Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Mom: “He’s Disappointed… Thought He Was Going to be a Senator”
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is on medical leave from Congress and, according to an unnamed doctor, is suffering from a “mood disorder”. 
His mother recently broke her silence to say that her son is suffering from “enormous disappointment.”
“I’m not ashamed to say,” Jacqueline Jackson said at a speech at an Operation PUSH luncheon on Friday, “he thought he was going to be a senator. He thought he was going to have a chance to run for mayor. And young people don’t bounce back from disappointment like me and my husband.”
Before Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption scandal, in which a Jackson fund-raiser allegedly told Blagojevich he could raise millions of dollars for him if he named Jackson to the seat, Rep Jackson thought he was going to succeed Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. That scandal nixed any hope Jackson had for higher office.
Jackson’s office says he is in a treatment facility somewhere in the Chicago area.
Jackson’s mother went on to say that young people need to understand that nothing in life is promised.
“We don’t believe a darn thing until we see it,” she said. “You’re going to have to show us. We’re from Missouri. But young people also need to listen. They need to make themselves available to understand many of the illusions and the trinkets that are being dangled in front of their faces.”
She also requested that Jackson be given his privacy.
“My son, is unwell, and he needs a moment to heal. And I ask you to pray for me without cease. Do for me what I’ve done for you. I want you to respect that. Give us a moment. Most of all for him.”
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If he takes his recovery seriously Jesse will accomplish anything he wants to.
so glad it wasn’t nothing serious. and this is one articulate, intelligent and intellectual man. he can attain any role he wants in the U.S. Government. I hope he doesn’t let this minor ordeal keep him down, from moving ahead and moving forward with another awaiting endeavor that needs his wits, brains and brilliance. get well, brother jackson, jr., keep your head up and don’t let this keep you down. you’re absolutely too strong in the mind as well as physically for that to happen. show “them,” the ones that don’t want to see you in the senate seat, that you don’t need that li’l ol’ senate seat or mayoral seat. accomplish a position that’s much higher than both. show “them”..once you’re well and back on your feet.
What is he 14 years old or something? I don’t believe that reasoning one bit. It makes absolutely no sense. Disappointment/Depression is not the same as a mood disorder. The brother has something more serious going on that they are not saying and that’s fine but “he didn’t get his way”as a reason for being hospitalized is dumb.
Talitha, He will always be her “baby.” In her eyes and at her age he is young. I also think that he is very disappointed that he was unable to run for Senator and that he got caught cheating just like his father. He had a host of issues, many self inflicted. The stomach issues are probably due to the lap band he had to lose weight. Everyone is not the same and some cannot cope with disappointments and stress as others.
I pray that he gets well. That said, that statement by his mother makes him sound rather arrogant. The postions of senator and mayor is not a God granted right, but is an honor granted to one by the citizens of a community. To be disappointed that he may not be allowed to hold such offices makes it sound as if he feels he automatically should be elected.
Peace Is what I would like to wish Rep.Jesse Jackson, Jr.