Like father, like son – it now appears that Rep Jesse Jackson, Jr. will be shown to be every bit as lacking in ethics as his father. After all, he was prepared to shake folks down to the tune of between $1.5 and $5 million in contributions to Rod Blagojevich in order to get Obama’s Senate seat.

Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr. went to see the Illinois governor in December to press for an appointment to the United States Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama. Mr. Jackson took along a black binder filled with letters of support, poll numbers and lists of his accomplishments over 13 years in Congress.

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The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who is known for the energy and sweep of his investigations, had subpoenaed several people who had helped Mr. Nayak set up the fund-raiser to benefit Mr. Blagojevich. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Monday that Mr. BlagojevichÂ’s people had been told that Mr. Jackson would raise up to $5 million in campaign cash for Mr. Blagojevich.

Interestingly enough, he was hitting up his daddyÂ’s donors to get the cash. I wonder if they will contribute to JuniorÂ’s legal defense fund instead.

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