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Jesse Jackson Jr. (Getty Images)
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. admitted Wednesday to embezzling approximately $750,000 in campaign funds — and now faces more than two years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, the AP notes.
“I did these things,” Jackson, 47, told a federal judge yesterday, adding later, “Sir, for years I lived in my campaign.”
What did he spend all that money on? Education? Medical bills? Cars? Nope! The bulk of it was spent on luxury items and knickknacks.
So, without any further introduction, here are the 15 most fabulous things the disgraced former congressman bought with stolen campaign funds, according to official court documents:
Gold-Plated Rolex: $43,350
Rolex stock photo
Children’s furniture: $9,584
inhabitat.com
‘Porcelain collector’s items’: $1,553
etsy.com
Bruce Lee Memorabilia: $10,105
popscreen.com
Michael Jackson Memorabilia: $14,200
hollywoodmemorabilia.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorabilia: $11,130
bookhaven.stanford.edu
Michael Jackson Hat: $3,900
michaeljacksonmoon.com
Michael Jackson & Eddie Van Halen Guitar: $4,000
vhnd.com
[Full disclosure: I'd embezzle campaign cash if it meant getting my hands on the guitar used in "Beat It."]
Malcolm X Memorabilia: $2,200
sears.com
Jimi Hendrix Memorabilia: $2,775
ebay.com
Michael Jackson Fedora: $4,600
Wikimedia Commons
Mink Cashmere Cape (presumably for his co-conspirator wife): $800
flickr.com
Black & red Cashmere Cape: $1,500
ebay.com
Mink reversible Parka: $1,200
etsy.com
Black Fox Reversible: $1,500
nordstrom.com
Oh, junior: When the going got hot, you should have bailed. But now you’ve been caught and you’re gonna’ be jailed.
See what I did there? Jesse Jackson Sr. would be proud.
Here’s the full plea deal if, you know, you’re interested in reading it:
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Dudley Do-Right
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:16pmThis is the judge who’ll be sentencing Jackson Jr.
“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.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/02/20/jesse-jackson-jr-pleads-guilty-to-spending-campaign-cash-for-personal-use/
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afishfarted
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:40pmBeautiful. Just friggin beautiful. No surprise though. Our system has been so grossly corrupted to favor the ruling elite.
Heck, that schmuck Corzine embezzeled MILLIONS, and his punishment is being barred for life from trading stocks, options, futures and commodities.
Yeah; THAT’LL learn him !!
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rose-ellen
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:47pmI knew something was up when the media started telling us how he was “mentally Ill’ .When will the other shoe drop-i thought? sure enough he went to a mental hospital in anticipation of the law going after him for being a crook. Now he’s verifiably” mentally ill” and will get a light sentence .That’s what that was all about and watch how the media buys it.!
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GardenoftheGods
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:08pmThanks for the heads up about the judge…what a racket! Chicago is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with Progressive Democracy. We need a Conservative Revolution right now!
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Dudley Do-Right
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:25pmIt’s The Chicago Way
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edschneid
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:32pmBe careful what you say about him. The way things are going, he will be in line for president, heck, might be better that what we have now.
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BFrezza
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:13pmSo let me see if my math is correct here. He steals $750,000.00. Get’s two years in a cushy Federal Lockup, and gets fined only $100,000.00.
$750,000.00 minus the $100,000.00 fine equals $650,000.00 for two years “enforced” vacation time. That equals him getting a salary of $325,000.00 a year. Sounds like a pretty good gig to me.
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Bluebonnet
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:34pmBFREZZA: You said exactly what I was thinking. A 2 year sentence and still owes $650,000 after paying the fine…………….sounds like a dam good deal for little Jesse. Corruption at it’s finest.
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ishka4me
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:56pmThis acorn(nut) didn’t fall far from the tree. His old man was hustling businesses to pay for his love children and elaborate life style.
