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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Grappling With 'Physical and Emotional Ailments' (He's institutionalized)
ABC News ^ | July 5, 2012 | Amy Bingham

Posted on 07/06/2012 3:40:46 AM PDT by Zakeet

Nearly two months after taking a leave of absence from Congress, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s congressional office today said he is being treated at an "in-patient medical facility" for an unnamed ailment.

"Recently, we have been made aware that he has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time," Jackson's spokesman Frank Watkins said in a statement. "At present, he is undergoing further evaluation and treatment at an in-patient medical facility."

Jackson took a leave of absence from his House duties in early June because of "exhaustion." His condition is now "more serious than we thought and initially believed," Watkins said.

"According to the preliminary diagnosis from his doctors, Congressman Jackson will need to receive extended in-patient treatment as well as continuing medical treatment thereafter," he said in the statement.

Jackson, who was first elected to Congress in 1995, is running for re-election this year. He is also being investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly offering money to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's gubernatorial campaign in exchange for President Obama's vacated Senate seat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 112th; blago; chicago; chicagoway; congress; jackson; jessejr; jjj; jjjr
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To: chopperman

Nah, he heard they were coming with handcuffs!


21 posted on 07/06/2012 4:16:26 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: Zakeet

Triple J is suffering from Triple B Disease: Blondes, Budweiser, and Blago. I’d be exhausted too....did you see that chick?


22 posted on 07/06/2012 4:16:48 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Zakeet

Is he trying to dodge an indictment, or anything?


23 posted on 07/06/2012 4:17:03 AM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: Zakeet

Preparing an insanity defense.


24 posted on 07/06/2012 4:19:19 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: Zakeet

I believe his problem is called Withdrawal.

No way could his conscience be hurting , he hasn’t got one.
No way could an ethics investigation be bothering him, He is Democrat and Black, and even if he is found guilty a 45 second admonishment means nothing.
Jail? For Jesse’s boy? You must be kidding.
Over work ?? Don’t make me laugh. This kid wouldn’t know work if it bit him.

My guess is cocaine and heroin withdrawal.


25 posted on 07/06/2012 4:26:16 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Zakeet

Crack is a hell of a drug.


26 posted on 07/06/2012 4:27:03 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (This Message Contains Privileged Attorney-Client Communications)
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To: chopperman

I wouldn’t go that far. More like a bad trip.


27 posted on 07/06/2012 4:33:00 AM PDT by sport
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

‘The sad thing is no matter what he’ll probably be re-elected in a landslide.’

No time like the present for perhaps Oprah to trot him out, do a very emotional interview to endear him to the Illinois faithful.


28 posted on 07/06/2012 4:33:33 AM PDT by Artie
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To: Zakeet

I’m in...

I vote drugs.


29 posted on 07/06/2012 4:34:18 AM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: Zakeet

Daddy wouldn’t share Tamara Holder!


30 posted on 07/06/2012 4:37:55 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Zakeet

Time wounds all heels.


31 posted on 07/06/2012 4:53:09 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: I still care

An excellent, adult and Christian response! Kudos...


32 posted on 07/06/2012 4:53:42 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: Zakeet

So, which drug is he hooked on?


33 posted on 07/06/2012 4:57:58 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: chopperman

Or a serious drug habit.


34 posted on 07/06/2012 4:59:59 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Zakeet

He is hiding from the mothers of his bastards.......


35 posted on 07/06/2012 5:00:22 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: Zakeet

I wish him well and a full recovery. Then he can go f himself


36 posted on 07/06/2012 5:05:26 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Legalize Freedom!!)
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He’s suffering from the psychological disorder known as jailaphobia, or the fear of butt rape. It’s usually brought on by trying to buy a senate seat.


37 posted on 07/06/2012 5:06:51 AM PDT by 762X51
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To: montag813
Kind of makes you wonder if he had the goods on Obama and Rahm and was about to give them up.
38 posted on 07/06/2012 5:14:58 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: lynn4303

“. Eventually he will resign and no further charges will be pursued. “

Nope. The proceedings stop and then they never restart.


39 posted on 07/06/2012 5:19:25 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

cracks garbage...he is detoxing from the good stuff,Peruvian Flake and some clean Hare’n IMOP


40 posted on 07/06/2012 5:20:13 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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