Sources Say Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is 'Senate Candidate #5' (BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)

ABC ^ | Dec 10, 08 | BRIAN ROSS

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the anonymous "Senate Candidate #5" whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said today that the FBI wants to interview him as part of the investigation...

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said today that the FBI wants to interview him as part of the investigation into Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, though he says he's been told he is not a target of the probe. In this 2005 file photo, Blagojevich, left, is congratulated by Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, and Jackson's son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. D-Ill., second from right, after Blagojevich delivered his State of the State address to a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly in the House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.

(Seth Perlman/AP Photo)

According to the FBI affidavit in the case, Blagojevich "stated he might be able to cut a deal with Senate Candidate 5 that provided ROD BLAGOJEVICH" with something "tangible up front."

Jackson Jr. said this morning he was contacted yesterday by federal prosecutors in Chicago who he said "asked me to come in and share with them my insights and thoughts about the selection process."

Jackson Jr. said "I don't know" when asked if he was Candidate #5, but said he was told "I am not a target of this investigation."

[Red_Devil 232]

In an interview on FNC a few min. ago Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan admitted that she was the one designated as #2.

[TruthHound]

Either way, we’re about to see Club Fed swell with Illinois Democrats. Maybe even Hussein himself.

[retrokitten]

I totally agree.

[maggief]

You may be right ... in any event, we know there’s a “price tag” on the NY senate seat.

[oldfart]

Who the hell IS Jennifer Tilley?

[JimmyMc]

I think it was his dad that extorted a Budweiser distributorship for his son. A distributorship is worth millions, just ask Cindy McCain.

[tcrlaf]

EVERYONE should notice that ABC forgets to mention that Jesse Jackson, Jr. was Obama’s NATIONAL CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRMAN.

This thing is getting closer to OBAMA every passing hour...

[gathersnomoss]

“This thing is getting closer to OBAMA every passing hour...”

It’s called a near miss. Please move along.

[nufsed]

I’m really shocked by all this speculation. I thought the governors tried to find the best person. Hard to believe there are money or power trade offers.

[TheThinker]

This was commented on in another thread yesterday, but there's a fair amount of parsing in this statement. No, there's no reference "in the complaint" about conversations that included Obama, but that doesn't mean Fitzgerald doesn't have that information yet off the table. It's the "and that's all I can say" remark that's most telling.

Yeah, I think you're right on the money. He would have said there is absolutely no information regarding Obama or Obama's involvement but he didn't.

[Welcome2thejungle]

Why not go all the way and just pick Rev. Freakin Wright for crying out loud!

[nufsed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z24Til-ZH0A

[TheThinker]

Those thinking that B.O. isn’t corrupt and that he isn’t lying about his birth certificate should take another look. He swam around in the same swamp as Blago and Jackson in Chicago. Selling senate seats is about as corrupt as you can get.

[RedDogzRule]

Maybe that’s why he wanted to cut his ba||$ off...maybe he knew something....

[billhilly]

“LOLOLOLOLOL—I am SURE that is what it is!”

Old Jesse sure brought his boy up right.

[Wil H]

It almost, ALMOST, makes me want to forgive the guy for all that Scooter Libby/Valerie Plame crap-ola.

Get outta here!

This politically motivated bastard

a) suppressed the Chicago Tribune from mentioning this scandal before the election

and:

b) Then rushed to ambush Blagojevich before he could implicate and ensnare 0bama in his wire tapped conversations

He's still running interference for the Democrats

[billhilly]

“This is too funny. Exactly where did Jesse Jr. get million bucks? Do congressmen make that much money?”

I’m surprised that the question even comes up. Jesse Sr can extort that much before breakfast.

[Wil H]

Exactly. We have become Zimbabwe. God help us.

No, we've become Kenya, complete with a Kenyan president

[woodbutcher1963]

He also got him a job at a lawfirm and a partnership he had no business getting.
According to someone who worked there he was only seen one day in the year he was employed there.

[tomnbeverly]

depends on the definition of (Meet), Obvioulsy he never had (Meat) with blago because that would mean they ate a meal together and he was never seen in a Restraunt with Blago.

If you are implying that they Met you may mean that they have been on occasion seen together and or sometimes seperately at the Metropolitan Museum of Art