil Rights, Law

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for making crude remarks about presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., that were picked up during an interview with Fox News on Sunday.Jackson apparently did not know that his microphone was on when he whispered the comments to another guest as he prepared for an interview on "Fox & Friends.""Barack, he's talking down to black people,"...Source : STLtoday.com (subscribe)

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AP - Barack Obama's campaign tried yet again to contain a political storm kicked up by a vocal Chicago supporter as the Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for crude comments picked up by a live microphone about the Democratic presidential candidate.

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Barack Obama's campaign tried yet again to contain a political storm kicked up by a vocal Chicago supporter as the Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for crude comments picked up by a live microphone about the Democratic presidential candidate.Source : Detroit Free Press (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama

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Barack Obama's campaign tried yet again to contain a political storm kicked up by a vocal Chicago supporter as the Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for crude comments picked up by a live microphone about the Democratic presidential candidate.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)

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NEW YORK -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for making a crude comment about Barack Obama that exposed the veteran civil rights leader's unhappiness with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.The revelation that Jackson was caught on a microphone using coarse language about the Illinois senator ignited a media firestorm and triggered a rebuke from his son, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson...Source : Los Angeles Times (subscribe)

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for critical and crude comments he made about Senator Barack Obama, remarks that were recorded by a live microphone. Source : New York Times (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized for critical and crude comments he made about Senator Barack Obama, remarks that were recorded by a live microphone.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday to Barack Obama for making a "regretfully crude" comment about the Democratic presidential hopeful during what he thought was a private conversation three days ago.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

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Comment made by Rev. Jesse Jackson disparaged Obama's embrace of faith-based social services. Source : The Washington Post (subscribe)

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CHICAGO - The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "regretfully crude" comments he made about Barack Obama's speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation with a reporter. Source : Tampa Bay Online (subscribe)

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Jackson said at a news conference that he had replied that Obama's speeches can come off as speaking down to black people and that there were other important issues to be addressed in the community, such as unemployment, the mortgage crisis and the number of blacks in prison.Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe)

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What did Reverend Jesse Jackson say? The minister made crude remarks regarding Barack Obama's anatomySource : Opinion L.A. (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

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Reverend Jesse Jackson just issued a statement to CNN, following news that Bill O'Reilly tonight will air a conversation a Fox News reporter had with Jackson over the weekend. The reverend claims to have not known the comments were on the record and preemptively apologized for what he said.Source : soulfullvibesExplore : Barack Obama

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after finishing an interview with a Fox News correspondent.

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"I don't want harm or hurt to come to this campaign," Jackson said.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's sorry for comments he made about Barack Obama's speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation with a reporter. Source : Chicago Tribune (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's sorry for comments he made about Barack Obama's speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation with a reporter.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized today for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after finishing a television interview. Jackson told CNN that a "hot" microphone caught a part of conversation he was having with a fellow guest at the studio. Source : CNN (subscribe)

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for critical comments he made about Senator Barack Obama that were picked up by a Fox News Channel microphone.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for comments he made about Barack Obama's speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation with a reporter.

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A top campaign official for John McCain was forced to issue an apology Monday after, according to a published article, the adviser said a terror attack would be a ?big advantage? for McCain?s presidential prospects.McCain chief political strategist Charlie Black was discussing McCain?s national security credentials with Fortune magazine, and said that McCain?s support grows when public attention turns...Source : Fox News (subscribe)

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Senator Barack Obama today called the two Muslim women who were barred from sitting behind him at his Detroit rally to apologize, one of the women and two other sources said. "Senator Obama called himself and he apologized to each of us," one of the women, lawyer Hebba Aref, told me just now. Aref, who had suggested that an appropriate fix might be seating her behind Obama at some future event, said...Source : The Huffington Post (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Liberals

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The Barack Obama campaign has apologized to two Muslim women after campaign volunteers refused to seat the women, who were wearing Muslim headscarves, directly behind Obama at a Detroit rally on Monday. Staffers generally pick those who will sit behind the podium, and who will therefore be seen on television in the background as the candidate speaks. CBS News reported yesterday that in both cases,...Source : Religion Clause (subscribe)Explore : Religion and Spirituality

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Senator Barack Obama?s presidential campaign has apologized for keeping Muslim women wearing headscarves out of a key shot at his Detroit event.

