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Topic: LA Times: Jesse Jackson Jr. is a
‘Tragic,’ Even ‘Shakespearean’ Figure |
LA Times: Jesse Jackson Jr. is a
‘Tragic,’ Even ‘Shakespearean’ Figure
PJ Media, by Bryan Preston
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/21/2013 9:34:27 AM
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| The LA Times’ rendering of Jackson’s admission of guilt and corruption is unintentionally hilarious. The Shakespearean tragedy that was the life of Jesse Jackson Jr. came to its expected denouement Wednesday when the former Illinois congressman entered a guilty plea in federal court to a charge that he conspired to misuse more than $750,000 in campaign funds for his own benefit. “Shakespearean?” What’s Shakespearean about pleading guilty to avoid deserved prison time? It’s not like Jesse Jackson Sr. is a paragon of virtue. He has lived a life of shakedowns and race baiting. So has his son.
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Comments:
Oh groan. I´m certain they would have felt the same way had he been a Republican. s/o What is surprising is he was actually charged with the crime.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
texascunning, 2/21/2013 9:41:41 AM (No. 9188627)
In clearer language coming from clearer minds, he´s just a crook.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MrYules, 2/21/2013 9:42:39 AM (No. 9188631)
This article reveals more about the culture of lies at the "los angeles times" than it does about Mr. Jackson. Liars know their own.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
lydwho, 2/21/2013 9:46:09 AM (No. 9188642)
What would one expect knowing his father would brag to black audiences that as a cook while in school, he would SPIT in the food of white customers as enjoyment!!!!
Ugh, what a pig and we hold him on a pedestal!!!
Art
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Beca, 2/21/2013 9:50:33 AM (No. 9188647)
The article shows what is and has been wrong with our media . J jr has grown up thinking he is deserving regardless of circumstance. A 43 thousand dollar rolex with money that wasn´t his He knew it was wrong. Now he apologizes. I hope they throw away the key. Wife included.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
crunchycon, 2/21/2013 9:52:06 AM (No. 9188651)
Yeah. "Bottom" from "Midsummer Night´s Dream."
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Coy860, 2/21/2013 9:55:42 AM (No. 9188656)
No he isn´t, he is nothing more than another member of society who contributed nothing but believes he is entitled to other peoples´ money.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
spahrkl, 2/21/2013 10:10:54 AM (No. 9188690)
He and his wife are Democrats. Is anyone surprised? Really!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Northcross, 2/21/2013 10:12:26 AM (No. 9188692)
Well, I guess so. He does seem to fit with Iago, Richard III, Cornwall, and Edmund.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DARling, 2/21/2013 10:15:48 AM (No. 9188702)
If you are a black democrat from the Chicago area then you think you are untouchable. Just wait and see how quickly he is reelected to some office after the sting of that slap on the wrist fades.
Democrats don´t care about electing honest men. They only want to elect those who will give them more "gravy."
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
todalco, 2/21/2013 11:14:41 AM (No. 9188824)
A crook by any other name would smell, well, like a crook.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Whamdbambam, 2/21/2013 11:19:03 AM (No. 9188838)
"Shakespearean," eh? I had no idea that Shake-yo-spear (apologies to Jethro) had written "The Three Stooges."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 2/21/2013 11:46:07 AM (No. 9188903)
No, Jackson is no figure from tragedy. He has no nobility, no grandeur. He is a small, petty man brought down by greed.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NYBruin, 2/21/2013 12:05:05 PM (No. 9188942)
Contrast with the Times treatment of Cardinal Mahoney.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
manitouman, 2/21/2013 12:27:40 PM (No. 9188985)
When you´re the perp, you commit atrocities.
When you´re the victim, it´s tragic.
When you´re caught, it´s justice.
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