Nov. 20, 2012 – Loser of The Week – Jesse Jackson Jr.

There is an old saying the "Apple Doesn't Fall Far from The Tree."
    
In the case of Jesse Jackson Jr., It couldn't be truer.

 

I had previously blogged about Jesse Jackson on three earlier occasions. To my surprise, I had never called out the Senior Jackson as my LOSER OF THE WEEK.
 

His son will finally go where his father should have --- PRISON.
 

Jackson, Jr (D-Ill.) was recently re-elected. He won 63 percent of the vote in Illinois' 2nd congressional district despite ethics controversy and, for essentially, not campaigning. NO ONE had seen him in 6 months. He had checked himself into the Mayo Clinic where he was battling a range of illnesses.

 

While I'm not so unforgiving as to not respect that people get ill and require treatment. The prudent action would have been for Jackson Jr.to resign and allow for an able body replacement. But Jackson, Jr. was above courtesy and common sense. He was selfish and self-surviving.

 

As we approached the election the media finally reported on Jackson, Jr.'s legal problems. The Chicago Sun-Times' Michael Sneed reported that Jackson is engaged in "ongoing" plea discussions with the feds concerning a $40,000 Rolex watch the Chicago Democrat allegedly bought, with campaign funds, for a female friend -- in addition to previous reports of campaign funds used to decorate Jackson's Washington, D.C. home.

What is sad, is that even with this knowledge, he was still RE-ELECTED BY THE CHICAGO POLITICAL MACHINE.

Jesse Jackson, Jr. You are my LOSER OF THE WEEK.