TVNewser claims to have a transcript:
Below is the partial transcript we received in our tips box, and confirmed to be authentic by Fox News Channel representatives.
Barack…he’s talking down to black people…telling n—s how to behave.
So, yes. Jesse Jackson did use the “N” word. But it was not directed at Barack Obama. Fox News and Bill O’Reilly have maintained there was more on the tape, but that the un-aired portion was not relevant to the issue at hand: about whether Obama was “talking down” to the black community.
Fine, it wasn’t directed at Obama but is directing it at every other black American acceptable? What’s he going to do now? Boycott himself? Michelle Malkin has posted a reminder of Jackson’s stated position on the use of the word:
On Monday, the civil-rights leader joined others in calling on everyone—blacks, whites, Seinfeld players, presumably included—to refrain from using the N-word, on stage and off.
“Its roots are rooted in hatred and pain and degradation,” Jackson told a Los Angeles press conference. “And whether it’s hatred toward African-Americans or whether it’s self-hatred, a concession toward it is still wrong.”
Jesse, I think we’re finally in agreement. Now get with the program.
Update:
Gawker on the Jackson apology:
Oh, also, Jackson apologized, again, and said this time he’s even more sorry. “There really is no justification for my comments and I hope that the Obama family and the American public will forgive me.” Then he probably muttered something under his breath about how everyone in Hymietown is out to get him, but there were no cameras around to catch it The End.
Probably.
