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Corrupt Government Title: Jackson stresses importance of voting, change IN OTHER WORDS JESSE WANTS BACK IN AT THE WHITE HOUSE Jackson stresses importance of voting, change Candidate Bell accompanies civil rights leader to Worthing High and Sunnyside Center By MIKE SNYDER and JANET ELLIOTT Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle The Rev. Jesse Jackson, standing alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell, told high school students and senior citizens in Houston Thursday that new political leadership is needed at the state and national levels. "It's time for change," Jackson said after delivering an inspirational message to an advanced-placement government class at Worthing High School on Houston's south side. Jackson avoided overt campaign rhetoric in his comments to the students, but he urged the senior citizens at the Sunnyside Multi-Service Center to support the Democratic candidate. "I think Chris represents a breath of fresh air for Texas," Jackson said. Jackson, 64, was greeted like a rock star by the Worthing students, who pressed forward to shake his hand or pose for pictures with him as he left the school. He was accompanied by Bell and state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, a 1972 Worthing graduate. Jackson urged the students to register to vote as soon as they turn 18 and to make responsible choices as they grow into adulthood. "How many of you know someone who is dead because of drug use?" Jackson asked the students. Two or three raised their hands at this question, but most hands in the room went up when Jackson asked if the students knew anyone who had been jailed on drug charges. Appearances matter, Jackson told the students, saying that a style of dress favored by some young men — baggy, drooping pants and shoes without laces — originated in jail. In his call for change in state and federal government, Jackson cited the millions of children without health insurance and reductions in college grant programs for low-income students. "I will use my vote to change my condition," the students chanted after Jackson. Polls and public images In other campaign developments, a new poll by the Texans for Insurance Reform Political Action Committee found that Gov. Rick Perry's support has dropped from 41 percent to 32.5 percent in the past month. Support for independent candidate Carol Keeton Strayhorn has grown to 19.7 percent. Bell and Friedman each had just under 14 percent support. In the previous poll, more voters were undecided than supported Strayhorn, Bell or independent Kinky Friedman. The survey of 603 adults was conducted Sept. 28 through Monday, and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The committee that conducted the poll is generally funded by trial lawyers who have been supporting Strayhorn. Strayhorn launched a new television commercial that tries to soften her public image and sharpen her name identification. The commercial mentions her four grown sons and six "smart, beautiful granddaughters," and notes that in 2003 she remarried, getting back together with high school sweetheart Eddie Joe Strayhorn. Friedman's tough stance on illegal immigration didn't play well at University of Texas. His call for 10,000 armed National Guard troops on the border was met with mild applause. His comments about the need for identification cards for workers and fines for employers who hire illegal immigrants were met with silence. "I seem to have whipped the crowd into a coma," he said before taking questions from the audience. The response was much more enthusiastic when Friedman expressed support for decriminalizing marijuana and answered a question about abortion by saying that he doesn't think a "committee of men should decide what a woman does with her body." Snyder reported from Houston and Elliott from Austin. Clay Robison and R.G. Ratcliffe also contributed from Austin.
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Jesse Jackson is becoming extremely boring in his old age. It would be more interesting to learn what he has to say about the Jewish Cowboy.
Jackson urged the students to register to vote as soon as they turn 18 and to make responsible choices as they grow into adulthood. "How many of you know someone who is dead because of drug use?" Jackson asked the students. Two or three raised their hands at this question, but most hands in the room went up when Jackson asked if the students knew anyone who had been jailed on drug charges. Appearances matter, Jackson told the students, saying that a style of dress favored by some young men — baggy, drooping pants and shoes without laces — originated in jail
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