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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Takes Mystery Leave of Absence From House
ABC News ^ | June 26, 2012 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

Posted on 06/26/2012 11:21:37 PM PDT by iowamark

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To: iowamark

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.


21 posted on 06/27/2012 3:35:54 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth again.)
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To: iowamark

Clinical Diagnosis: Exhaustion of the Mouth.


22 posted on 06/27/2012 4:51:50 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: iowamark
Calls to his campaign to determine the status of his race were not immediately returned.

"Still black."

23 posted on 06/27/2012 5:06:38 AM PDT by Moltke (Always retaliate first.)
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To: iowamark

Just wondering when the indictment will be handed down for trying go buy things that are not for sale.


24 posted on 06/27/2012 5:08:30 AM PDT by chainsaw ("There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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To: Jack Hammer
Exhausted? His mistress wore him out!


25 posted on 06/27/2012 5:18:54 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: pistolpackinpapa

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.


26 posted on 06/27/2012 5:20:39 AM PDT by chainsaw ("There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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To: chainsaw

Where’s my Budweiser franchise ?


27 posted on 06/27/2012 5:24:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: jaydubya2

Like I said - Exhaustion of the Mouth. ;-0


28 posted on 06/27/2012 5:32:38 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: iowamark

Hidin’ the evidence and the money.


29 posted on 06/27/2012 5:52:25 AM PDT by crosshairs
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To: saintgermaine

Neither does the nut.


30 posted on 06/27/2012 6:07:25 AM PDT by jch10 (Fail to the Chief!)
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To: scrabblehack

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.


31 posted on 06/27/2012 6:32:05 AM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: liberty or death

More like “Son of a Race Pimp & Blackmailer”.


Technically more of an extortionist than a blackmailer.


32 posted on 06/27/2012 6:39:51 AM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: jaydubya2

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”


33 posted on 06/27/2012 6:44:39 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: iowamark

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


34 posted on 06/27/2012 6:50:20 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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Book either drugs 2:1 or a nervous break down (whatever that means) 3:1.

What is it with Chicago politicians and corruption? It goes together like peanut butter and jelly.

5.56mm

35 posted on 06/27/2012 7:03:29 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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What is it with Chicago politicians and corruption?

They spent the last millenium honing their techniques and captured the big prize in 2008.

36 posted on 06/27/2012 7:07:17 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: iowamark

I am sure he is returning his pay checks though. /s/


37 posted on 06/27/2012 9:12:11 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: KeyLargo

Expect any day now ‘Triple -J’ picture on milk cartons.

Or hanging on the wall in the post office!


38 posted on 06/28/2012 2:35:19 AM PDT by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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