I think it’s the latter. It seems as though Jackson thinks Obama holds himself apart because he considers himself above it all. I interpreted Jackson’s statement to mean something along the lines of “Just who does this uppity elitist think he is to look down on people and think they need him to tell them how to behave properly?”
Chris Rock has had one hell of a lot more to say about “how black people should behave” than Obama has. Is Jackson pissed at him, too?
Looks like simple jealousy to me - Jackson’s long, lucrative, and ego-stroking run as the media’s favorite Spokesman for the Black Community is at an end, and he’s having trouble dealing with it.
Can I ask maybe a dumb question? Are Obama and Jackson friends? Do they seem to like each other and truly be allies? Could Jackson have just been graphically bitching about what he perceives as an obnoxious comment by someone he otherwise likes and respects? Or was he really being nasty and hateful? I just cannot tell. When I first saw it, I thought Jackson was actually angry at Obama and was expressing dislike. Then Diogenes mentioned that maybe he was speaking crudely and harshly about a friend. I don’t have enough information to decide which it was.
Either way, saying it in front of a camera was stupid.