http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/10/15/205515/02 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/content/bio"> Jesse Jackson Jr. </a> has represented Chicago's South Side in the US Congress for nearly 18 years. While he has caused <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/15003978-418/sun-times-reporter-natasha-korecki-releases-book-on-blagojevichs-downfall.html"> some controversy,</a> he has risen on the House Appropriations Committee, and had one of the finest attendance records in the House. He handily won the last primary and en-us Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:09:02 GMT Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:47:51 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/10/15/205515/02#4 Jackson was always pushing bills that had no chance of passing. He also submitted several <a rel="nofollow" href="http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2009/04/02/the-bill-of-mights-jesse-jackson-jr-introduces-9-constitutional-amendments-to-zero-fanfare/"> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:47:51 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/10/15/205515/02#3 100 year old Strom Thurmond was a better at being a senator than Patty Murray is. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:08:48 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/10/15/205515/02#2 I've known at least since June that <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/business/bill-pushes-for-increase-in-wages.html">Jackson was mentally unbalanced</a>. Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:38:10 GMT http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2012/10/15/205515/02#1 Mental illness sucks, but just like with physical afflictions, Congressmen who can't live up to their responsibilities and do the work they were elected to do need to resign. &nbsp;The last months of the lives of Senators Byrd, Thurmond, and Kennedy were a Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:03:26 GMT string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/