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Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns
Yahoo News ^ | 21 Nov 2012 | Rachel Rose Hartman

Posted on 11/21/2012 2:55:04 PM PST by mandaladon

Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned his seat in Congress on Wednesday, acknowledging an ongoing federal investigation into his campaign funds and expressing a desire to be remembered for what he "did right."

Text from Jackson's resignation letter, submitted on Wednesday to House Speaker John Boehner:

During this journey I have made my share of mistakes. I am aware of the ongoing federal investigation into my activities and I am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators, and accept responsibility for my mistakes, for they are my mistakes and mine alone. None of us is immune from our share of shortcomings or human frailties and I pray that I will be remembered for what I did right.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: jackson; jessejacksonjr
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Let's put him in jail now...where he belongs.
1 posted on 11/21/2012 2:55:07 PM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

I see another Obama Executive Order being issued to take care of Jackson.


2 posted on 11/21/2012 2:57:51 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: mandaladon

He resigned alright. Just before he gets thrown in jail.

Just another friggin MARXIST LIBERAL that needs to be hung out to dry for the buzzards.


3 posted on 11/21/2012 2:58:00 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: mandaladon

Plea deal, rehab, pardon, reelection. May take a few years to reach the end of that series.


4 posted on 11/21/2012 3:03:36 PM PST by PAR35
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To: mandaladon

May he rest in pieces.


5 posted on 11/21/2012 3:04:06 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (It is impossible to have a good faith negotiations with terrorists or any Muslim.)
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To: mandaladon; Liz

Can just anyone buy his seat?


6 posted on 11/21/2012 3:05:00 PM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: mandaladon; All

This says a lot about the intelligence of the voters who re-elected him.


7 posted on 11/21/2012 3:06:10 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: mandaladon
and expressing a desire to be remembered for what he "did right."

What would that be?

8 posted on 11/21/2012 3:08:38 PM PST by Lonely Bull
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To: Lonely Bull

“None of us is immune from our share of shortcomings or human frailties and I pray that I will be remembered for what I did right”

I guess he is telling us, “there go you, but for the grace of God” My frailties do not include stealing from others.


9 posted on 11/21/2012 3:13:26 PM PST by rjones42
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To: mandaladon

That’s ok, they’ll take him back any time, even if he commits mass murder on live tv.


10 posted on 11/21/2012 3:15:49 PM PST by scottinoc
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To: unixfox

What would happen to the serfs if something like this went down for us??

How is resigning an amnesty? At the best, he should be HOUNDED for the charges while on the People’s business.

Rhetorical, ‘cuz I KNOW the GOP wouldn’t do squat anyway; being all *RACIST* and all


11 posted on 11/21/2012 3:16:23 PM PST by i_robot73
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To: mandaladon

Next Mayor of Washington DC?


12 posted on 11/21/2012 3:22:38 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: mandaladon

I feel so sorry for Jesse Jackson Jr. that...guffaw...that...oh, come on, now! Horse laugh. Bronx cheer.


13 posted on 11/21/2012 3:22:44 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: mandaladon

Well....Bye...

No loss.


14 posted on 11/21/2012 3:22:44 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: mandaladon

Somewhere in there did he utter the words “pardon me?”


15 posted on 11/21/2012 3:29:14 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Our president ... makes big speeches packed full of little ideas" Charles C. W. Cooke)
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Again?


16 posted on 11/21/2012 3:32:54 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
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To: mandaladon

Peal back the curtain on this twit, and you will find his wife. She wants to keep living large.


17 posted on 11/21/2012 3:37:03 PM PST by novascotianative
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To: mandaladon

Preserving his taxpayer-funded pension.


18 posted on 11/21/2012 3:39:57 PM PST by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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To: mandaladon

If they ever want to do a remake of One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest, I think they have a real life candidate to play Nicholson’s role.


19 posted on 11/21/2012 3:43:04 PM PST by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: catfish1957

Accept that Nicholson’s character was faking it. JJJ is more like then Danny Devito patient.


20 posted on 11/21/2012 3:44:29 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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