Oh. My. Gawd.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), son of the one-time presidential contender, said Obama’s victory (nomination) overwhelmed him.
“I cried all night. I’m going to be crying for the next four years,” he said. “What Barack Obama has accomplished is the single most extraordinary event that has occurred in the 232 years of the nation’s political history. … The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance.”
Link: http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=55D13D94-3048-5C12-00E851454E822F1E
I’ll spare you the rest of the sickening blather from other groupies cited in the article, but you get the gist.
Now, imagine a ‘caucasion’ conservative evangelical preacher gushing the same sentiment had Mike Huckabee been nominated for the GOP.
The liberal media would be all over that like white on rice.