Senator Reid Makes Black Congresspersons sit at the Back at State of Union

This is getting a tad dated, but it's just too priceless not to pass along in case you missed it:

New York Post Online Edition: seven: "TV face-time) before President Bush's State of the Union address the other night was more exciting than the speech. Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) and Cynthia McKinney (D.-Ga.) got to the floor of the Capitol early and staked out seats reserved for Democratic senators. 'Since none of these Democrats over there [in the Senate] filibustered Alito, why can't we have these seats?' Jackson argued. 'That makes sense to me,' McKinney replied, according to Roll Call columnist Mary Ann Akers. 'Jackson went back to his office, leaving McKinney to protect the seats until showtime,' the D.C. weekly reports. 'Three hours after Jackson got back to his office, though, his cellphone rang.' It was a 'frantic' McKinney saying that sergeant-at-arms staffers were kicking her out of the seats. Jackson rushed to the floor and argued for 'a few tense moments,' but Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) prevailed. Jackson told Roll Call he needed his face on TV 'to 'show our constituents our proximity to the president . . . They need to know their members of Congress have access to the president.'

So good ole Harry Reid, friend of the little people, makes poor ole Cynthia McKinney and "son of Shakedown" Jesse Jackson Jr. sit at the back of the bus on the very day Coretta Scott King died. No wonder he didn't get invited to the funeral.