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Hear Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Robocall to Constituents About His Mental Health Issues: ‘I Am Human’

Oct. 21, 2012 9:35am Madeleine Morgenstern

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is asking constituents to bear with him as he continues to battle mental health issues, telling them, “I am human.”

The Illinois Democrat, who has not been seen or heard from in an official capacity since taking medical leave in June, said in a robocall to voters Saturday he is “starting to heal” but still has a long road to recovery.

“Like many human beings a series of events came together in my life at the same time and they have been difficult to sort through. I am human. I am doing my best. I am trying to sort through them all,” Jackson said.

The call, just 17 days out from when he’ll face re-election to seek a ninth term, came one day after the Chicago Sun-Times reported Jackson was returning to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for bipolar disorder treatment.

Jackson’s office initially said he was suffering from “exhaustion,” later amended to be depression and then to the final diagnosis of bipolar disorder. He underwent an approximately two-month stay at the Mayo Clinic before being released in September.

An anonymous source told the Sun-Times of the decision for Jackson to return to the clinic, “he is finding it difficult to continue his treatment because the press is staking out his home and making access to his doctor, who is within a short walking distance from his home, incredibly hard.”

Reports surfaced last week that Jackson was under FBI investigation over allegations that he used campaign donations to decorate his home. He has also been the subject of a congressional ethics probe for allegedly offering to raise campaign cash for then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in exchange for being appointed to Barack Obama’s old Senate seat.

Listen to Jackson’s call below (transcript follows):

Hello this is Congressman Jackson. For the past few months I have undergone medical treatment to address several serious health issues.

Like many human beings a series of events came together in my life at the same time and they have been difficult to sort through. I am human. I am doing my best. I am trying to sort through them all.

I want to thank you for the many thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for me and my family, especially my colleagues and the people who mean the most to me, my constituents.

I am starting to heal. The good news is my health is improving, but my doctors tell me the road to recovery is a long one.

For nearly 18 years I have served the people of the second district. I am anxious to return to work on your behalf, but at this time it is against medical advice, and while I will always give my all to my constituents, I ask for your continued patience as I work to get my health back.

After my family, my constituents are the most important people in the world to me. I will always act in your best interests. Your patience, your prayers and your support during this difficult time means more to me than you will ever know. With your help, your patience, and God’s grace, we will continue to work together to strengthen our communities, provide a better future for our children and leave the world a better than we found it.

Thank you and God bless you all.

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woodyee
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:19am
Bipolar my black @$$…

That’s Chicago! If THEY keep sending him to lock up, that man is CRAZY!!!! Probably one hit too many…

As Crack-head Bob would say “Don do thack!”

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- woodyee
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:53am
  I book-marked your blog, Small-Craft (got it off another post). You write well, and I also like that your in construction and provide tips.
  
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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:59am
  Funny headline
  
  “A robo call saying I am human”
  
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- Oneirishman
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 12:18pm
  @SMALL_CRAFT
  Can’t you just buy advertising space on the blaze?
  
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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:16pm
  Probably goes back to his childhood. Who is his daddy, again?
  
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- DRsnapper
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:40pm
  let me get this strait ,jess jr is going back to hospital for mental issues again and theres no talk that just maybe he should not run ?
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:48pm
  Just like his family , demon possessed .
  
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- AzThunder
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:55pm
  @AlwaysAmazed – Who is his daddy, again?
  
  Answer: The Local Basketball Team
  
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- toto
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 2:08pm
  If he gave a rat’s patootie about his constituents, he would resign. Selfish to the core.
  
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- Independent4233
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 5:17pm
  “My doctors tell me the road to recovery is a long one.”
  
  Obviously, he’s been hiding in the nut ward, coming up with one ailment after another, all for the purpose of dodging criminal charges on the basis of diminished mental capacity.
  
  You see, he’s so good and true, the numerous crimes he committed were the result of being a victim of mental illness. Can ya dig it?
  
  I’m surprised he hasn’t claimed he’s nuts because his ancestors were slaves two hundred years ago.
  
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- 1947
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:22am
  Yes you are human but, you are a JACKSON……to
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:48am
  Notice how he never resigns but keeps gettin paid$$ by taxpayers while dooing NO peoples’ business…just like that [D]Sennator whom got shot and still cost the taxpayers$$ NOT-dooing any more of the WETHEPEOPLES business thatr WETHEPEOPLE pay them to do!!
  
