Posted on 06/26/2012 11:21:37 PM PDT by iowamark
Staffers for Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., son of an African-American icon and the subject of a House ethics investigation, said today they do not know when their boss will return to work after announcing that he has quietly been on a leave for the past two weeks because of "exhaustion."...
"On Sunday, June 10th, Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. went on a medical leave of absence and is being treated for exhaustion. He asks that you respect his family's privacy. His offices remain open to serve residents of the Second District," read a statement from his office.
Asked if staffers had received any word on Jackson's condition or when he planned to return to work, a spokesman said, "No."
Jackson's Twitter account remained active on Monday, twice posting about the Affordable Care Act, but it was unclear if Jackson had personally sent the messages.
Jackson, a Democrat from Chicago first elected to Congress in 1995, is running for re-election this years. Calls to his campaign to determine the status of his race were not immediately returned.
The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations that Jackson offered to donate money to then Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's gubernatorial campaign in exchange for the Senate seat vacated by President Obama.
A witness in Blagojevich's 2010 corruption trial linked Nayak to Jackson's alleged attempt to buy Obama's seat from Blagojevich.
Blagojevich was found guilty of corruption and began serving a jail term earlier this year.
Jackson has denied the accusation.
Jackson is also being investigated for allegedly directing Raghuveer Nayak, a political donor and friend, to pay for air fare and travel accommodations for a woman Jackson calls a "social acquaintance."
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Apparently, maintaining a facade and dealing with the pressure of managing snowballs of lies can take a lot out of a person...not to mention chronic drug abuse.
Clinical Diagnosis: Exhaustion of the Mouth.
"Still black."
Just wondering when the indictment will be handed down for trying go buy things that are not for sale.
Jackson’s father is the Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Rev. you refer too is not a Rev. He flunked out of divinity school in 1966 and never finished.
Where’s my Budweiser franchise ?
Like I said - Exhaustion of the Mouth. ;-0
Hidin’ the evidence and the money.
Neither does the nut.
Reminds me of an anecdote:
It was the 1960s. My mother was going through a rough time, personally. She went to the doctor, a long time family friend. He told her to slow down a bit, take some naps and just get more rest.
“But, when Francis had the same problem, you told her to take a vacation!”
“Can you afford a vacation?”
Since the answer was, as the doc knew, ‘no’, mom began to take naps.
More like “Son of a Race Pimp & Blackmailer”.
The boy was a stud athlete in high school.
All that easy living in DC must have killed his stamina.
He needs to be “up in the gym just workin’ on mah fitness”
Expect any day now ‘Triple -J’ picture on milk cartons.
Very best wishes for a speedy, full recovery
If Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been bitten by the bug, what quicker way to get him back on his feet than a huge get-well card?
John Kass
June 27, 2012
A get-well card for U.S. Rep.Jesse Jackson Jr.?
Exactly. A giant get-well card. He’s gone on leave because, his office says, he’s suffering from exhaustion.
What would be nicer than a card? If the man is in ill health, he deserves our best wishes.
So just stop with your cynicism about Chicago politicians and their antics when their political friends get indicted. Enough with your suspicion when ethics committee investigators start sniffing around, and the politician’s bikini-clad “social acquaintance” is depicted in a photo with a dolphin with a strange gleam in its eye. Enough with all your nagging doubts.
Think of the Jesse Junior Get Well Card as a great big verbal hug. And you can sign it too, if you’re outside WLS studios at State and Lake on Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. and wish to join us in sending Congressman Triple J your peppy, happy thoughts.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-kass-0627-20120627,0,1461260.column
What is it with Chicago politicians and corruption? It goes together like peanut butter and jelly.
5.56mm
They spent the last millenium honing their techniques and captured the big prize in 2008.
I am sure he is returning his pay checks though. /s/
Expect any day now ‘Triple -J’ picture on milk cartons.
Or hanging on the wall in the post office!
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