I know that people are enjoying calling Jackson jealous, mainly because it's taking the easy way out here, and in most people's eyes, astonishingly enough, Obama can do nor say no wrong, and is being placed on a pedestal that can barely hold him.

Jackson is an amazing man, and he has a right to his opinion - it's unfortunate he was mic'd, and he should have known better, but it's not the first time a public person has been caught saying something he shouldn't have. Still, he has a right to say it. He should know about people talking down to black people, he fought for black people his whole life. Obama, for the record, is mulatto, not black. He may not be the voice of the black population because of this, but he is being held aloft as some sort of black saviour. I don't know, the whole situation is baffling to me, and the reaction to Jackson is over the top, truly.

But jealousy? Well, I respect that opinion, I do, but I think it's way off base. And easier than looking at the entire situation.