Jesse Jackson Open Mic Records Barack Obama Bash on Fox

At 8 PM EST tonight Fox News will play a sound bite of Jesse Jackson. Thinking his microphone was not on, Jackson made some "critical" comments about Barack Obama, and he’s now doing damage control. Jackson said ahead of Fox News playing the sound bite:

"This is a sound bite in a broader conversation about urban policy and racial disparities. I feel very distressed because I’m supportive of this campaign and with the senator, what he has done and is doing…I said he comes down as speaking down to black people. The moral message must be a much broader message. What we need really is racial justice and urban policy and jobs and health care. That’s a range of issues on the menu…Then I said something I regret was crude. It was very private. And very much a sound bite."

Jackson reportedly did not want to elaborate on the context of his remarks, except to say he was trying to explain that Obama was hurting his relationship with black voters by recently conducting "moral" lectures at African-American churches.

Whoa! Well … at least Jackson was being honest. Watch the video below for Jesse’s reaction to CNN who asked him about the comments, and said they couldn’t repeat the comments on-the-air because they were so crude.

Stay tuned … we’ll have the sound bite up on HG as soon as it becomes available.

Update: Click here to read what Jesse Jackson said about Obama.