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REP. JESSE JACKSON JR. HOME AFTER BEING TREATED FOR BIPOLAR DISORDER AT MAYO CLINIC
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) is home after undergoing extended treatment for bipolar disorder at the Mayo Clinic, his chief of staff said Friday.
“He’s at home in Washington convalescing with his wife and children,” aide Rick Bryant told the Associated Press. “Let’s hope he returns to work on Monday.”
Bryant said he wasn’t sure when exactly Jackson was discharged. A statement from Jackson’s wife said she and her husband were “thankful for the heartfelt prayers and kind thoughts from so many for our family.”
Jackson took medical leave from Congress in June for a then-undisclosed reason. A statement from the Mayo Clinic in July revealed he was undergoing treatment for depression, later amended to be Bipolar II, a disorder involving periodic bouts of depression and hypomania. Hypomania is a less serious form of mania.
LadyGun12
September 9th, 2012
Not to poke fun at mental disorders, but this IS JJJr we’re talking about.
♫ He’s a maniac, maniac… ♫
Buffalobob
September 9th, 2012
Well that will settle any possibility for future prosecuting. He’ll use “my other self did it” defence.
tenmegaton
September 9th, 2012
What’s the medication for batshit crazy?
Goldenfoxx
September 9th, 2012
So why is he in charge making decisions and voting in his district. If he’s bat shit crazy – like Obummer he’s gotta go! With that scorn on his face he could easily pass for the Mooch.
Mr.Gates
September 9th, 2012
He is seriously mentally ill. He may never be cured. How can he continue to hold elected office?
For the good of his district, it’s time for retirement.
RickeyG
September 9th, 2012
When reached for comment he said, “I’m doing much better now. No I’m not”.
Poonces
September 9th, 2012
Being an unethical pig qualifies as a mental disorder and not a moral deficiency? Not in Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jr. land. Business as usual.
Bob M.
September 9th, 2012
BI-polar disorder, eh?
Is that the disease where you snort coke with BOTH nostrils?
Jerry The Great
September 9th, 2012
BiPolar? Bullshit! He’s got a severe case of “They’re onto me and about to press charges”
Hawaiian
September 9th, 2012
He’s just setting a baseline evaluation so he can plead insanity/diminished capacity when he gets charged for bribery and whatnot. When he gets thrown in the pen it’ll be a cushy looney bin where he can be “treated” for his “disorder.”
Dano
September 9th, 2012
I agree with Jerry The Great. Bipolar is a BULLSHIT excuse for ASSHOLES like Jackoff!
Doc
September 9th, 2012
I didn’t think Black Folk could take MAYO…
http://www.anyclip.com/movies/undercover-brother/EJKeJ2J44htmb/#!quotes/
Anonymous
September 9th, 2012
Mr. Gates had this Q: “He is seriously mentally ill. He may never be cured. How can he continue to hold elected office?”
Answer: Democrat & Illinois, probably a prerequisite.
scr_north
September 9th, 2012
If he really has bi-polar then I feel sorry for him and he must resign immediately. On the other hand he may have split town because the heat was on and he needed a place to hide out until it cooled a bit. Drugs used to treat bipolar have lots of negative effect and people would soon see whether his story was true.
General P. Malaise
September 9th, 2012
it is a common affliction of those who are looking over their shoulders for the police coming to serve an arrest warrant.
General P. Malaise
September 9th, 2012
… and I thought he was suffering from an failed criminal life. his father was/is very successful at it candidate 5 ..not so much
norman einstein
September 9th, 2012
At the very end of the article:
“The timing of his leave drew scrutiny, as Jackson is currently the focus of a congressional investigation over allegations he offered to raise campaign cash for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for being appointed to Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.”
Freud that said there are NO coincidences.
BTW, they’re saying it’s “Bipolar Disorder II” that he has.
IOW, he was depressed. No shit.
ingvard
September 9th, 2012
I’d be bipolar to if I grew up watchen my daddi makin bacon with every willin bimbo under his rainbow “push”
Czar of Defenestration
September 9th, 2012
80 PROOF “bi-polar,” if you ask me.
hanoverfist
September 9th, 2012
“Liberalism is a mental disorder”
-M Savage
ruble
September 9th, 2012
I don’t think he’s fixed.
Tim
September 9th, 2012
I’m not a doctor, though I played one in Elementary School, but don’t you have to have a brain to have a “mental disorder?”
Maudie N Mandeville
September 9th, 2012
He just looks like a sweet, happy guy.
kurt P
September 9th, 2012
“He’s at home in Washington convalescing with his wife and children,”
I thought he was from Chicago, shouldn’t THAT be ‘home’?
Mountain Dog
September 9th, 2012
So nobody to carry the torch when Jesse senior kicks the bucket? Or will we be stuck with one who is twice as crazy? Hmm, depressing situation.
Absolute muddjuice
September 9th, 2012
No one with a diagnosed mental disorder should hold public office…….
Unslung Hero
September 9th, 2012
The spawn of indeterminate genetic heritage is just a reflection of the brain-dead electorate who voted for him…………duh!!!!
Foso de liberales venenosos
September 9th, 2012
@Absolute muddjuice
You must be wishing for an all – republican government. If you eliminate the mentally ill politicians, you pretty much eliminate all the liberal democrats.
I’m with you on that. Absolutely.
Who Dat
September 9th, 2012
He doesn’t look much like Santita.
and JUSTICE for All
September 10th, 2012
He looks more gay than bisexual, and I though polar bears were white?
and JUSTICE for All
September 10th, 2012
thought