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Disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who pleaded guilty last week to misusing $750,000-plus in campaign money, is writing a memoir, two sources familiar with the project told the Tribune.
Jackson, 47, will be sentenced June 28 after a seven-year spree in which he used the illicit money for a Rolex watch, celebrity memorabilia, furs, a cruise and two stuffed elk heads, among other purchases. […]
One of the Tribune’s sources, who has seen drafts of portions of the memoir, said Jackson was trying to “clear up his legacy.”
“He has nothing else to do right now,” the source said. “He’s desperately trying to change the narrative of his life story.”
* The Question: Name Jackson’s book?
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:19 am
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Squeezy
Comment by DisgustedOne Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:21 am
“Quicksand”
Comment by walkinfool Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:23 am
Entitled
Comment by Darienite Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:24 am
“Steal This Book”
Comment by Aldyth Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:26 am
What Not To Buy For Dummies
Comment by in absentia Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:27 am
Not A Smooth Criminal
or
*a cover with a gigantic J on it like his old campaign signs* -ailbird
Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:28 am
“Profiles in Discourage”
Comment by Stones Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:28 am
“Airport”
Comment by frustrated GOP Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:28 am
Je$$e: A Life of $ervice
Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:28 am
“It’s about the Money”–oh wait!! He already co-wrote that one!!
train111
Comment by train111 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:28 am
“Dreams From My Father”
Comment by Dirty Red Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:29 am
Tripped Up
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:32 am
“Am I Crazy, or What?”
Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:34 am
Blondesided
Comment by chica1 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:34 am
From Elkheads to Bruce Lee, sometimes stuff is more important that staying out of jail.
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:35 am
240 Pages of me blaming others….
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:35 am
“How I Got Mine, and How You Can Get Yours!”
Comment by Woody Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:35 am
Life’s Been Good.
Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:36 am
“Trips” Trips and His Trips
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:36 am
“Hey, At Least I’m Not Blagojevich!”
Comment by Skeptic Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:38 am
“Fixing to Turn My Life Around”
Comment by Anon. Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:38 am
Congressional FEC compliance by dummies…
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:39 am
I Went to Congress and All I Could Steal Was a Lousy 750K
Comment by TheDopeFromHope Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:43 am
“Tips on how to use campaign funds and not get caught, what I have learned”
Comment by 3rd Generation Chicago Native Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:44 am
===“Fixing to Turn My Life Around” ===
I think a more “out south” title would be “Fixin’ to get ready to turn my life around.”
Just sayin…
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:44 am
Dirty Red has a good one.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:45 am
“Bring It On: How to Tick the Feds Off in One Easy Step”
Comment by Bluefish Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:47 am
Rewriting My Life!
Comment by Billy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:47 am
My Efforts To Support The American Fur Industry
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:49 am
50 Shades of Greed
Comment by el boombo Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:50 am
“One Flew Into The Cuckoo’s Nest”
Comment by Joe from Joliet Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:53 am
Breaking Wind
Chicken Soup for the Parole
The Little Jesse That Couldn’t
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
A Series of Unfortunate Purchases
Men Are Behind Bars, Women Are Just Venous
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:54 am
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree
Comment by titan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:56 am
Triple Threat
Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:57 am
The Family Business
Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:58 am
Sandi and Me
Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:59 am
J3-40892-424 - I fought the Law and the Law won.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:59 am
“She Devil Got a Watch”
Comment by MarginofEra Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:59 am
It’s a scholarly piece:
The Benefits of Primogeniture: Why Article I, Section 9 needs to be removed from the U.S. Constitution.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 9:59 am
An unauthorized biography has also surfaced:
“750 Grand: That’s Why They Call Him Junior”
By Rita Crundwell
Comment by Joe from Joliet Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:00 am
“Kid Dyn-o-mite!”
Seriously, this tome may sell fewer copies than Blagojevich’ self-serving memoirs.
Comment by Esquire Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:00 am
The Joy of Bookcooking
Fables of Glory
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Captain Trainingpants
The Vampire Chronicles
Transformers
Jesse Quixote
Things Fall Apart
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:08 am
The VaJackson Monologues
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:10 am
Oops: How NOT to Conduct a Shakedown: The Real Jesse Jackson Jr.
Comment by Plutocrat03 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:11 am
“More Than I Could Chew”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:13 am
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:14 am
“There And Back Again: A Politician’s Tale”
(Apologies to J.R.R.T.)
Comment by Cornerfield Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:15 am
Diary of a Mad Housemember
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:15 am
Blago and Me.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:16 am
Classic tragedy: J3 and the Golden Fleecing
Comment by Left of Central IL Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:17 am
The Eden Express, A Memoir of Insanity
Oh, wait, Mark Vonnegut already took that one.
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:17 am
“Plus Miserables”
Comment by Chevy owner/Ford County Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:22 am
How They Wished He Hid Jesse’s Girl; How a Watch and Trip Snowballed to Prison
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:24 am
Dreams from my father.
Comment by the Patriot Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:26 am
Jessie’s Girl and the Golden Watch
Comment by Plutocrat03 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:28 am
Leave the Watch, Give a Cannoli…Instead.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:31 am
It Was the Best of Time, It Was the Worst of Times
A history of Rolex by JCube
Comment by Cincinnatus Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:37 am
“Hubris: A Primer.”
