[VIDEO] Says Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Below is the description of the video via rebelpundit:
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) addresses Occupy the Dream at The People’s Church in Chicago. 1/15/2012. Jackson proposes trillions of new spending, the federal government hiring 15 million people directly at $40,000 for infrastructure. Jackson remarks “for a mere $900 billion” we can get our country working again.
Hat-tip Gateway Pundit!
[VIDEO] “Declares ‘War’ on Racist Tea Party” here’s a description:
‘This is WAR’ Congressional Black Causes’ Travels American Cities Using Dangerous Violent Rhetoric: Declares ‘War’ on Racist Tea Party, Says Tea Party Wants To Lynch Blacks, Calls for Bank Runs, Civil Unrest in Their Neighborhoods and Homes
Via Newsalert!
I actually posted this on my other blog. Seeing it got some traffic there, so I’m posting about it here. It’s more of a local story to me and related to that spectacular episode that saw Rod Blagojevich get arrested, impeached, removed from the Illinois Governorship and eventually put on trial where he was only found guilty of lying to FBI agents.
The story I excerpted is from the Chicago Sun-Times:
Before he dined with [Giovana] Huidobro and Jackson on Oct. 8, 2008, [Raghuveer] Nayak said he had a critical conversation with the congressman about the seat while the two were alone. Nayak, also a former Blagojevich fund-raiser, said that Jackson asked him to tell Blagojevich that if the then-governor appointed Jackson to the U.S. Senate, Chicago’s Indian community would raise $1 million for Blagojevich and — after Jackson was appointed — Jackson would raise $5 million for the then-governor.
Although uncertain how deep my Congressman was in the Blago scandal, I figured this would hurt. Can’t say that I imagined it would get this deep.
Since Chicago Mayor Daley opted not to run for re-election Congressman Jackson had been mentioned as a possible candidate. Well him or his wife Sandi Jackson who sits on Chicago’s City Council. Sandi may have a better chance at it thanks to the Blago taint than her Husband who has been in the House of Representatives for close to 15 years.
It was mentioned in the Sun-Times that Rep. Jackson dared the feds to “bring it on” if they have anything on him. Blago tried that as well in a less confrontational manner the day before he himself was arrested by the feds.
Also it was mentioned on the Illinois politics blog The Capitol Fax that he and his wife planned to host a jobs rally where they gave out 1500 free chickens. Rep. Jackson didn’t show citing a stomach ailment. Could it be related to this revelation.
Also from the Capitol Fax, Jackson makes a statement with regards to this story. He apologizes to his supporters.
And four members of the CBC now have problems with ethics we already know the other three, so we have a new one. A fourth one!
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) awarded three scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and wife’s niece between 2003 and 2005, according to records from the nonprofit group.
Bishop is the second Democrat found to have funneled CBC Foundation scholarship funds to relatives, threatening to turn the program into a larger political problem for the party. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) recently paid back $31,000 to the foundation for scholarships that she improperly awarded to various relatives and children of a top staffer.
Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.), chairman of the CBC Foundation, has promised an “extensive audit of the scholarship program” run by the organization.
Bishop, though, also appears to have favored family members with CBC scholarships.
In 2003, Emmaundia Whitaker, the niece of Vivian Creighton Bishop, who is Bishop’s wife, was awarded an education scholarship. She was also given a similar award in 2005.
And in 2003, Aayesha Owens Reese, the congressman’s stepdaughter, was granted an education scholarship as well.
This seems to be a bad time to engage in sheer nepotism. This is a form of it anyway! Hat-tip Instapundit!
Crossposted @ It’s My Mind!
I did a little round-up this afternoon looking for as much information as I could. Especially whether or not she died or she lived. Unfortunately she’s passed away at 58. More from The Hill.
Measured by money alone this could be a Republican win. We’ll see though:
The campaign of Johnstown resident and Republican nominee for Congress Lt. Colonel Bill Russell outpaced incumbent Congressman John Murtha in the second fundraising quarter of 2008. According to campaign manager, Peg Luksik, William Russell for Congress reported raising $637,137 to Murtha’s $113,155 to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The combined totals from the first and second quarters of 2008 exceed $900,000.
“The incredible story about Bill’s campaign is that the $15 and $25 contributions are coming in from all over Pennsylvania and every corner of the country,” said Luksik. “This is K-Street versus Main Street. These are patriotic families expressing support for soldiers, sailors and Marines, and people saying they’ve had enough of the old ‘pay-to-play’ culture in the Capitol. That’s what’s fueling this campaign.”
Oh and McCain and Obama are now tied. Is this campaign getting more exciting?
As for the Congressional angle, well I talked a little about that last night. Republicans could take advantage of the situation at the moment. From JammieWearingFool:
Meanwhile, the generic Congressional ballot, which had the Democrats up 14 points last month has now eroded to nine points.
Hmm. Might the public finally be realizing what a lousy job the Pelosi Congress has been doing?
It may finally have occurred to those complaining about $4 a gallon gas that they may wind up paying much more with a No-Drill Congress and a pliable President Obama?
Via Instapundit!
