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Marc Morano

CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
Posted October 18, 2004

Bush Pushing 'Ideology of the Confederacy,' Jesse Jackson Says
Kerry's latest advisor speaks

Tempe (CNSNews.com) - In remarks following Wednesday night's third and final presidential debate, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking in his capacity as a Kerry adviser, repeated an earlier criticism of the Bush administration -- accusing it of pursuing the "ideology of the Confederacy." "[Bush is pursuing] the states' rights ideology, in contrast to the Union; the embrace of [former Confederate President] Jefferson Davis rather than Abraham Lincoln," Jackson told CNSNews.com .

Jackson, who officially joined the Kerry campaign as a senior advisor on September 29, first compared the Bush administration to the now-defunct Confederacy in June during his annual Rainbow/PUSH conference in Chicago.

"The ideological right in control of our nation knows what it wants," Jackson said in June. "The right wing fights for a series of constitutional amendments. They intend to have their ideology protected by law. They intend to push the ideology of the Confederacy and continue to challenge the vision of the Union," Jackson said.

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© Marc Morano 2004 Reprinted with Permission

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