AP Exclusive: Jackson Jr Says ‘Everyone Has Erred’
- Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:42pm by
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Congressmen Jesse Jackson Jr. says he’s a “public servant” not a “perfect servant.”
The Democrat tells The Associated Press that even as he’s been dogged by links to disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and questions about his relationship with a female “social acquaintance,” he’s never deviated from his mission of bringing jobs to his Chicago area district.
Jackson says he carries the burden of his “personal shortcomings” even as he tries to help others.
The Democrat spoke after delivering a rousing Christmas message Saturday to hundreds of detainees at Cook County Boot Camp with his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
It was a rare public address for the congressman, who has repeatedly denied interviews since allegations surfaced that Blagojevich may have offered to sell him a Senate appointment.
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Comments (112)
Sunnyr
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:53pmIn my opinion, from what I have seen of the JACKSONS, they are bottom feeders. Corrupt opportunist’s portraying themselves as pious “puclic servants.” They should be run ot of office and back to the cesspool they crawled out of.
Report Post »midnightsky50
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:22pmthe problem here is that as long as you do unto others, you will be done unto! Why is it that the only ones that have to pay for bad choices are not democrat?
Report Post »Cherished Emblems
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:16pmTake your mind off things and watch this trailer for a new script about real political corruption.
http://studios.amazon.com/movies/2903
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:11pmI thief by any other name is still a thief
Report Post »NoSerfing
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:54pmA servant is not in it for the money
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:53pmTake responsibility for your words and actions Sir. Don’t give me this crap that everyone is in error. I thought according to the left that we we’re all good. Another lie! I’ve heard enough!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:27pmHe’s dealing in moral equivalency; I (may) have committed a crime, oh and that other thing with that “social acquaintance”; and you got a speeding ticket – see we both erred – we’re the same.
Report Post »Redistributor
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:18pmTiming is everything. He comes out on Christmas when christians are told to forgive.
Report Post »shane2813
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:51pmDon’t poverty pimps come in pairs???
Report Post »OH, I Get It!
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:36pmAnother politician saying he takes full responsibility while paying no consequences for their actions. “I take full responsibility…NOW…shut-up…leave me alone so I can go screw-up until I get caught again.”
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:36pmis there any good politicans that come out of the great state Illionois?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:03pmWell there was that one guy… Lincoln I think his name was. Since then? Not so much.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:29pmHi Im Jesse,J.R. I Want to be just like my Father…..RICH!Plus all The Benefits that come with it.Such as….Broads!Power!And if any one calls me on it I Will do Just like dear old Dad.Call them racist and then get money from them so I will Stop calling them such.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:23pmCriminal, liar, cheat.
Report Post »FIREDUDE
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:23pmIt is going to be so nice when these so called rev get to heaven!!!!!!!!!!!
typical REGGIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »NeoKong
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:21pmWas he talking about adultery or trying to buy a Senate seat…?
Report Post »LifeProject2012
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:20pmI actually went to school with this bozo. I was a year ahead. What struck me was how openly racist he was, resentful of anyone white, and quick to take advantage of any “affirmative action” that would give him an advantage over others… So much for fairness and equality…
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:14pmJackson Jr must be in a tough situation to have to use this audience for a self serving pick me up.
These men don’t care about honest low paying jobs.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:13pmIt sounds to me that he really needs to know why he is repenting before he can repent. Saying I am sorry is a lot different from being sorry. With his dad as a role model I would imagine that he does not have a clue.
Report Post »Politicus
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:06pmHe delivered this message to as “a rousing Christmas message Saturday to hundreds of detainees at Cook County Boot Camp with his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.”
How rousing: “I cheated on my wife, just like Papa!” In front of a bunch of law-breakers.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:38pmThe speech was in Spanish and Ebonics
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 3:07amHe is creating jobs. CHICAGO is now the worlds highest producer of Dirt-Bags.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:04pmOnly when a person speaks a genuine confession and repents will will they be justified. Time to quit making excuses for our wrong actions and take resonsibility. A true public servant is just that, they serve the public and not “self”
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:04pmPositively Anal!