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toto
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:01pmThe latest talk is that whites created places/systems for whites. Well I would ask what black run city would you want to move to? Detroit? New Orleans? Chicago? Washington DC? All cesspools of corruption and deterioration. Affirmative action has done nothing but give them a green light to steal taxpayer dollars until the country is destroyed. There are many wonderful black people, that is not my point, it is that the lowest of the low among them get all the media attention and win elections because the media/Progressives want the dependency society that they can bribe for votes. They not only do not promote honor, decency, integrity, and good character, they actively promote just the opposite. Jessie Jr.is not an anomaly, he was born, taught, encouraged to be exactly what he is. The only thing they are ever sorry about is getting caught. You will NOT hear the press shame anyone for lying, cheating, stealing, graft or corruption in the black community, au contraire, they fete and celebrate them. All of society is falling prey to the same philosophy.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 10:50pmJust like William Jefferson of Louisiana who stuffed $50K in his freezer, we must understand the plight of black folks. See, Mr. Jackson Jr. was being held down by “da man” aka whitey. Whitey and his racism made him do it. Yeah, that’s it, that’s the ticket. White racism made William Jefferson stuff money in his freezer and it made Jackson Jr. buy a bunch of frivolous things. Wasn’t their fault, it’s whitey’s fault. Whitey and racism.
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tonypro
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:31pm@BFrezza, and Bluebonnet
This is exactly what the s.e.c. does to people that naked short stocks, and use insider trading.
They cheat money out of hard working investors, and run bear raids on chosen co.’s that bankrupts the people, and/or the co.’s then they get a little ” we’ll make it look like we did something to punish you” wink-wink scenario. Cheat $100mil from investors/co.’s, and pay a $100k fine, then walk away with 99,900,000.00 profit.
What a concept, and now they use the same scenario for the liberal communist they want to take care of.
They need to confiscate $750,000 worth of property from him, and then put his @-$-$ in jail, ban him from ever holding public office in any form any where.
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DeOppressoLiber
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 1:35amSo when do you think the idiots will reelect these crooks again? How many Progressive politicians that where convicted of crimes get reelected?
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BFrezza
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 2:28pmDeOppressoLiber, all you have to do is look at Washington D.C.’s Marion Barry… Barry came to national prominence as mayor of the national capital, the first prominent civil-rights activist to become chief executive of a major American city; he gave the presidential nomination speech for Jesse Jackson at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. His celebrity transformed into international notoriety in January 1990, when Barry was videotaped smoking crack cocaine and arrested by FBI officials on drug charges. The arrest and subsequent trial precluded Barry seeking re-election, and Barry served six months in a federal prison. After his release, however, he was elected to the D.C. city council in 1992 and ultimately returned to the mayoralty in 1994, serving from 1995 to 1999.
If that had been a caucasian person, there is no way on God’s green earth he would have ever been re-elected. Now, please tell me that isn’t racism in the first degree, just like Obama winning 95% of the Black vote.
It is only racism if you’re white.
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ltoney65
Posted on February 23, 2013 at 9:58amFor what reason does he not have tp pay total amount stolden, plus penalties, and do about 10 years in jail. Here in lies the problem. The thugs never half to pay a price.
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Nevermind
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:14pmAS a black man i say ” dont drop the soap and goodbye”. People like him, his father , Roy Ennis and Al Sharpton are a disgrace to civil rights movement as well as black people as a whole. They feed of the stupity of folks in the ghetto ( much as folks on the right feed of the trailer park types) to line thier pockets and do nothing to help anyone but themselves. I have spoken on the phoen wiht Al Sharton when i was 13 ( my father was in civil rights) and the guy is an actor. Even his speaking voice is differnt than what he uses on TV, he is as fake as his straight hair.
Sharton, JAckson and Ennis do not speak for black people, they speak for folks in the ghetto with no sense that happen to be black.
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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:21pmAnd they decorate like the ghetto also!
