SHARPTON HEADS TO TEXAS, JESSE HEADS TO TEX...AH OOPS VENEZUELA

Jesse Jackson, long known for his magnetic attraction to anything that has a television camera present, first was heading to Crawford, Texas with his buddy Al Sharpton to support the Sheehanites, then changed his mind and heads to Venezuela to talk to Chavez to discuss human rights. Now that's timing! Discussing human rights on the heels of the Pat Robertson comment. Coincidence? No, not with Jesse ! The Cindy Sheehan story, despite the anti-Sheehan movements such as, "Move America Forward," that have journeyed to Texas, (which I'm glad to see), is in its final moments. Sure the liberal media will continue to spotlight it because they support her only because she's against the President, but the country as a hole is growing tired of her mouth and of her continual presence in the news. Since she doesn't speak for the vast majority her light is fading. The Chavez story on the other hand has some traction under its wheels, after all Chavez is, "holding the President responsible, " if anything happens to him after Robertson's comments. Jackson sees an opportunity to once again get in the international spotlight and he's jumping on it. Of course you can bet that he will discuss more than, "human rights," with Chavez. Somehow he thinks he is the countries conscience and representative when media coverage is available on any hot bed political subject and this trip to Venezuela is no different! Oh I'm sure that he will make a stop in Crawford at some time during this trip after all the Rainbow Coalition's jet can't resist a camera but at the moment the Chavez story, in his mind, will get him more show! Hey it did get him a live interview on Fox's, "Big Story With John Gibson, " and the Sheehan story didn't. So for Jesse with his goal of news coverage it's, "mission accomplished, " once again!

Ken Taylor