Report Post »ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:00pma post Veterans Day salute to JJ junior and is NAACP terrorist, liberal, democrat friends, from a “enemy hostage taker” with love…
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8jrts
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:07pmAwesome!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:23pmAwsomely awsome in awsomeness !!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:32pmlol thats cool Arizona
Report Post »ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:00pm@ Arizona Veteran, right on brother!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »bulletsinthegun
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:28pmNice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »tranquilrider
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:51pmOnly on this site could someone post something that stupid and have 5 people reply like Beavis and ********. Very sad.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:24pm@ tranquilrider
Hey Olberman .. looks like you are still pi$$ed @ the world
Report Post »psykeskaos
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:46amPictures speak louder than words~my sentiments exactly… to all politicians from Chicago…(-:
Report Post »ARIZONA VETERAN
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:57pmjust wait til the racist sharpton finds out JJ junior is a “SERVANT”…there will be h3ll to pay and its whitey’s fault….
Report Post »Hyena
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:55pmAhhhh……”EVERYONE HAS ERRED.” All the lemmings are jumping off the cliff….I should too.
Shifting attention off of one’s self onto others. Sorry sport, you knew the difference between right and wrong and did it any way.
Report Post »Centurion_
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:55pmIf this particular “personal shortcoming” is shown to be a felony he should be prosecuted.
My guess is he won’t be.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:01pmAgreed, if he has done a crime, let the courts decide his fate; innocent or guilty in accordance to the statutes of the law. If guilty, throw the maximum allowable at him.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:17pmThe elites are governed by a different and special rules set.
Report Post »Balladeer
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:25pmSnowleopard seems to be ignorant of a nasty truth. IF you are a Black Celebrity in Power Laws DO NOT APPLY…junior could kill a white woman and a white man, and claim racism AND WALK. no court will send Junior to the Pen
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on December 27, 2010 at 1:21am@BALLADEER
Somehow, I doubt that. Have you ever been to the South? You do know what Jim Crow means right? You do know that roughly 50 years ago a black man as a defendant in a criminal case would be unheard of right? (people, probably not unlike you, but I’m not going to make assumptions, would most likely have strung up a black man suspected of even the slightest impropriety by their standards (which could include being successful and/or wealthy)).
Ever heard of Emmet Till?
How about Rodney King?
When was the last time a white man was dragged from the back of a pickup truck for whistling at a black woman?
Report Post »Cliff
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:51pmRomans 3:23…
The problem I have here is that he no way is remorseful by any standards… he should fall to his knees and repent to the Lord… not the AP news wire!!! lol
http://www.mentordvd.com/Christmascard.html
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:52pmLike father like son.. Also shows the apple does not fall far from the tree…and sometimes even rolls a great distance. Another quality representative from the great state of Illinois.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 8:19pmNot too long ago (20-30 years) this kind of activity would bring a resignation, today it seems to fill out the resume.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 11:18pmEveryone may “err” but few are as crooked as Chicago politicians and NOT land in JAIL. I resent the insinuation that everyone is like these lowlifes. Most of the “crooks” I see these days are in State Houses .. and Washington D.C. .. or released and defended by them.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 8:45amIs it not Common Knowledge that JUDGES “buy” their seats? They MUST; how else can they
JUSTIFY their RULLINGS? http://www.losthorizons.com. POLITICAL PRISONER And there re MANY more; Irwin Schiff, Sherry Peele Jackson, Linsey Springer…but you will NEVER see their DEFENSE allowed in Court, THE ACTUAL LAWS.
And the handlng of Obama’s BIRTH by saying Citizens have NO STANDING to ask is more Horse Hocky.
MANY PURCHASE their “Elected” positions. It takes a Multimillionaire to become a Senator with personal investment in the Tweny Millions or more. WHY? Because then they can STEAL much more. It appears to be Money Well Spent IF they win.
