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Summary: Accurate title
Review: Anyone looking for dope on sexual scandals can look elsewhere. This book focuses mainly on Jackson's finely honed (and rather clever) extortion techniques. For years I always thought JJ an egotist who was using racial causes to advance himself, but the book leaves one with an overwhelming sense of what a greedy scoundrel the "reverend" really is. The same goes for his equally slimy business buddies (names are named) who have both profited from him and provided kickbacks to his organization.This is the first I've seen anyone explain exactly how JJ, a seminary dropout, acquired the title of "reverend." It shows his sickening support of African thugs who committed the worst atrocities imaginable against their own countrymen. It shows his (and MLKs) ties to a Stalinist who in turn influenced his leftist internalionalist leanings of the late 70s onward. It shows how Clinton's ascendancy was a key boon to his shakedowns. Shakedown is occasionally a bit dry due to all the details, but all in all it's a powerful accusation against a colossal hypocrite.
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Summary: The buck stops here
Review: Like Harry Truman, Jesse Jackson believes "The buck stops here". But in his case, it really stops "here". The millions he has extorted "to help blacks" never get to the needy black, they stop with Jackson and his cohorts. Fascinating reading and meticulous documentation make a strong case about a gang far more insidious than the MAFIA and government corruption worthy of a third world country.
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Summary: While I can't say objective - the facts speak for themselves
Review: What an eye opener! This books seems to be very factual. The events and circumstances surrounding the Reverend Jackson, excuse me so called Reverend Jackson, are appalling. This book shows a sad fact in America today. That the corporations, the press and even the average white person are petrified by the thought of being accused of racism against an African-American. And Jesse Jackson has taken full advantage of that to enrich himself and his family. This book is a must read for anyone who would like to see some of the details of the stories we have been seeing on the news. Adding credibility, in my opinion, to the facts presented in this book is the fact that this book has been reviewed on many news programs and talk shows and Jesse has refused to make any appearances rebutting the facts. Those that have attempted to defend him on these shows have reverted to pointing out the good he has done (I'm sure there are good things). This book presents information on the bad things he has done, with indepth information that does not appear on the evening news. This will not be the last book I read on the subject but I feel that it is a very important book for anyone to read that is interested in the man, the history and the smoke screen that Jesse has created.
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Summary: Much longer than it needed to be.
Review: The amount of research that went into this book is extraordinary but I found myself reading page after page of minutiae expecting a blockbuster conclusion only to be repeatedly let down by the relative insignificance of the material. This book could have been much better (and much, much shorter) if it focused upon the important matters. I suffered through the first half of the book and ultimately decided to give up on it.
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Summary: Should be required reading in America
Review: I knew that Jesse Jackson was a shameful self-promoter, but I must admit that I never realized how much his ego has cost the US taxpayer! Since the Carter administration, this charlatan has cost us millions!!...Mr. Kellerman has documented his quotes with accurate footnotes that can be checked and verified...If you don't believe me, I strongly suggest that you pick this book up (even at the library) and read it. You will be astonished by the details that have gone unreported by the press. Check it out and see if I am wrong.
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Summary: Excellent book, brilliantly researched and well written
Review: It was very tough to put this book down. Timmerman has done an excellent job in researching this book, and backs up his research with copious notes. If even one tenth of the book is accurate, Jesse Jackson is a very dangerous, dishonest, and evil character. I suspect that the overwhelming majority of the book is accurate, however, and that fact makes my blood boil at the thought of Jackson and his shakedown scheme. This book should be required reading for every young liberal- Black, White, Brown-it doesn't matter. Jackson's evil tactics transcend race, religion, and creed. His hucksterism is a danger to this nation, a danger to the advancing civil rights of minorities, and a danger to honest people trying to make a living in America. I highly recommend this book, I think that anyone who reads it with an open mind will thoroughly enjoy it.
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Summary: AT LONG LAST:THANK YOU MR. TIMMERMAN
Review: At long last we see the REAL Jesse Jackson. The nerve of this man to equate himself with the poor and down and out. I remember well his boo hooing about Senator Glenn " In space while I was down here scrapping for dimes" SICK,SICK,SICKMr Timmerman pulls back the curtainon this charlatan for all of us to see.His "Reverend" title and how he got it,his dealings with a cult like street gang,the blackmail tactics he uses on corporations for personal gain instead of helping the poor.His racist attitudes towards Jews. His tactic of using race as the reason for "being persecuted" when he cannot squirm his way out of a scandal such as his half brother(Noah Robinson)who has had indictments of various felonies.His connections with African dictators who are nothing but thugs and butchers. He has a fifteen room house in Chicago and fourteen-room mansion near Howard University. Yeah he's is soooo poor.Mr. Timmerman also details how his [followers] fleeced the american tax payer becasue of the gutless politicians who cower in the faceof this modern-day snake oil salesman. To those who may say all theses thing are lies, then all the"good Reverend" needs to do is sue Mr.Timmerman otherwise he,his [followers] and the poeple who continue to send this man money, must accept the truth.This book should be read in social studies classes in our schools to show how human nature takes an ugly turn.This book is explosive,well researched,well presented and an extensive bibliography to cross check the sources.Mr Jackson will have a hard time explaining away this book. Once again,thank you Mr. Timmerman.
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Summary: Scandalous Scoundrel, by fermed
Review: This book about the Reverend Jackson will cause the reader to experience a wide palette of emotional colors, none of them pleasurable. Yet the book should be read, for only when people know about this man will his capacity for badness be reduced or perhaps eliminated entirely. This book is a detailed and carefully documented portrait of evil, of deceit, of greed, of treason, of lies, of lawlessness, of cheating, of curruption, of theft, of hustling, of sexual infidelities, and of gang violence, to mention a few of the varieties of contemptible behavior that are illustrated. It has a certain hypnotic attraction, and thus one keeps reading even after the picture of this master deceiver is clear enough. As the subtitle promises, the book exposes the real Jesse Jackson, and his portrait leaves one with only one question: How has this fellow managed to stay out of prison? Fortunately, some of the Blacks that Mr. Jesse thinks he is leading are in rebellion against his amoral behavior. The book cites the efforts of Jesse Lee Peterson, who for the last few years has organized an "Annual Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson" among African-Americans. It is celebrated on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. One can only hope that the movement takes off and succedes spectacularly.
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Summary: Mad as Hell.
Review: A got my copy of "Shakedown" just yesterday. I have only read the first 17 pages and I am mad as hell and sick to my stomach knowing that Jesse Jackson has been playing games with the truth about himself and everything he touches. Imagine claiming that he was the last man to speak to MLK in the moments before he died. He claims he held MLK's head in his hands. In fact he was nowhere on the balcony on the Lorraine Motel. I especially feel sorry for the minorities he professes to represent. I can't believe the lies this man is capable of telling. And remember I learned this all in just the first 17 pages!!!
Don't read this book if you are having a bad day. It will only make it worse. Save it for when you feel better. I'm going to have trouble finishing this thing. But it must be read....By everyone.
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Summary: Must Read
Review: This is a must-read book. Timmerman exposes Jackson from his days as a hood in Chicago to his days of shaking down businesses cloaked behind the guise of the US State Department during the Clinton days -- compliments of the taxpayers, of course! Timmerman's exhaustive reference notes will quickly dismiss anyone trying to discredit this book. It's too bad the national press does not have the guts that Timmerman shows. Read this book!
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