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The fall of Jesse Jr.
Chicago Tribune, by Editorial

Original Article

Posted By:StormCnter, 11/23/2012 6:20:08 AM

Barely two weeks ago, voters awarded U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. another term, despite serious doubts about whether he´d be able to serve. They didn´t have to wait long for an answer. On Wednesday, Jackson saluted that "unwavering support" in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner announcing his resignation from Congress. Though Jackson said he was stepping down "in order to focus on restoring my health," it´s clear the decision was freighted by both medical and legal concerns. Absent since June, he´s being treated for bipolar disorder. His letter reveals that doctors at the Mayo Clinic had advised against his attempts

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: provide, 11/23/2012 6:48:34 AM     (No. 9030214)

His district will vote him in again in two years as a write in, if necessary.


Reply 2 - Posted by: dr.lakerman, 11/23/2012 6:56:50 AM     (No. 9030224)

Am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that his physicians would tell a person with depression/bipolar disorder to quit his job?
Usually, the opposite is the case. Woring helps to focus one´s mind and establish priorities. If he chose to use campaign funds to buy his (white) girlfriend a $40,000 Rolex while he was working, what will he do, sitting at home, unemployed?
(He took two different degrees in divinity/theology, but was never ordained. And he took a law degree but never took the bar exam.)


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: Bjnealeigh, 11/23/2012 6:57:56 AM     (No. 9030226)

Democrats are stupid. They truly are. They probably weren´t even aware that he was stealing from them. Chicago is a gangster city. I would not even travel through the city, let alone live there. Nothing but hanger on people with no ambition and little respect for themselves.


Reply 4 - Posted by: falconer, 11/23/2012 7:00:16 AM     (No. 9030227)

Like father, like son. Neither has ever earned an honest day´s wage.


Reply 5 - Posted by: carl todd hand, 11/23/2012 7:01:51 AM     (No. 9030229)

He is a crook, just like his father.


Reply 6 - Posted by: lydwho, 11/23/2012 7:10:03 AM     (No. 9030235)

#5---and just like his wife!!!

Art


Reply 7 - Posted by: tennisbum, 11/23/2012 7:32:48 AM     (No. 9030261)

I am searching for the world´s tiniest violin with which to play a sad song.......NOT!! Please go away....unfortunately, he and his father are like cockroaches,,,,,,around since the Stone Age!!


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: beca, 11/23/2012 8:18:38 AM     (No. 9030329)

he´s a dirty politician...his father is a dirty fake minister....his sister gives me the creeps when she comes on fox news......i turn her off.......all losers


Reply 9 - Posted by: JAN, 11/23/2012 8:25:31 AM     (No. 9030341)

Charlie Rangel was also re elected.

And do remember Maroin Barry.

And do take a gander at the CBC members.

Not a shred of intelligence between them.

Gerrymandered voting districts have given us a window into the pathetic folks whose only qualification is the color of their skin.

Someone like Allen West is defeated solely due to the color of his skin. His natural constituency was the well informed well educated voter and the party realigned his district with an awful result.


Reply 10 - Posted by: cartcart, 11/23/2012 8:27:44 AM     (No. 9030348)

I wonder if this was his original campaign slogan:

I never stole anything in my life--all I need is a chance.

Well, he got the chance and took it so now we have an unprincipled thief in office and a minority electorate that looks the other way. Splendid. Is it any wonder that they elect such grifters--they are a reflection of their leaders.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Now or Never, 11/23/2012 8:28:33 AM     (No. 9030351)

Hit the road punk.


Reply 12 - Posted by: artman1746, 11/23/2012 8:34:38 AM     (No. 9030367)

A corrupted people will demand a corrupt government. Just a little investigative reporting in Chicago would have exposed Jackson and his kind (Obama) decades ago. The ignorant and the gullible and the racists rule in these minority districts where the people demand to be victims of their own stupidity.

Take a good look at Chicago government. It is our future.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: Crosscut, 11/23/2012 8:57:47 AM     (No. 9030404)

This Democrat POS will try to use this bi-polar baloney as a defense but don´t fall for it. Lock this crook up with Blago.