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In referring to the candidate's wife, the network used a slang term that many found offensive.

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Rev. Michael Pfleger says he didn't mean to mock Hillary Clinton in a sermon at Trinity, the church that Barack Obama left this weekend.

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Sen. Barack Obama 's presidential campaign on Thursday was forced to again apologize for the remarks of a Chicago pastor and friend backing his candidacy who spoke from the pulpit of Obama's longtime South Side church.

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Sen. Barack Obama 's presidential campaign on Thursday was forced to again apologize for the remarks of a Chicago pastor and friend backing his candidacy who spoke from the pulpit of Obama's longtime South Side church.

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It didn't take look for the Clinton campaign to realize that their candidate had screwed up royally when she used Robert Kennedy's assassination as one of the reasons she?s staying in a race she can't possibly win: ?Earlier today I was discussing the Democratic primary history, and in the course of that discussion mentioned the campaigns [...]Source : Below The Beltway (subscribe)

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Republican Mike Huckabee apologized after he responded to a noise during his speech Friday to the National Rifle Association by suggesting it was Barack Obama diving to the floor because someone had aimed a gun at him. Hearing a loud noise, Huckabee said: "That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he ? he dove for the floor."...Source : STLtoday.com Top News Headlines (subscribe)

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Yesterday Obama was spending a bit of time in Michigan and called a female reporter ?sweetie? after she posed a question to him. Apparently some people are getting all up [...]Source : You Decide 2008 (subscribe)

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Got to give credit where credit is due. Unlike many of the other situations he has confronted, Barack Obama has handled this one manfully: Barack Obama has personally apologised to a female television reporter for calling her ?sweetie?, chalking the name up to a ?bad habit?. Obama?s encounter with Peggy Agar, a reporter at WXYZ network in [...]Source : Uncommon Misconceptions (subscribe)

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Barack Obama apologized yesterday evening for calling a Michigan television reporter "sweetie" after she posed a question to him. During a campaign stop at a Chrysler plant in Sterling Heights, Peggy Agar from Michigan's WXYZ-TV asked Senator Obama how he would help American auto workers. Obama responded by saying, "hold on, sweetie," and, according to Agar, then not answering her question. According...Source : LAist (subscribe)Explore : Los Angeles, Michigan

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Barack Obama apologized Wednesday to a Michigan TV reporter after he called her "sweetie" and dodged her question about autoworkers.

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Barack Obama apologized Wednesday to a Michigan TV reporter after he called her "sweetie" and dodged her question about autoworkers.

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Kentucky Rep. Geoff Davis has asked Barack Obama?s forgiveness for a racially charged comment about the candidate?s readiness to handle national security. Davis told a group of fellow Republicans Saturday ?That boy?s finger does not need to be on the button.? AP via Google: Davis? campaign said it sent a letter to Obama apologizing for the remark, which was widely reported on blogs and newspaper Web...Source : Truthdig (subscribe)Explore : Politics

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It is hilarious to see two liberals fighting over comments made that were directed at (and were clearly an insult to) cultural conservatives. The comments were made by Barack Obama (who has since apologized-sort of ), and discussing Pennsylvania voters he said : "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and...Source : The World According to Oatney (subscribe)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has apologized to presidential candidate Barack Obama for the unauthorized viewing of his passport file by contractors working for the U.S. State Department.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized on Friday to Sen. Barack Obama after it was learned State Department contract workers improperly viewed the Democratic presidential candidate's passport files.

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Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologized on Friday to Sen. Barack Obama after it was learned State Department contract workers improperly viewed the Democratic presidential candidate's passport files.

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