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Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from Congress, acknowledges federal investigation for first time
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | November 21, 2012 | NATASHA KORECKI

Posted on 11/22/2012 2:29:45 PM PST by GalaxyAB

Ambitious, bright and a powerful orator, Jesse Jackson Jr. once saw himself following in the footsteps of his father and running for president.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jackson; jesse
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I can only imagine what they have on him and his wife for him to resign.
1 posted on 11/22/2012 2:29:51 PM PST by GalaxyAB
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To: GalaxyAB
SOMEthiung is seriously up.

A black pol in the zero administration is quitting because of a resume' enhancement?

I'm very on my toes these days.

2 posted on 11/22/2012 2:34:59 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: GalaxyAB

“following in the footsteps of his father and running for president.” Phew, he dodged that bullet.


3 posted on 11/22/2012 2:37:03 PM PST by novascotianative
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To: GalaxyAB
I don't know. Something odd in all of this. The higher echelon of power must be putting the squeeze on the Jacksons, etc. because this is unusual investigating a democrat especially black unless there is a cleansing of power going on and a message to be given? Anyone else think this is odd that Jesse Jackson's son is being made to cry in public?
4 posted on 11/22/2012 2:53:31 PM PST by classified
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To: knarf
And the son of the esteemed "Reverend" Jackson no less.

Something's rotten in Chicago.

FTA: "The Chicago Sun-Times first reported in October that Jackson was under federal scrutiny in a financial probe unrelated to the Rod Blagojevich scandal."

Don't you believe it for a minute.

Impeach the kenyan or secession.


5 posted on 11/22/2012 2:56:20 PM PST by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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Anyone else think this is odd that Jesse Jackson's son is being made to cry in public?

Yeah, maybe it's something to do with that Blago/Senate seat deal. He's probably crying because the mafia's on him.

6 posted on 11/22/2012 2:56:51 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
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Haha! Just posting the same thing. Something is very odd about this story. This sort of activity that Jackson Jr. is accused of goes on throughout the democratic party. From Obama on down, but all of sudden Jackson Jr. is being held accountable. I believe that the cleansing of the Jesse Jackson power grab he has held on is now being lassoed in. The Socialist/Communist/Stalinist hammer is beginning to swing!
7 posted on 11/22/2012 2:56:59 PM PST by classified
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To: GalaxyAB

One criminal democrat gone, only to be replaced by another. No net gain.


8 posted on 11/22/2012 3:03:33 PM PST by Graybeard58 (What G.O.P.e. candidate is in store for us in 2016?)
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To: GalaxyAB

Investigate his criminal father now..


9 posted on 11/22/2012 3:11:16 PM PST by cardinal4 (WTF happened?)
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To: GalaxyAB

“About-to-be-indicted-itis” is a horrible disease, isn’t it?


10 posted on 11/22/2012 3:44:07 PM PST by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: GalaxyAB

If he had admitted the investigation BEFORE the election he would have picked up 8 or 9 more points with his idiot constituency.


11 posted on 11/22/2012 3:51:15 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Here comes bama claus here comes bama claus left down bama claus lane!)
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but did the FPOS get the DISABILITY he was holding out for???
12 posted on 11/22/2012 4:52:15 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: GalaxyAB

I just want to know if he is going to be made to reimburse the taxpayers for his salary. He hasn’t worked since June or July and I understand he was still drawing a paycheck. How about a pension? If he’s eligible for one, take it away from him!!!!!


13 posted on 11/22/2012 6:04:23 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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Pensioning him is much cheaper than allowing him to continue to vote in Congress.

I really wish obama was already drawing his pension as an ex-president and living in quiet obscurity..


14 posted on 11/22/2012 6:19:03 PM PST by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Graybeard58

His wife, Sandi Jackson, has indicated she wants his seat in the special election and would probably get it. However, today the announced that she may be added to the investigation which would thwart her election.

Sadly, everyone vying for his job is bad ... one is even his attorney.


15 posted on 11/22/2012 6:27:22 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Thank You Rush

You’re joking, right?

Here in Indiana we had Julia Carson who was senile for years and kept getting re-elected.

They would wheel her onto the House floor when they needed the vote.

She basically went from the House floor to the funeral home.


16 posted on 11/22/2012 6:32:53 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: classified

-— all of sudden Jackson Jr. is being held accountable -—

Yeah. Seems like the Party is purging the Trotskyites.


17 posted on 11/22/2012 6:37:15 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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What party? The people lining up to take the seat are all as bad as he is ... including his criminal wife.

You wer’nt expecting a Republican!


18 posted on 11/22/2012 8:15:37 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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I’m assumeing that it’s a gerrymandered district. What does it look like?


19 posted on 11/22/2012 8:23:41 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: GalaxyAB
1 down, 536 unindicted criminal co-conspirators left!

(for those of you keeping count, that would be the remaining 434 members of the House, 100 Senators, President and Vice President.)

20 posted on 11/22/2012 8:42:36 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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