if it hadn't been for the reverend jesse louis jackson, there would be no barack hussein obama in the white house today. let us be clear about that. [applause] some people may be confused, i'm not. but more important, more important than anything else, we argue about this, that and the other, that as a civil rights human-rights leader, on the issue of public policy public policy because this doesn't get changed because we are angry, doesn't get changed because we are frustrated, upset, it's because we organize to impact public policy. and i remember many times jesse jackson talking to ministers about when the context of the ministry they had to begin to put focus on public policy. as the advocate it, an analyst of public policy he has no peer as a civil rights human rights leader and i don't say that in any way, she is an authentic genius and this capacity to analyze and put forth prescriptions on public policy. he is genuinely a historic figure. he is a historic figure who is still among us still championing the cause and we wanted him to come today because people think of an issue h