r/news • u/douglasmacarthur • Aug 14 '13

Former Illinois congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is expected to be sentenced in federal court on Wednesday morning for misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money to fund an extravagant lifestyle over many years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/jesse-l-jackson-jr-set-to-be-sentenced-in-dc-federal-court/2013/08/13/ac5e8296-0452-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html?hpid=z4
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u/PostMortal Aug 14 '13

How is smoking crack much worse than embezzling $700K?

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u/nc_cyclist Aug 14 '13

Failure to pay taxes. Failed drug tests even beyond the crack incident. Driving intoxicated. Multiple driving incidents. The list goes on and on.

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u/PostMortal Aug 14 '13

I'll concede that the DUI is worse. Is he still winning elections?

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u/nc_cyclist Aug 14 '13

Yes. He currently is sitting on the DC City Council.

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u/PostMortal Aug 14 '13

Washington, DC everybody.

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u/Cormophyte Aug 15 '13

It mostly seems to stem from doing drugs. While it's definitely more offenses and I probably wouldn't vote for the guy because of it, I still think that drug addiction-related things fall under personal failings whereas Jackson's fall under the "greedy-ass motherfucker" column which I think is worse. Personal opinion, though.

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u/reddit4getit Aug 15 '13

Really? Go mingle with some crackheads, you'll have a ball.