Posted on 09/21/2010 1:03:40 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he is “deeply sorry” for having “disappointed some supporters” regarding his relationship with a female “social acquaintance.”
But the congressman vowed to stay in office in the wake of a Chicago Sun-Times report that a major political fund-raiser has told federal authorities that Jackson directed him to offer former Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in campaign cash in return for an appointment for Jackson to the U.S. Senate, to succeed President Obama.
The allegation by Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak regarding fund-raising runs counter to public statements Jackson has made as recently as last week that he never authorized any deal to attempt to trade campaign cash for the Senate appointment, which ultimately went not to Jackson but to Sen. Roland Burris.
“The allegations about fund-raising and the Senate seat are not new,” SNIP
“The very idea of raising millions of dollars for a campaign other than my own is preposterous,” Jackson’s statement said. “My interest in the Senate seat was based on years of public service, which I am proud of, not some improper scheme with anyone.” SNIP Sources said Nayak also told authorities that Jackson asked him to pay to fly a Washington, D.C., restaurant hostess named Giovana Huidobro — described as a “social acquaintance” of the Democratic congressman — to Chicago to visit him. Nayak did so twice, according to the sources.
Jackson didn’t address Nayak’s allegation involving payment for those flights, which could raise ethical questions under the U.S. House of Representatives’ gift ban act.
But Jackson acknowledged knowing Huidobro and that the relationship was something he an his wife, Ald. Sandi Jackson, have had to deal with.
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Aha....so that's what they call it nowadays. Too bad I didn't know that for my first 7 wives!!
So, I now have quite an arsenal of terms sure to be good enough to assuage my 8th wife....!!!!
"The gal I was in bed with??? Why, my dear, she is nothing but a social acquaintance"!!!
Or, "I did not say that I bought my "social acquaintance" a gorgeous peignoir...I simply "mis-spoke"!!
Or, "I did not tell my newest social acquaintance that you were uglier than an old hag....I was just a bit "disartful" in my comment!"
And last but not least..."Honeylamb, you just stick by me...and I'll show you some REAL hope and change!!"
Hey!
If it works for these clowns and the little tin god hisself, it ought to work for me, yes??
Huidobro?
Well, I think that question’s been answered.
Note that the Sun-Times headlines the affair, not the attempt to buy the Senate seat.
To be fair though, I haven’t read their other coverage of this. Maybe they have highlighted it elsewhere. I don’t know. Just thought it notable, considering past experience I’ve had with Chicago media.
No. It was based on a lifetime of a sense of entitlement, and the lessons his father taught him about how to obtain and leverage dirty money.
The Senate must be a gold mine. He’s learned well and wants to play with the big boys.
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