Hello there! I am Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Let’s look at my record, shall we? I founded the Rainbow/PUSH organization, I was shadow senator of DC from 1991 to 1997, oh, and here’s the biggie: I ran for the Democratic nomination in 1984 and 1988. I ran as a staunch liberal, running as a supporter of, as that one TCT mod says, “many progressive platforms such as ratifying the ERA, cutting defense spending and reviving various other 'New Deal' esque programs to help the economy.”