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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:58pm
  He should worry the road to recovery is long but the raod to prison for his crimes is short.
  
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trickball
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:17am
Those Chicago guys will do anything to get re-elected. No shame in thier game!

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ResistSocialism
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:15am
Best part of Jackson ran down his mothers leg

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- michael48
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:26am
  ran down the mules leg…
  
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- chips1
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:09pm
  He is one of the side effects of Ex-Lax.
  
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hugo65hsv
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:13am
Aren’t the mentally ill a special interest group that needs a seat of representation in Congress.. Wouldn’t it be discrimination to not allow them to serve in government.. Or is this Jr just covering up crimes with an excuse.. Either way it’s clear to me this Jr should go.. Besides like father, like son..

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Gary_K
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:49am
Nobody has mentioned drug use. Was jr a druggie?

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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:58am
  how does this man represent anybody in this mental state? I am from IL, and very disappointed
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:13am
  He’s black and a known racist that will giveaway everyone elses stuff, that’s all he needs. They will vote him in – in a catatonic state. They elected known drug users. Hell we have an admitted drug user in the whitehouse right now!
  
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- db321
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:19am
  I believe he is cursed with a curse from the actions of his Father. There are Consequences for ones actions and it is passed down for 7 generations.
  
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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:19am
  Druggie is label. He self medicated. Right? Good excuse?
  
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- db321
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:27am
  Smokeysmoke – you are from IL and very disappointed. I am from Texas and I think you people in IL are crazy. If Jackson Jr. was all it took to send you over the edge, then you must be living your life with blinders on. Obama is from IL – are you OK with that.
  
  Remember in the DNC, there was a Hispanic Mayor from SA TX that spoke. He took off his mask at the DNC and exposed himself as a radical liberal. Come the next election he will be voted out. We refused to have anything to do with Lying Liberals.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 11:37am
  GARY . . . Yes he was a druggie. Oxycontin addict. Had up to 8,000 pills at a time, used his maid to act as his mule. In fact, he’s going deaf because of the intensity of his addiction. All the while talking about the evils of drug use . . .
  
  “Too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we’re not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.”‘
  
  What do you make of someone like that?
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 12:09pm
  That might be acceptable, but only if he has his own radio show.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:48am
I can’t wait to see him Perp Walked out of congress in hand cuffs !!!!!!!!

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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:45am
The evil in men is the illness. God has laws that we did not make. We broke his law and our only excuse is excuses. If we don’t face that reality….. are we All mental?

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DYNA
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:32am
All the more reason for a limited, moral government.

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Gary_K
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:27am
Watch, the stupid people will re-elect this nut job commie.

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- drs1969
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:32am
  The blacks and the dead make for a solid majority.
  
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KingCanon
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:19am
He is DEMON!
From DEMON descent!
Nothing more… nothing less!

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AJAYW
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:15am
Hes even a bigger racist than his dumb dad is and dumber also.

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Mess23
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:12am
He just won my vote – NOT!!!

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:19am
  Yes you are Human jessie – A Human Communist Pig !
  
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shogun459
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:11am
I AM Soo sorry for Mr. Jackson. BUT, the country is messed up enough already, do we realy want someone that’s Bipolar voting on the future of America? I mean what if he’s off his meds when he votes.
I know many folks that are also bipolar, great people but off the meds and they get irrational. AND everyone of them has missed a Pill from time to time or the meds needed to be adjusted.

Come on really why worry about a Presidents religion when you have Congressmen with Mental issues.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:11am
Wonder if he doused his clothes with blood before making the recording for this robocall. Like father, like son.

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PaulreveresDarknight
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:02am
I work in mental health. Bi-polar is a pretty generick assumsion if you come threw the doors. Its a label “patients”get. Points is that We All are a little. Ever had a bad day? You are bi. Blame poor choises on that. We label everything. Human exucuses……..

