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From: ix21@sdccs6.UUCP (David Whiteman)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Jesse Jackson Joke
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 04:54:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  5 04:54:41 1984
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I am assuming that this joke is not offensive because Jesse Jackson
said this joke himself on television during his debate with Mondale
and Hart in California.

Jesse Jackson was complaining about the bad press he received during
the primary coverage.  He cited his fishing trip with the Pope as an
example.  He was in the boat with the Pope when a big wind blew off
the Papal hat.  Jackson told the Pope don't worry I shall get the
hat, and he stepped out of the boat, walked on water, picked up the
hat, and walked back on the water.  In a nearby boat the press were
watching over Jesse's walking on water with great interest and in
their typical way they annouced this in the front page headlines the
next day:

Jesse Can't Swim


David Whiteman