He goes off for 6 minutes on all the politicians sitting right in front of him. It’s. Just. Great.

So few politicians are worthy of praise, but North Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson may be one of them. Everything he says for the first three and a half minutes is a fantastic summation of what’s wrong with our political process. At 3:47, though, he plays the blame card — just not in the way…

So few politicians are worthy of praise, but North Carolina state Sen. Jeff Jackson may be one of them. Everything he says for the first three and a half minutes is a fantastic summation of what’s wrong with our political process.

At 3:47, though, he plays the blame card — just not in the way you’d expect.


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