Comment by Ivory-billed Woodpecker Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:37 am
“I Wrote the Law and the Law Won”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:39 am
“Tumble from the Mountaintop”
Comment by Formerly Known As... Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:50 am
Swiss Watch Family Jackson and the Looming Sentence
Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:51 am
I coulda been a contender. I coulda been someone, instead of a bum.
Comment by Tommydanger Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:57 am
It’s rare that Oswego Willy doesn’t win these, but Dirty Red clearly gets the prize this round.
Comment by Ann Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 10:58 am
- Ann -
Am I done? lol
Dirty Red is very good, but Ihoe there is till time …
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:01 am
Son Of A ….Preacher Man
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:02 am
“You can fool some of the people all of the time”
Comment by one of the 35 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:05 am
Yatzee! Games Played and Lost by Junior and Sandy
Don’t Need a Watch, When Doin’ Time
A Pair … Going .. to the Big House
Trip’s Tips; Consequences for Tippig Your Waitress
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:07 am
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough
The true story of one congressman’s obsession with Michael Jackson memorabilia.
Comment by siriusly Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:07 am
Beer Bottles, Soda Bottles, Or Bread and Water Bottles; A Choice of Preacher’s Son
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:09 am
Ingratitude: How the National Co-Chair Got Prosecuted for Little Things that Really Weren’t His Fault.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:12 am
J4!
Jesse. Jackson. Junior. Jailbird.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:15 am
How to attain a Budweiser distributorship the JJJr way
Comment by railrat Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:27 am
Illness, Service & Corruption: 750,000 ways how I served my constituents
Comment by j28 Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:33 am
The Polarizing Bi-Polar
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:37 am
Frozen Assets; How A Bi-Polar Disorder Stole Everything
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:38 am
The Life and Times of a Chicago Congressman - Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Comment by Mama Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:44 am
I think he should stick with the title for his previous book:
It’s All About The Money
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Comment by J Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:47 am
The Hoarding Congressman
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 11:55 am
PayPal Accepted; How I Bought Myself To Prison
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 12:04 pm
Opportunities
Comment by zatoichi Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 12:18 pm
“Catch me if you…….Damn!”
Comment by 13thone Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 12:28 pm
Perhaps Gus Savage and Mel Reynolds will write the preface.
Comment by What's in a name? Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:02 pm
Too Many Women, So I’m Doin’ Time
(A Politician’s Guide to Fashion and Decorating Multiple Homes on the Peoples’ Dime)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:05 pm
Sorry, that should have been:
Too Many Women, So I’m Doin’ Time
(A Politician’s Guide to DATING, Fashion and Decorating Multiple Homes on the Peoples’ Dime)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:05 pm
Campaign Finance for Dummies
Comment by Irishpirate Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:11 pm
Abject Arrogance and Blind Stupidity
–An Ex-Congressman Acting above the Law, Keeping Hope Alive, and the Search for Redemption
Comment by Just The Way It Is One Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:13 pm
Kung Fool
Kung Foo and the art of Campaign Finance
Comment by Irishpirate Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:14 pm
The Second Congressional District: Upholding the Tradition.
Comment by Anonymour Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:22 pm
It Ain’t Me, I Ain’t No Senator, Son!
Jesse Jackson Jr.; My Life, A Senate Seat, & What You Don’t Know About Me.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:25 pm
=“Catch me if you…….Damn!” =
lol Winner!
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:37 pm
Til Incarceration Do Us Part
(A Primer On Political Marriages And Other Relationships)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:41 pm
Chapter Headings:
Great While It Lasted
What Dad and Mom Forgot To Tell Me
Fun in the Two-Pol Family
Never Spend $14,000 on Dry Cleaning
Got a Gold Watch Before I Retired
Comment by been there Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:50 pm
Chivalry In Politics
By Jesse Jackson, Jr.
(with a Foreward by Robert “Bob” Menendez)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:51 pm
Things My Father Taught Me.(And things he didn’t.)
Comment by Irish Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:53 pm
Nightmare on Easy Street
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 1:55 pm
Oh, Please, Mr Wizard, I Don’t Want to be Trips No More.
Comment by dupage dan Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 2:07 pm
TRIPP the light FEDdango
We TRIPPed the light fandango turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor. I was feeling kinda’ seasick the crowd …
Comment by Irishpirate Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 2:17 pm
Off The Wall
Comment by Boone Logan Square Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 2:20 pm
Ok, getting close to 100 …
J Trips, Act II
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 2:25 pm
Cure the Disease, Kill the Patient; The Jesse Jackson Jr. Story
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 2:45 pm
Elk Head on the Chopping Block: A Cautionary Tale
Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 3:18 pm
The Lord of the Watches Trilogy:
The Fellowship of the Campaign Fund (me and Sandi)
The Two Elk Heads
The Return of the Feds
Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 3:53 pm
Bi-Polar Excess
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 4:00 pm
The Son also Rises (and then falls down)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 4:01 pm
Candidate No. 5 and the Bi-Polar Express
Comment by Left of Central IL Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 4:06 pm
Congressional Obsessional Confessional
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 4:18 pm
A Clockwork Orange (jumpsuit)
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 4:21 pm
Nuts
Comment by Kasich Walker, Jr. Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 5:26 pm
Into the Quagmire
by The Peotone Flyer
Comment by Super Fly Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 5:38 pm
“Bring It On!”
Comment by Ted Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 6:12 pm
Rich, there’s no ‘x’ in fixin.
Comment by 618er Wednesday, Feb 27, 13 @ 6:14 pm