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Report: More trouble for Jackson Jr.
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Posted on 10/12/2012 3:22:51 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Report: More trouble for Jackson Jr.

By SEUNG MIN KIM | 10/12/12 5:12 PM EDT

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) – gone from Congress since June on a medical leave of absence – is now facing a new federal investigation into “suspicious activity” in his finances, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

According to the Sun-Times, federal investigators are looking into Jackson’s finances surrounding his House seat and the “possibility of inappropriate expenditures." This latest probe doesn’t involve the ethical troubles that had been surrounding Jackson in connection with allegations that he used official resources to try and win appointment to President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat, the Sun-Times reported.

The investigation had been active before Jackson took a formal leave of absence on June 10, according to the newspaper. Jackson’s office did not publicly disclose the lawmaker’s leave of absence until two weeks later.

A Jackson spokesman told the Sun-Times that he was not aware of any investigation. Another top aide to Jackson did not return an e-mail from POLITICO seeking comment.

Jackson’s aides said in late June that he had taken a leave of absence but did not disclose why. Later, his staff revealed that Jackson was being treated at the Mayo Clinic for bipolar disorder.

He has since left the Rochester, Minn., clinic and returned to Washington, D.C., but has given no indication when he would return to work on Capitol Hill.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; illinois; jessejacksonjr; lookslikeobamasson
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To: boop

Here’s a hint

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1735385/posts

You know her grandson has converted to Islam don’t you?


41 posted on 10/12/2012 4:52:05 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: Sub-Driver
< Rant >

I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT...

ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE GUILTY OF SOMETHING UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!

< /Rant >

42 posted on 10/12/2012 4:56:48 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: hoosiermama
I did NOT know that, but that doesn't surprise me.

Something was always off about Julia Carson. I'd see her in commercials, and she was clearly 1)impaired 2)stupid 3)a puppet.

When she appeared on TV urging people to be a "bug buster" and get a flu shot, I thought "This woman can barely speak. So how come when "she" writes an editorial for the Indianapolis Star all of a sudden she has perfect grammar and syntax?"

Her grandson is a perfect replacement for her. Misguided, mis-educated, and able to "relate" to his constituents on a 3rd grade level. Which is about how intelligent his constituents are.

I thought I was the only sane person in Indianapolis when I voted against her. Repeatedly.

43 posted on 10/12/2012 5:00:33 PM PDT by boop (Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.)
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To: boop

Did Jackson even “qualify” for the ballot?


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2939371/posts


44 posted on 10/12/2012 5:07:51 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport
Interesting. So Jackson, though locked in a mental institution, somehow qualified for the ballot. And there's NOTHING that can be done about it. And the joke is his token challenger, the republican will lose. So the mental defective voters will elect a literal zombie to Congress.

Even If I lived in Jackson's district, I'd want SOMEONE to represent me, if only to bring home the pork and keep the welfare checks coming.

I'm stunned that there wasn't some other democrat who would step up. It would be the easiest pick up in the state.

45 posted on 10/12/2012 5:20:02 PM PDT by boop (Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.)
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To: deport

1. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
2. Medical excuses are proliferating as a defense strategy, since medical privacy laws prevent anyone else from knowing they are fraudulently claimed.


46 posted on 10/12/2012 5:20:50 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: csvset
Charlie....dear boy...that's quite rock on your finger.

Where is that stony asset on your pubic records filing?

47 posted on 10/12/2012 5:27:43 PM PDT by ptsal (E)
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To: Sub-Driver

Why do you think he hid in the nuthouse?


48 posted on 10/12/2012 5:30:56 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Sub-Driver

suspicious activity” in his finances,

Come on people you know it was just an oversite,he’s a democrat dont you know.


49 posted on 10/12/2012 6:21:03 PM PDT by bikerman (How will Democrats stand up to terrorism when they can’t even face Fox News?”)
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To: szweig; newbie 10-21-00

Didn’t Anklepants pardon some guy named Marc Rich or some such whilst him n’ Cankles were toting off the WH silver and furniture?

Who was someone that really needed a much more thorough investigation as I vaguely recall.


50 posted on 10/12/2012 8:49:02 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: hoosiermama

Amazing info....!

U r a real crackerjack, wow...!


51 posted on 10/12/2012 9:09:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: hoosiermama; Sub-Driver

Perhaps this medical emergency for bi-polar disorder is his strategy for beating the rap for the charges that come from the investigation. If cleared because he’s nuts, it won’t have much affect among those who vote for his kind of “class”. What’s really scary is that his disorder would keep anyone but a politician from ever getting a security clearance, but the position assumes the need/right for the clearance and access to sensitive info - really sick that mental sickness isn’t a disqualifying factor for our elected officials.


52 posted on 10/13/2012 2:52:40 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: mass55th

They probably just want to buy a BIGGER one!


53 posted on 10/13/2012 3:55:43 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: hoosiermama

ARe you talking about the dad or the the jr. being sired by Noah Robinson??


54 posted on 10/13/2012 3:58:01 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: All

Betcha JJJ’s wife is also a little antsy.

Mrs JJJ is a (gasp) Chicago Alderman.

Some of JJJ’s financial problems might emanate from all his Congressional “earmarks” that ended up in Mrs JJJ’s campaign coffers (/snix).


55 posted on 10/13/2012 5:41:38 AM PDT by Liz ("Come quickly, I'm tasting the stars." Dom Perignon)
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To: Sub-Driver; Condor51
Course, I'm just a really, really nice person. So, of course, I thought it was really, REALLY nice when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke out WRT JJJ's medical (cough) condition.

================================================

Obama's ex-COS, CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EXPLAINS
"CHICAGO VALUES" wrt the recent Chick-Fil-a controversy......

Mayor Rahm danced into the controversy after Alderman Proco Joe Moreno (1st ward) publicly announced his opposition to Chick-Fil-A opening in his ward.

Mayor Rham chuckled while doing a graceful plie: "It's easy to do business in Chicago when you know 'the rules.' Chick-Fil-A can open in our town as long as it adopts 'Chicago Values.' "

(1) weekly cash pay off to the alderman;

(2) hire six of the alderman's friends who work only random days of the month,

(3) BIG AL from the Mayor's office picks up all cash in brown paper bags at CFA's back door,

(4) Chick Fil A staff trained to shoot 10-12 customers per month,

(5) Any CFA customers actually killed must be registered to vote as Democrats,

(6) $100,00 campaign contribution to Obama,

(7) free sandwiches and watermelon salsa to Jesse Jackson, Jr, who
is "convalescing," b/c he screwed up buying Obama's Senate seat.

=========================================

"I made Chick-Fil-A promise to serve chicken sandwiches
on a banana leaf w/ watermelon salsa, said Proco Joe Moreno.

56 posted on 10/13/2012 5:58:10 AM PDT by Liz ("Come quickly, I'm tasting the stars." Dom Perignon)
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To: Ann Archy

Dad was already married, his biological mother was a teen ager, when she grew up she married a Jackson who adopted Sr. OTOH dad was recognized and accepted in the community as his father. IOW it was not kept a secret.


57 posted on 10/13/2012 6:29:07 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: Liz
Had forgotten about that. SO when JJJ is caught with his pants down, she can't leave him or he'll expose her indiscretions.
58 posted on 10/13/2012 6:30:59 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: Ann Archy

Gave you more information then you asked for....the dad.


59 posted on 10/13/2012 6:32:05 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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