I am watching election coverage, Chicago style, and they were
interviewing Jesse Jackson about his take on Obama's losses and
Hillary's wins, etc., and I realized I had never heard him speak in a
normal voice ever. I have only heard him speak to an audience when he
was trying to be intentionally controversial or rile people up,
yelling and screaming. He's good at that. But when he talks in
normal conversation he seriously sounds like he has a speech
impediment. At first I thought it was just a southern accent, but I'm
half southern (kind of like half Jewish), and that ain't no southern
accent. I don't think it's ebonics either. It almost sounds like
English isn't his first language. He might just be trying to be
intentionally distinctive, but it is really grating. Anyone else
ever heard him speak and know what I'm referring to? I can't believe
he's been around my whole life and I'm just realizing this now, but I
usually avoid him on TV.
