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Obots Are Going Bezerk. Zombie Alert! Jesse Jackson JR Knows Obama’s Toast Now.
A condition referred to as “grappling with emotional ailments privately” tends to be alcohol or drug abuse…
Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D., Ill.) is undergoing inpatient treatment for “physical and emotional ailments” that are more serious than previously thought, his office said in a news release Thursday.
The congressman’s office had said on June 25 that the 47-year-old son of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson had begun a leave of absence on June 10, citing exhaustion and providing no timeline for his return.
“Congressman Jackson’s medical condition is more serious than we thought and initially believed,” the office said in Thursday’s release. “Recently, we have been made aware that he has grappled with certain physical and emotional ailments privately for a long period of time.” It also said, “According to the preliminary diagnosis from his doctors, Congressman Jackson will need to receive extended in-patient treatment as well as continuing medical treatment thereafter.”
An earlier, still briefer statement from Mr. Jackson’s office on June 25 had suggested a less dire assessment, saying that Mr. Jackson, 47, was being treated “for exhaustion” and had been on medical leave since June 10. That statement asked that his family’s privacy be respected.
The statement didn’t say where Rep. Jackson, who was first elected in 1995, is being treated nor did it specify his ailments.
Rep. Jackson’s opponent in November’s election, Republican Brian Woodworth, criticized Rep. Jackson for not disclosing more about his illness. Rep. Jackson’s district is heavily Democratic.
“There’s so many public officials who are being forthright in coming forward with medical conditions. He should follow that precedent,” Mr. Woodworth said. “Just to dispel the rumors, he needs to do more than just say he’s ‘being treated.’”
“It’s not for me to say whether it’s been done correctly,” said Rep. Danny Davis, a fellow Illinois Democrat. “While my approach may have been a different approach, Rep. Jackson and his staff…have a tendency to know what they’re doing. Some people are more forthcoming than others.”
The House ethics committee has been investigating Rep. Jackson’s alleged involvement with the scheme by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to sell President Barack Obama‘s former U.S. Senate seat.
Rep. Jackson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
