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A Jackson Family Tradition

Wow, who could have foreseen that a son of Jesse Jackson would be charged for using campaign money for things like mink capes and a Michael Jackson fedora? [UPDATE: Gawker has the court document itemizing the crap JJ Jr bought.] Mink capes and a Michael Jackson fedora. How cheap. Shocked, shocked, etc, etc. Jesse Jr. […]

Wow, who could have foreseen that a son of Jesse Jackson would be charged for using campaign money for things like mink capes and a Michael Jackson fedora? [UPDATE: Gawker has the court document itemizing the crap JJ Jr bought.] Mink capes and a Michael Jackson fedora. How cheap. Shocked, shocked, etc, etc. Jesse Jr. has apologized; the Chicago Tribune reports that he and his wife will plead guilty. They must have him dead to rights.

It’s a family tradition, this kind of thing. Over a decade ago, when I was writing for the New York Post, I documented and reported on gross financial irregularities with Jackson’s Operation PUSH, the kinds of things that would under normal conditions have brought a federal investigation. When I say “documented,” I mean had federal filings in hand, official documents that were shocking. Nobody else in the media (except Fox News) touched the story, and certainly the Clinton Justice Department had no interest in it. Which is why I find it very interesting that the black Chicago Democrat who sits in the White House has allowed this investigation to go forward. I bet Jesse Sr. regrets having spoken about cutting then Sen. Obama’s balls off. 

(Note to readers, especially Franklin and Conor: I promised a big post today about the whole Hookers for the Handicapped brouhaha, but I ended up spending the entire afternoon with the kids at the movies. I’ll do my best to get to it over the weekend, but in truth, I’ll probably work on it all weekend and post it on Monday.)

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