Reply 14 - Posted by: Wookie, 11/23/2012 9:31:33 AM     (No. 9030451)

He´s faking his illness for sympathy and in order to get a more lenient sentence.


Reply 15 - Posted by: southron, 11/23/2012 9:31:58 AM     (No. 9030452)

He´ll get disability and a large pension and suffer no legal consequences. Its called preferential treatment for black criminals - remember Maxine Waters.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Illinois Resident, 11/23/2012 9:42:46 AM     (No. 9030471)

I don´t buy the argument that people vote for people who "give them free stuff." Chicago voters are mindless robots who vote for a "name" period. It doesn´t matter if the politician has not been doing his job for months. He has indictments up the wazoo. He hasn´t given them squat. The same could be said about Obama.


Reply 17 - Posted by: rmsimms, 11/23/2012 9:48:52 AM     (No. 9030477)

The Machine, and the people in his district knew what he was...they voted for him anyway. He´s only in trouble now because he angered his Party superiors and they withdrew their protection and threw him to the Feds.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: rocket-j-squirrel, 11/23/2012 9:49:07 AM     (No. 9030478)

#10´s slogan reminds me of a W.C. Fields line, ´´I want to prove to you that I´m honest in the worst way.´´


Reply 19 - Posted by: M Stuart, 11/23/2012 9:51:44 AM     (No. 9030481)

Oh yeah. He´ll be back with a halo inserted over his head for being an over-comer.


Reply 20 - Posted by: broken01, 11/23/2012 10:05:41 AM     (No. 9030502)

This amazes me to no end. I know that when it come to corrupt liberal it shouldn´t but it does. How does a lying, thieving smelly dish rag like JJJr win reelection without being anywhere near his district but a good and honorable man like LtCol Allen West can be defeated. It is beyond ridiculous. Just like the fact that he is "resigning due to his "health". Yeah right. This spawn of one of the biggest frauds on the planet has seen the writing on the wall and is getting while the gettings good. Some people know how to play the corrupt Chicago political game ie Odummer, The Daleys, and Dead Fish Emmanuel. While others do not ie Mosley- Braun, Blago and now this pile of dog sweeze. May he go far away and please take your papa with you.


Reply 21 - Posted by: Bobn.T, 11/23/2012 10:13:25 AM     (No. 9030516)

I´ll be the first to say it.
When Zero leaves office, he´ll pardon junior.

When Zero leaves office, Blago will stay behind bars.


Reply 22 - Posted by: Bobn.T, 11/23/2012 10:16:02 AM     (No. 9030520)

#12 - and look at Detroit and DC. both run by blacks.

America: soon to be like DC (District of Criminals)


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Pepper Tree, 11/23/2012 10:42:01 AM     (No. 9030552)

It occurs that it isn´t just about race with these constituancies. Parasitic destruction must play a big part in the rise of characters like Kwame and Cheeks Kilpatric, Marion Barry, Maxine Waters, Mel Reynolds, etc.

Bringing the rest of America down to a level they could never above is a lot more satisfying than watching people with superior wit and effort continue to prosper.


Reply 24 - Posted by: heartsurgeon, 11/23/2012 10:43:59 AM     (No. 9030553)

The Mayo Clinic does not release ANYTHING related to a patient´s health to the press. Anything your reading about JJJR´s "health" has been written by JJJR (and his staff/lawyers). While I have no doubt JJJR is crazy, we have only his word that he has bipolar disorder. We have only his word that he visited the Mayo Clinic, and only his word about what they advised him.

My take, he´s up to his eyeballs in legal trouble and he´s trying to somehow claim a mental health issue made him do it...his Daddy must be so proud of him.


Reply 25 - Posted by: Peacekeeper_US, 11/23/2012 12:17:06 PM     (No. 9030650)

So now he gets to stay home and still gets his check every month...is this a great country, or what?
And...Self-ordained Revrun´s rarely make history, just axe Al!


Reply 26 - Posted by: ROLFnader, 11/23/2012 12:43:09 PM     (No. 9030686)

Don´t give me this stuff about misuse of campaign funds. If he needs a made up disease to get him out of this instead of just his blackness, they´ve got something far more serious than the purchase of some drapes. His old man has been living on laundered campaign funds for years.



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