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Jackson Jr.’s Mom: My Son Dealing With ‘Enormous Disappointment’
CHICAGO (CBS) — The mother of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. broke her silence about her son’s illness, acknowledging the congressman has had trouble dealing the “enormous disappointment” over the past few years.
“I’m not ashamed to say,” Jacqueline Jackson said at a speech at an Operation PUSH luncheon on Friday, “he thought he was going to be a senator. He thought he was going to have a chance to run for mayor. And young people don’t bounce back from disappointment like me and my husband.”
Jackson Jr. was once in line to succeed Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate before he became entangled in the corruption scandal of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted to trying to sell the Senate appointment to the highest bidder. A Jackson fund-raiser allegedly told Blagojevich he could raise millions of dollars for him if he named Jackson to the seat.
serfer62
July 15th, 2012
Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahah
gasp
hahahahhahahahahhahahahah
Tim
July 15th, 2012
I guess the fact that Jr is a semi-retarded, son of a grifter, and has never done an honest day of work, has nothing to do with his sense of entitlement and his drug and alcohol abuse?
Jack Daniels
July 15th, 2012
boo friggin hoo
Free4Now
July 15th, 2012
Jackson Jr.’s Mom, your Son is an ‘Enormous Disappointment’
Unneutral
July 15th, 2012
The whole damn Democratic Party is a disappointment.
scribble
July 15th, 2012
We have a grifter in the White House who is destroying this country and a Representative of the United States is so “disappointed” he isn’t in the Senate or mayor of the most corrupt city in the world that he’s being treated for depression in the looney bin?!
Well, that definitely proves liberalism is a mental disorder.
scr_north
July 15th, 2012
In fairness, I’m sure anyone would get disappointed when their fence gets arrested before you can buy the stolen property and the cops begin to take a harder look at you. Hey, maybe him and that Kennedy bitch can have an Ambien party and go for a car ride.
scribble
July 15th, 2012
Someone hand him a trophy and he’ll go home happy.
Joe
July 15th, 2012
Ya’ll excuse me, but I’s gonna cry me a river. NOT!
historicus
July 15th, 2012
Well, your entire family is an enormous disappointment to the legacy of Dr. King, Mrs. J. Don’t feel so bad.
Edith McCrotch
July 15th, 2012
So according to “CHICAGO (CBS)”, it be the white devil’s fault.
Richard 654
July 15th, 2012
Cry me a frigin’ river.
Tim
July 15th, 2012
“… once in line to succeed Barack Obama …” how can that be, in a Democratic Republic?
I was completely unaware that we had “lines of succession” in the United States of America.
Maybe – hopefully – it’s just some Illinois bullshit.
DavVA
July 15th, 2012
Poor Baby
John
July 15th, 2012
What, did he just find out who his dad is?
Bob M.
July 15th, 2012
Nice of him to screw his constitutents out of a voice, while he’s boo-hooing in his Cheerios in AZ.
Then AGAIN, given his voting record, maybe they’re better off with NO vote, than HIS vote!
Mimsey
July 15th, 2012
Man up Junior, we have had to deal with your father and his stupid ass rhymes to everything he calls racists, which is just about everything for over 30 years.
What’s the matter Junior, the Budweiser franchieses not doing all that well?
Bet your health coverage is better than the dumb ball constuients that elected your sorry butt.
Efficacy
July 15th, 2012
This Entitlement Twirp and Detroit’s ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick are true ‘bros in the hood’ whining “mommy and daddy said I’d be da man”.
Meanwhile, Mackdaddy Bamy be sayin the same to all the fools.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
July 15th, 2012
The entire Jackson family is a fucking disappointment. That includes Tito, Janet, Jermaine…*snort*
Robert Fine
July 15th, 2012
How does that dumb woman thing WE feel??
NoMoBo
July 15th, 2012
WTF is she spewing about? “He thought he was going to be a senator. He thought he was going to have a chance to run for mayor.” Is she serious?
These people are both stupid and seriously deluded. Why should he be senator? Why should he be mayor? What has he done to deserve either.
Disgusting.
Maudie N Mandeville
July 15th, 2012
The mother of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. broke her silence about her son’s illness, acknowledging the congressman has had trouble dealing the “enormous disappointment” over the past few years…
like me and my husband.”
sablegsd
July 15th, 2012
Young people? He’s 47 damn years old, you stupid, racist cow.
CrustyB
July 15th, 2012
JJ Jr. once proposed an Amendment that would make iPods and laptops a civil right. He would have followed perfectly in Obama’s shoes.
m00pa
July 15th, 2012
oh so that’s the reason … I thought it would be a homosexual love rejection thing he’d be suffering from.
I guess mommy raised a “punk faggot” or a “nuts cutter” pansie boy …
Buffalobob
July 15th, 2012
Oh my God, what is this world coming to? A corrupt worthless prog politician can’t make it in Chicago.
Joe
July 15th, 2012
Mary Jane: Don’t forget to include Santita… she is one disgusting broad. Why Roger Aisles ever hired her gives me pause and has made me take a second look at Fox News. It’s almost to the point where the TV goes out the window and I do internet blogging entirely.
Dianne
July 15th, 2012
Join the crowd. The rest of us are putting up with enormous disappointment as well. It might even cost us our country and our lives.
cfm990
July 15th, 2012
Don’t listen to these heartless people Triple J. I feel ya, my man. I thought by now, I would be living with a Super model, spending my millions. Life just ain’t fair.
ChiefIlliniCake
July 15th, 2012
He grew up to be a stupid, lazy, crooked, worthless, cheating, philandering, grifting, pandering, pitiful sack of monkey shit.
Not surprising, when you consider the source.
Like Dad always said, ya don’t get cherries from stinkweed trees.
Brown Eyed Girl
July 15th, 2012
He’s probably scared shitless that the Blogojevich corruption investigation uncovered that he was in this up to his ears.
Aaron
July 15th, 2012
I think he is handling it as well as any other spineless, crybaby Dem would. Lighten up,mom.
bitterclinger
July 15th, 2012
“Jackson Jr. was once in line to succeed Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate before he became entangled in the corruption scandal of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted to trying to sell the Senate appointment to the highest bidder.”
Really?!!! Really?!!! The stones on these morons to even print this, let alone admit it! You’d think Mama J would be hep to the fact that the powers-that-be determine who is going to be “next in line.” Or did I neglect the whacked out idea JJJ had that being Jailable Jesse’s son gave him some sort of leg up over other (white) candidates?
Angrymike
July 15th, 2012
Well what about our disappointment for his party’s policy’s??.. We are the ones caught holding the bag… The jerk should be in prison with his race baiting father….STFU…..
mkultra
July 15th, 2012
This is what happens when you get busted for trying to bribe your way to the senate. Realizing your father sexually harasses his gay staffers can’t help either. LOL.
Unslung Hero
July 16th, 2012
Just being the son of jesse jackson has to be a disappointment…………..to both!!
A Frican hunter
July 16th, 2012
IS she sure she is his Motha ?? Member ol Jess was banging members of the Rainbow Group ,Making more freeloading Democrats .. Heh and him a Reverend ??? of the Homonger church maybe ,, Afiliated with another Homonger Church Reverend Ha Ha ??? Sharpton Ha Ha .. Po Democrat Plantation Kneegrows LOL
Cruisin' Cat
July 16th, 2012
“The entitlement is strong in this one.”
Death_By_Farts
July 16th, 2012
Title of article should read: “My Son; Enormous Disappointment”
JBee
July 16th, 2012
NOBODY cares !!!!! Move along ….