I don't have much sympathy for Jesse Jackson, Jr., the Democratic US congressman from Illinois who, in recent news, resigned from Congress. He'd been on medical leave from his Congressional position for some months, plus he is under federal investigation for alleged misuse of campaign funds for personal purposes.
First, he was not serving in his Congressional job for some six months but would not level with the public. At first his people would only say that he was on "medical leave" and "fatigued." Then they told us he was depressed. At one point the news was that he was an inpatient at the Mayo Clinic. Finally they said he was suffering from bipolar disorder.
When they said he was depressed it was supposedly over his failure to get the Senate seat vacated by Obama. And his being in the shadow of Obama. Well, I don't want to say that being depressed indicates a lack of character but those statements made him sound like a cry-baby.
He should not have run for re-election last November. Now the public has to bear the expense of a special election.
Even aside from the allegations of wrong-doing, I think this man should be ashamed of himself. He has not served the people well nor has he been a credit to his name. (His father is the famous civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.)
Update, August 15, 2013.
By now JJJ has been sentenced to three years in prison--a punishment some regard as a slap on the wrist. All the while, he is going to be collecting $8,700 a month for his "disability"
(bipolar disorder), plus he gets a "partial pension" as a result of his
Congressional seat. The two add up to very nearly $150,000 per year.
Nice rewards for being a crook. Not even to mention the money he got
improperly, and for which he is being punished. By comparison, I have
been scrupulously honest all my life and never earned half that much per
year. But, as the man says, who says life is fair?
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