Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Misusing Campaign Cash

Not surprising in the least.

Well, it's a little surprising he admitted it, not surprising he did it.

The only reason he did that is because he knows he is gulity of something much worse.

Pleading guilty now keeps the much worse crime from comming out in the open.

Good call. You are most likely correct.

i am surprised that he was charged, jackson's don't usually pay for their crimes. i still doubt that he will do time though. his health is "fragile" which would not keep you or me out of jail, but may be enough for him to get probation.

interesting and probably more right than we well ever know.

thanks for the stars.

I like the banner in your sig!!

I think his health issues were a direct reaction to getting caught… I hope he does real time for this

Now if only we could get Al Sharpton and JJ Sr. as well...

thank you, please feel free to copy and use it whenever you feel like. the more it gets around the better.

i think they have him on much more than what he is being charged with and he got "sick" to give them time to negoiate a deal. a deal that you and i would never get, by the way...

Thanks!

I agree with you…. We would get “the shaft”

the shaft and then some...

The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats.
Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago.

Of course, they're all blaming each other.
Can’t blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country.
Can’t blame Republicans; there aren't any!

State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country.
Can’t blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Cook County (Chicago) sales tax 10.25% highest in country.
Can’t blame Republicans; there aren't any!

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois.

And he is going to “fix” Washington politics for us???

George Ryan is no longer governor; he is in the big house. Of course he was replaced by Rod Blagojevich who is...that's right, also in the big house.

And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned recently. That’s because he is fighting being sent to…right again, the big house!


The Land of Lincoln, where governors make our license plates!!!!

holy shit!!! if you are expecting the jackson spawn to do time think again:

"Before Jackson Jr.’s hearing, Judge Wilkins offered to step down from the case, due to past connections to the former congressman’s father, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Court papers filed Wednesday disclosed Wilkins’ support for Rev. Jackson’s presidential campaign in 1988. Wilkins wrote that he has no bias or personal interest in the case, but was willing to step aside if attorneys requested.

“In 1988, while a law student, Judge Wilkins served as a co-chair of Harvard Law School students supporting the presidential campaign of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., and on October 24, 1988, Judge Wilkins introduced Rev. Jackson when he came to speak at a campus event supporting the presidential candidacy of Governor Michael Dukakis. On March 21, 1999, while an attorney, Judge Wilkins appeared as a guest on a show hosted by Rev. Jackson on the CNN network entitled ‘Both Sides with Jesse Jackson’ to discuss a civil rights lawsuit in which Judge Wilkins was a plaintiff. Judge Wilkins believes that he has spoken to Rev. Jackson only on these two occasions, and he does not believe that he has ever met or spoken to the two defendants in these cases.”

However, prosecutors and defense attorneys did not object to keeping Wilkins as the judge for the case, and signed waivers indicating it wasn’t necessary for Wilkins to step down from the case.


[link to chicago.cbslocal.com]

of course it isn't necessary for the judge to step down, both the defense and THE PROSECUTION are depending on the judge to give jackson no jail time.

OP, the worst human being on your list is a Republican, just saying.