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- BrandiRae
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:18am
  I also work in mental health, and have for many years. It’s stereotypes, like wht you said, that hurt the field and make it difficult for people to find help/relief. Bipolar is not a generic disorder, go reread your DSM-IV. It has VERY specific symptoms, with certain timing issues (onsets) that are required before a diagnosis is made. And the Mayo clinic is not going to throw some “generic” diagnosis if it wasn’t needed. A generic diagnosis is a NOS diagnosis. But, you being in the MH field should know that…….
  
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- BrandiRae
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:22am
  And we are NOT all bipolar. Label yourself, but not others. And NO I am NOT a fan of Jessee Jackson, Jr. I am an advocate for MH health patients. Don’t stereotype it all under the same category, how shameful of you (especially if you really work in the field).
  
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- Gary_K
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:30am
  He had a psychotic episode….i bet he is schizophrenic.
  
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- PaulreveresDarknight
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:32am
  You dont know my story. You label me huh? Mental Health fails everyday because of 1 thing. Life is about choices. We label to feel nice. Makes us better. And helpful.. More excuses. I have seen whith me own Lying eyes. And after a major brain injury learning to read& write. I aint a victum. I lived. IM WRITING YOU
  
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- BrandiRae
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:42am
  I am sorry if I offended you….but I have witnessed MH do more good than harm. I am published for my research on the brain. How interesting. Anyway, you have your view, I have mine. And I do believe it also has to do with personal responsibility, coping skills, etc. But, it also has to do with genetics, not just environment. And in some cases, injuries, sicknesses, etc.
  
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- twistin
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 12:15pm
  I agree. Maybe half of Mental Illnesses are caused by humans just giving in to their basest emotions.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:01am
A mental illness real or in this case faked is a resume enhancement for a democrat,don’t worry Jr the idiots in Illinois will keep you in office.

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- BODYBAG
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:21am
  @PROGRESSIVESLAYER
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:01am
  or in this case faked
  ———————————————————
  Definitely.
  This should be a no-brainer. Immediate removal from office. You’re too “mentally ill” to attend to your duties for nearly half a year but in the running for re-election? C’mon, where’s the common sense?
  We dont need a dude on Lithium making decisions that effect our nation.
  
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- BrandiRae
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:31am
  @bodybag
  
  Lithium is an older drug used for people with severe bipolar and other disorders. Usually people who can not function in society (institutionalized). It’s a very effective pill, but dangerous to the overall health of the user. There are newer drugs that are prescribed and tried before lithium Is used. It is a last resort drug, when all other drugs have failed. And you’d be shocked at how many “MH patients” are in society…..doctors, teachers, lawyers, congressmen, McDonald’s workers, etc. They shouldn’t be labeled the same. MH is a serious issue, one I advocate for and have for many many years.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:38am
  I used to know a guy who took lithium and held down a day job. He would have made a better Congressman, too.
  
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RIGS
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:01am
I don’t believe one word of it, He is a liar and flake like his racist father.

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ZAP
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:59am
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

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Jezreel
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:55am
Like father like son. An evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit.

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MrButcher
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:53am
So was the Elephant Man.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:50am
Yes Jr had a ‘breakdown’ after learning he might do some time in the pen and instead of him screwing the people………….. The only people who need treatment for a mental disorder are the people who would vote for Jr. Jr should be in prison for whatever the FBI has on him,just don’t bring charges until Barriy is fired because charging him with anything will be impossible while Holder is still abusing his office.

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- Vickie Dhaene
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 10:49am
  He should be in prison along with Blago. He tried to facilitate the selling of the Senate seat.
  
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mike551
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:45am
Quote… “Like many human beings a series of events came together in my life at the same time”. Wonder which bar they came together in. Total bull s**t. GET US OUT OF THE UN!!!

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- AlwaysAmazed
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:33pm
  MIKE
  Nail on the head! I like the way you think.
  
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Fecal_Matters
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:42am
I am Human..and I didn’t know my Father was bilking the corporations…and wasn’t a real Reverend!

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- DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 12:09pm
  But he’s not a very good human. Jimminy cricket needs to come give him a conscience.
  
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SolitudeBliss
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:42am
“a series of events came together in my life at the same time and they have been difficult to sort through” like getting caught with my hands in the cookie jar and I don’t wanna go to jail. Waaaaaaaa

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CarolinaGirl
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 9:41am
All of this is just a ruse to keep from being arrested for corruption. What a piece!

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