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bigtree

(94,012 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:28 PM 11 hrs ago

I was a Jesse Jackson Democrat

...just saw Kamala posting her JJ buttons from '88:


x.com/KamalaHarris/status/2030090282029486229


...gotta share some of my own momentos from '84:




George Will couldn't get an article off about Jesse, back when, without me ripping into him with letters to the WaPo editor (who, gratefully, never seemed to lose interest in publishing them for several years)

A nice one...




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I was a Jesse Jackson Democrat (Original Post) bigtree 11 hrs ago OP
I was too gopiscrap 11 hrs ago #1
👍🏽 blm 10 hrs ago #2
DURec leftstreet 10 hrs ago #3
Kamala delivered remarks at the memorial service bigtree 9 hrs ago #4
I'm going to give my two KH buttons malaise 1 hr ago #6
K&R betsuni 1 hr ago #5
Me too Starbeach 39 min ago #7

malaise

(295,188 posts)
6. I'm going to give my two KH buttons
Sat Mar 7, 2026, 06:56 AM
1 hr ago

to my youngest American grand niece so she can show them off one day. 😀

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