Report Post »DMD
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:44pmJust a run of the mill Jackass
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 5:59pmYou insult Jackasses…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:12pmAs usual, a rousing message with no action. I‘m sure his dad already has a litany of excuses why his plan didn’t work, afterall, he has been using them for decades. If he wants to be taken seriously he will divest himself from his dad, the NAACP, the unions and anybody or anything else that smacks of the “Chicago” machine and do what is right for the people of Chicago, no matter race, creed or color.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:16pmI would say pond scum
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:21pmThere is one word missing in the article , which is necessary to describe his daddy and him…
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he’s never deviated from his mission of bringing BLOW jobs to his Chicago area district.
heavyduty
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:26pmWhat did jackass’s do to you?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 6:38pmJesse when are we going to ban the Naked body scanners ?
http://www.infowars.com/think-dhs-is-backing-off-scanners-think-again/
I say NEVER you Scum Bag
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:01pmJackson you are FLAW ED you must carry out your prim directive
Report Post »you must Sterilize !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1eYYGUG0k0
Strictlybusiness
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:09pmJust a run of the mill, Jack-son, thats what you meant to say. Jack-son / Jack-ass ,there’s no difference in the Two they are both STUPID ANIMALS…………
Report Post »lylee
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:54pmIf he is a public servant we are all chopped liver.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 7:58pmwho cares what hes got to say….its uasually everybodys fault but theirs..if theyd stop with the woe is me crap and got off their butts and tried to pull themselves out of poverty instead of waiting for al or jessy to promice to take it from someone else. im so sick of the bull out of those two. hustlers!
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:07pmIllinois politics, just another example of Crime Inc. Guess where King Obama 1 comes from?
Report Post »enderwiggen
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:33pmWhen are we going to be impressed with integrity of one of our elected representatives? You know, reporting someone trying to bribe them or something. When they lie, they simply misspoke or they’re “spinning.” They need to start going to jail when they get caught. dmc
Report Post »OATMEAL
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:48pmAnd still he Fs a White Whore………..Everybody else is to blame hu? Typical!
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 10:37pmHe could just drown his sorrows over at the family beer distributorship.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 7:51amThe “acorn ” didn’t fall far from the tree this time … by the way… which bastard child of the Rev. is this?
Report Post »Reagan/DeMint.deciple
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 9:34amJackson Jr. : If this goes any farther I’ll cry racism, like my pops and uncle Al not so Sharpton taught me..
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 11:01amBoth Jacksons and not so Sharton are racial predators. They have made millions off the downtrodden, poverty stricken, and minorities by selling them a bill of goods. They preach one thing; if you vote for me the free stuff will continue. Time to re-vamp the entire welfare and entitlement system. Make it uncomfortable to be on welfare and promote raising yourself up from the chains these race baiters would like to keep you in. Get an education, work hard, and the American dream is yours. Continue to believe the Government owes you because of circumstances which happened over 100 plus years ago keeps you downtrodden. If these clowns were marginalized by those who think they are really trying to help them, they would find many doors opened to them. Why do you think both Jacksons and Sharpton live high on the hog, it’s because they are selling people on the scraps and keeping them from advancing. Denounce them and you will be surprised on how much better your lives will become.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 26, 2010 at 12:18pmEveryone has erred ? that is a gigantic understatement ?
BETRAYING THE AMERICAN WORKER
WITH FINANCE CAPITAL replacing production output as the economic power in America, Wall Street Jews are investing trillions of dollars into overseas manufacturing rather than bolstering a supply-side economy with its attendant job opportunities at home.
Jewish investment banks such as Citigroup, built under the direction of Robert Rubin, (a member of Obama’s economic team), announced on 1 September 2010, an increase to their China workforce to 12,000. Along with its 29 outlets in China, Citigroup has a labor force of 50,000 throughout Asia while America’s own workforce is in decline.
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in 1993, outsourcing of jobs to Mexico has caused the displacement of millions of American jobs. Many of these lost jobs were high-wage positions in manufacturing industries.
The number of products that Mexico assembles and exports—such as refrigerators, TVs, automobiles, and computers—has mushroomed under the NAFTA agreement.
A little-noticed provision of NAFTA permits US banks to acquire Mexican ones. In 2001, Rubin negotiated Citigroup’s $13 billion acquisition of Mexico’s leading bank, Banamex.
The end result of implementation of NAFTA’s provisions is the establishment of a corporate combine of Jewish bankers actively ruling over the resources and people of the North American Continent.
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