-Caveat Lector- I wonder if the one JJ can sue the other for namesake infringement; assuming the one family of Jacksons might have a longer fmaily history of being Jacksons. A<>E<>R
From http://insightmag.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/169516.html }}}>Begin Insight on the News - Daily Insight Issue: 02/11/02 What's In a Name? By Mark Hemingway First there was Jesse Jackson--you might have heard of him: He ran for President in 1988, at one point nearly besting Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination. Then in 1995, Jesse Jackson ran for congress and got elected. Now Jesse Jackson is up for reelection and is facing a primary challenge in the second district of Illinois from, you guessed it, Jesse Jackson. Confused? You're not the only one. The relationship between Jesse Jackson the perennial presidential candidate and Jesse Jackson the congressman was clear (father and son): They worked together so seamlessly and made so many joint public appearances that keeping them straight was a full time job. To confuse matters further, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. is now running against a retired truck driver, who happens to share the same name: Jesse L. Jackson. Naturally, the incumbent Jackson isn't too happy about this and hauled that upstart Jackson into court, where the Congressman initially lost. However, this was not without controversy. It would be remarkable enough that two Jesse Jacksons are running against each other, but two "Jesse L. Jacksons"? It seems that the middle initial is a bit problematic. According to the Chicago Tribune, while he has never used a middle initial on any formal documents in the past and was given no middle name at birth, Jesse Jackson the truck driver, claims that an uncle started calling him 'Jesse Lee' when he was 5 or 6 because there were so many other Jesse Jacksons in his family. Indeed his grandfather, mother, son, grandson, and daughter-in-law are all named Jesse or Jessie. Even so, the legitimacy of his candidacy is being debated. When the story made it on to ABC news, Peter Jennings deadpanned: "To some people it sounds very, well, Chicago." Indeed, unearthing a person with a similar name to split the vote is an old underhanded Chicago political trick, much like scouring local cemeteries for names to add to the voter registries. For his part, Congressman Jackson contends that two long-time rivals, State Senator William Shaw and his twin Brother Cook County Commissioner Robert Shaw, are behind the stunt. The Shaw Brothers are well-known political operatives in Chicago, but they have denied any involvement. But according to the Tribune, William Shaw was publicly calling Jackson a "two-bit hustler." Not that there's any lost love; Jackson referred to Shaw--you can't help but wonder which Shaw--as a "hack" as far back as 1998. But it gets even weirder, according to an Associated Press report by Andrew Buchanan: the Shaw Brothers accused Congressman Jackson doing unto them, placing a candidate in the race with a similar name as their preferred candidate. Who that candidate was or their name was not specified. It finally came to a head last week when a hearing officer in Chicago ruled that Jesse "L?" Jackson was likely part of a conspiracy to confuse voters, and will probably be thrown of the ballot. Still Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is not taking any chances and has been going out of his way to emphasize the crucial word "Jr." on the campaign trail. It is, his own distinguishing characteristic. You could chalk this whole affair up to politics as usual, but with the last Presidential election, it's obvious how susceptible voters are to this kind of ballot trickery. Though not every unusual name that appears on the ballot is part of some trick. Some people just want attention. Take the case of a Seattle area entrepreneur who had his name legally changed to "Mike the Mover." "Mike the Mover" has appeared on ballots for Snohomish County sheriff (1999), U.S. Senate (1998), Mayor of Seattle (1997), state auditor (1996) and mayor of Edmonds (1995). His name change might even be endearing to some voters if he were half-way serious. Alas, in his most recent campaign for Commissioner of Public Lands he told the Seattle Times his priorities were as follows: "First, no recreation on state-owned lands. Second, search for Bigfoot. Third, grow hemp. Legend: Protects Bigfoot, makes money for schools, candidate gets re- elected!" Nice try Mike, I mean� Mr. Mover. Still with a dearth of good candidates for public office, this kind of tomfoolery and chicanery only begs the question: Where are all the latter-day Tom Jeffersons, Abe Lincolns and Ted Roosevelts? Literally. It's a question Chicago voters and magistrates should soon ask. And answer. After all, isn't one Jesse Jackson enough for this life? Mark Hemingway is a writer living in Washington, D.C. 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