Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdccs6.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdccs6!ix21 From: ix21@sdccs6.UUCP (David Whiteman) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Jesse Jackson Joke Message-ID: <1527@sdccs6.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 04:54:41 EDT Article-I.D.: sdccs6.1527 Posted: Tue Jun 5 04:54:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Jun-84 01:23:01 EDT Organization: UCSD Medical School Lines: 18 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