Just what is it about wimpy, limp-wristed Democrats, that every time one of them gets caught with a hand in the cookie jar, they need to be placed on some kind of suicide watch out of fear that they might take their own life. Personally, I’m of the opinion that we should just let them, although I seriously doubt they’d actually have the guts to go through with it. Because I think what they’re really after is nothing more than a little sympathy. Which brings to the point of this little rant. It seems that Jesse "The Extortionist" Jackson Sr. says that his ex-congressman son is now under "tight medical supervision" after being charged with misusing campaign funds.
Attempting to perpetuate the myth which I assume he hopes will salvage Junior’s opportunity to again run for public office once the completes his period of incarceration, J.J. the Sr. said in a statement to the Chicago Tribine, "He is struggling with the highs and lows of his bipolar disorder." The younger Jackson was formally charged Friday with misusing $750,000 in campaign funds. Federal documents show Jackson bought memorabilia that once belonged to Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He is also charged with using the funds to buy children's furniture and a gold-plated men's Rolex watch.
Jackson resigned from Congress in November, after serving for 17 years in a Chicago-based district. He was supposedly on medical leave for several months last year, during which time he was actually re-elected by those find upstanding folks in his district. Go figure. And at some point during this little example of ridiculous political theater, it was revealed, more likely probably leaked, that he even sought treatment from the Mayo Clinic for his bipolar disorder. Several news reports now indicate Jackson is negotiating a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department. Jackson faces a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Demonstrating that corruption must run in the family, in a separate criminal complaint, federal prosecutors have now charged Sandi Jackson, the ex-congressman's wife, with filing false tax returns. She faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Jackson Sr. told the Chicago newspaper that he hopes his son's apology, issued Friday when the charges were revealed, will be well received. "This is a storm; within time, storms pass over," he said. At least, I suppose that’s what everybody hoping for. Because like I said that which Junior is being charged with rarely enough to keep any good Democrat down for long.
More often than not, such charges as those that Junior now faces are simply seen as resume enhancers. So when Junior decides to run for office once he’s released from prison, he’ll probably be a shoe in for re-re-election. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s black. Because first and foremost, as we have seen time and again, it’s been proven that blacks will vote for blacks no matter what. That’s their primary criteria for deciding who they’re going to vote for unless of course you happen to be Allen West or Mia Love. Which never really made any sense to me. I just chalked it up to being a black thing. So I am more than sure we haven’t seen the last of Junior.
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