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civilwarcometh
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:27pmLiberals…http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/21/pic-of-the-day-moochs-latest-weapon-in-the-war-against-fat-kids-big-bird/ Think i found where are trolls hang out lol…
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afishfarted
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:09pmYou nailed it my friend. You nailed it.
I met Jackson senior when I lived in Illinois. The biggest biggoted shakedown artist on the planet, and the media makes portrays him as a good man.
makes me wanna puke
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Bullitt2008
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:17pmIt’s all an ego-boosting act that boils down to “show me the money” on many sides and all races. A police officer friend of mine who hung out with Jesse Jackson Sr for a while due to his security detail a few years ago said they had a good time, BS’d about football a lot, and he felt Jackson was someone you could go have a beer with as long as there was no politics involved.
I wonder if PETA will be trying to spray paint Mrs. Jackson’s fur coats when she wears them to court.
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Kisses6350
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:17pmDon’t think I would have told that!
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Pokerjoe
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:25amLittle Jess, Got his advice from Daddy and Big Al. If only he whould go to jail along with his mate for 10 years and have all his junk sold to pay his way in jail. Should take a 10.00 stamp to get to him. Thats how far away he should put away. No make that 40.00 dollars.
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Charbet
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:14pmJesse taught him well. No? He should be serving at least 10 years, hard labor.
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Gonzo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:40pmI don’t see the cocaine purchases listed.
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ONLY4UANDME
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:47pmHe has bipolar don’t you know. He is sick and could not be subject to cruel and unusual punishment, like sitting in a cell all day! Mark my words.
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Gonzo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:18pmYea, cocaine has a way of giving you mood swings. On top of the world when you’re using, not so much when you’re not. Bipolar my @ss.
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Fubared
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 4:26pmUnder ACA, he may well be able to file a claim and recoup while in the pen. Coke headedness is an addiction dontcha know.
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moreteaplease
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:10pmXiccarph
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pm
“From”, “of”…whats the diff…??? 5′ll get you 10 the black community and Progressives would still vote him in, just like they still fawn over his daddy.
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I’m sure they see him as their hero and now that he’ll be pulling time, that gives him “street cred ” with them. Look at the people that actually cheered for Dorner?
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fgarvin
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:06pmSee what happens when retards breed…people get rich selling crap on Ebay!
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RaydocX
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:04pmSo he stole $750,000, pays $100,000, and serves part of two years…
Even if he serves all of both that’s not bad ‘work’ for $325,000 a year.
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:14pmI’ve never understood fines being less than the haul.
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:15pmHay! Stop picking on him! He’s Black! Racist! The Devil probably made him do it! Or he was raised in the projects! or the Ghost of Flip Wilson made him do it! Or Geraldine! Or he was raised in the projects! Or he was at a disadvantagementalment as a Black Man! Hay! stop picking on the Black Man! Racists homophobes! Haters! You must be GOP! Hay! stop picking on the Black Man! He can’t help it if he stole! He’s disadvantaged! It’s all the white colonizer, aka, white “masta” who still rules him and this society has full of institutionalized racism and Hay! stop picking on the black man, he didn’t take nothin that no white politician wouldn’t take and Hay! Stop picking on the Black Man! What are you? White? Racist?
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chips1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:18pmBet he doesn’t spend that much time in prison. His father has so many politicians and judges in his pockets, like so many nickels and dimes.
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BlazeGlory
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:02pmWhat did he spend all that money on. Education? Most likely paid for by the government. Medical bills? Paid for by the government. Cars? Paid for by the government.
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term limits for congress
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:21pmAs I scrolled down the list I really expected to see that he bought an AK-47 and a pit bull puppy.
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RaydocX
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:59pmAnd how many similar ur hashes are never vetted or outed because the politicians spending the money don’t get in other trouble.
Sadly, if he displayed the memorabilia in his office for a time it could probably ‘depreciate’ and be replaced, letting him simply take it home…
Doubt his wife would wait 5 years for three separate furs… Where’s the PETA outrage?
