Marathon Pundit: Head of Congressional Black Caucus to judge: Be lenient on Jesse Jr because he is the "highlight of our karaoke nights"

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Head of Congressional Black Caucus to judge: Be lenient on Jesse Jr because he is the "highlight of our karaoke nights"

Some stuff you can't make up.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Asking for mercy for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to a federal judge last month calling Jackson intelligent, charming and entertaining — the "highlight of our karaoke nights."

The correspondence from Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, was among 14 letters in the case made public Tuesday as Jackson and his wife, former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson, await sentencing July 1.

But there is a ray of hope in Illinois.

More from the Tribune:

Eight of the writers were sympathetic to Jackson, his wife or both. Six were not. Wheaton dentist Martin Dettmer wrote that citizens everywhere, especially in Illinois, "are sick and tired of behavior like (former) Rep. Jackson's."

"Please do everything in your power to see that (former) Rep. Jackson pays, and pays dearly, for his egregious and repulsive behavior," Dettmer added.