Jesse Jack-Sun Has Set

After 54 years of media interviews am I to accept Jesse Jackson's lame excuse for trashing Barack Obama that, according to the LA Times, "The civil rights leader apparently did not know that his microphone was on when he made the whispered comments to another guest as he prepared to do an interview on 'Fox & Friends.'"

No he's angry. The spotlight is moving away from him. Let's distill this down to a couple of seminal facts:

• Jesse has lost it (or never had it)
• The world has changed and Obama, whether you like his politics or not, is not a product of the civil rights movement
• Jesse thinks he is the hegemon of civil rights but is no longer relevant, similarly to Reverend Wright (about whom Obama still needs a better explanation).

As Bob Dylan said, "The times, they are a'changin."