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Unbelievable
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:11pmThat’s exactly what I was thinking!! If this was a Republican old white man PETA would be on every MSM show out there showing their outrage!
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fdraiden
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:58pmJesse Jackson Jr. for POTUS, he’d win in a landslide!
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spirited
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:57pm….son of a preacherman
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GuruMeditation
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:52pmand now he gets some free, orange, inmate coveralls.
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lani59
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:59pmUntil Obama pardons him and his hoe.
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AmericanStrega
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:52pmGeez. I’m S.h.i.t.i.n’ in tall cotton when I can afford to buy a carton of smokes and a case of Keystone. Guess I should have run for office.
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Gonzo
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:45pm$4K for Eddies Van Halen’s guitar is actually a steal, if it is the real McCoy. I think the Fender EVH tributes (replicas) went for $10K.
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republic2011
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pmI think the mink capes were actually for him… pimp daddy
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Eastinfection
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:50pmThat’s what i was thinking…
Fur Coats?
Fedoras?
Fake Rolex?
What…. no El Camino with fuzzy dice?
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OldSurfRat
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:59pmLoL East
Are we sure that he’s not a Sharpton love child??
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OldSurfRat
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:19pmRepub
All those fur coast and $9584 worth of children’s furniture.
BABBY DADDY!!!
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pmPsycho-thief…..poor jr. he has the liberal mental deficiency syndrome. greed, jealousy, envy, self absorbed me, me, me. Then run to the hospital and get him some poor jr. drugs and sympathy. Common Criminal
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NachtundNebel
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pmCORRECTION: Rolex does not make “gold-plated” watches. It would have been solid 14k or 18k gold.
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Michelle_Baboonbutt
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:36pmWhat chew sayin? The man who sold it to him said it was a geenuuine gold plated Rolex – he had 8 more just like if for sale pinned inside his coat.
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simplygilly
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pmBoy did he get ripped off. At the gold rate of $1500 per ounce, a gold PLATED watch has only $10 of gold… a SOLID gold watch about $5000 of gold.
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Really2012
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:50pmWhat is the old saying??? “The apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree…” Bet there is ghosts in his fathers closet as well..
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walnutportconservative
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:47pmWhat a scam. He was given the responsibility to represent the people, and he squandered it away. This was a key player for the Left. He is just another example of what a self serving attitude brings. The man just couldn’t handle it. Now… Lock Him Up!!!
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cemerius
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:57pmIllinois has a track record of their politicans living on the public dime in prison….what is most disturbing are the “items” he purchased kinda lets us know who his “true heroes” are! I am sure the PETA gang would like to visit him soon too?
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Strange_Paradox
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 2:36pmwhen he gets out of jail, he’s just going to become a pundit on CNN or MSNBC….look at Van Jones and Sharpton now….they’ll pay him big bucks to spew his BS and wont have to worry about being PC because he’s not a rep anymore…
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Landon410
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:45pmsounds like most welfare takers……. its not my money, but i should be able to spend it
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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:44pm…..and what family values spawned this high sense of ethics????
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:43pmHe is not smart enough to get by with it like his daddy.
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chips1
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:31pmHave you forgotten that Jessie has at least another son out there. Bet he learns from the mistakes and the next one will cover his tracks.
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huey6367
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:43pmThe apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. How much has Senior embezzled from non-profit funds?
He sure does like dead, black celebrities.
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Fubared
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:08pmHe did loot some kracker dolls.
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mlite9
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:42pmIf he paid 43 grand for a ‘gold-plated Rolex’ he got ripped off. Only fakes are ‘gold-plated.’
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Kuffar
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:41pmJesse be pimpin…
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Margyt
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:38pmDreams from his father?
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Xiccarph
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pm“From”, “of”…whats the diff…??? 5′ll get you 10 the black community and Progressives would still vote him in, just like they still fawn over his daddy.
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BSdetector
Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:51pmGood one!
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