Some of the comments...oh, my!

He is exactly what is needed. Once he gets better, I hope he gets back and starts helping those who need assistance. He is sick - not stupid, insane, or a bad person. He has an illness that he is getting help for.

I guess some of the people here saying cruel things are saying them because this story involves to Democrats. Or maybe just two politicians. But politicians are humans, while corporations aren't. I myself spent almost two years in my twenties wrestling with depression. It's no joke. But I got better, and it's been a lot of years since I have felt like that. It did come to an end.

Given their histories, those two probably deserve each other.

JJJ is going down. The evidence that came out of the Blago trial clearly shows that Jackson tried to bribed his way to Obama's Senate seat. 30 years in jail lies ahead unless he cops a plea. Heck, you would be depressed and bipolar knowing that your bribes were recorded by the FBI and you were going to go to jail.

At least he is smart enough to seek treatment. If we were all lucky enough to get treatment at Mayo, fewer of us would suffer this disease. I wish him well.

This country has a lot of mental illness, that may have developed as a result of our hard driven society that has expected success and great leaps for a long time. We all get burned out and time out is critical. Best of wishes to a successful recovery!

Lying scum, everybody knows your no good junkie trying to save your cushy job. Fess up scum.

I certainly understand mental illnesses can be serious, but this "convenient" onset is baloney. Of course he's depressed. He's about to be charged and then head off for a nice prison stent.

i would rather be depressed than filled with the hate and self delusion that seems to be a growing element of our society. i take peace in that i will soon be done and can get the hell out of here to a better place. This country is going the wrong direction. I am going to spend my retirement buying my eggs two at a time and getting a tan on my feet. no cell phone, no comcast, no facebook and no tweakers racing me for a car length or to a more shocking statement.

My favorite headline: "Summit of Moral Probity Convenes at Mayo." My second favorite headline: "Rev. Jesse Jackson disputes that Mayo Clinic is ‘too white’ for Junior" See:

Too bad repub types sneer at and sweep these issues under the rug.

FLADEM---One has to wonder why two persons who suffer from these conditions should be in positions where their admittedly impaired natures affect millions of others. Stupid, just stupid--you think Jesse Jackson Jr is the only politician suffereing from depression??? Churchill did, he called it his "Black Dog", he seems to have handled the "fate" of millions quite admirably.

Of course he's "depressed." I understand mentall illness can be real, but he's about to be charged and imprisoned.

What a bunch of crap, this is two dimwits who need to get a real job and work for a living instead of living of the government.

How cruel can be some of the right wing. This is difficult and real disorder that effects thousands. Bipolar I and II are genetic and treatable illnesses. Bipolar II depression is the worst of depressive situations. I wish him all the best and don't give a damn of his political affiliation.

It is unlikely that you can still have a polical career after being diagnosed with a mental illness.

How pathetic are these two. They are both worthless idiots who come from criminal, murdering, cheating, stealing and womanizing families. May they both rot in hell with the idiots who vote for them..... Wake up pathetic people....

Looks like a photo op to me.

Jackson should be defeated at the polls not because he suffers from bi-polar disorder but because he is a liberal extremist.

His illness should not be considered justification for any illegal acts he committed as an elected official.

Real people with real problems. Seems like we dispose of them more and more as a society. Christians we are..

To Rep Kennedy . Last night I was listen on air to the owner of Radio Station

in Coral Spring and he talking about his attitude to Jane Fonder whom he called a

traitor or that which is equal to this work for her actions during Vietnam as a supporter of the end of that war . What he most objected about her and Senator Kerry is their talk may have result in prolonging the Vietnam Wars .

All of this is a mistruth which constantly goes on . The truth is that you Uncle or JFK was murdered so that this war would occur . The Vietnam war was OVER BECAUSE ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE YOUR UNCLE WAS MURDERED HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE DEGREE ORDER """ ALL ADVISERS"""" OUTOF VIETNAM . As to the fact he was murdered with a killer still at large is that there was more than one shooter and cover up of this . We know this by reading the evidence presented in court by the SA of La . This who transcript was on the Internet of this trial.

In the transcript is a witness who literally saw smoke coming from the grassy Noll . Further the Segrudia tape shows that President Kennedy was shot three times with the last shot being a head shot . These was definitely two killers firing from a overlapping fields of fire on a slow turn . It was an ambush . Further as point out as a fact the US Army intelligence was pulled from duty who would have been on the roof of every build and would have spotted the the grassy Noll shooters shooter . There was all kinds of evidence of this being a high level plot of politicians involved in this assignation . Certainly there was no way that the Army Intelligence was pulled from normal duty without this being a plot within the government to murder Pres . Kennedy.

As to Ms Kennedy aka Jackie . It was told that it was her wish not to throw mud on the family or her name that she was persuaded to supposed put an end to the end of her husband . Look this is the way it was with high society women . They do not want dirt on them , and further the murderers owed her favors .

As to RFK there have been stories about his relationship with Jackie . This I do not want to go into here as it is not necessary as there is a book about this.

The point of this is that the Vietnam war was wrong and was a plan of those who even pulled Johnson strings to have this war. No one even today deals with the fact that Johnson reversed JFK executive with a Month plus or minus of JfK death . Get this , he was overthrowing his bosses decision , not to be in Vietnam . Did Johnson want a Vietnam war .? Only if he was part of the plot to kill Jfk . Certainly , you don't disrespect you dead bosses order about a month after he died unless Johnson is so motivated . It was downright disrespectful , but since most of us did not know about Jfk executive decree and a series of deaths after Jfk related to Jfk murder including deaths to Monroe , and to Dorthy Killgallan as well many others obvious murdering was being done from the top .

Obviously , Rfk , if he became Pres was going to find out all of the details of the murder of brother if he became Pres . There was no if . Calf was seen as a sure thing for him , and he was the only leader for the Pres and a sure thing when he was murdered . OK , let me get back to this slander when the man making the slander doesn't even know he is slandering . Vietnam should not have been fought . Any Pres and this was Johnson had to be a nutcase to fight this war. The reason was it was fought by the French before we stuck our noses in it .

The importance of all that I have said above has made murder acceptable if it is done by important people at the top . It has made the US in a dirty political society of politician seeking office to make money and their families be protected forever . The honor of the USA was taken away by the actions of murders who want war for profit . This was the war in Iraq called nation building by Bush . It was also the war started by 911 but in reality it was a war that could not be won . Why it was being sponsored by the Government of Pakistan and the Taliban are still protected by this government . War is business and it protects the drug traffic that Pakistan allows to be exported from their mountain communities where Pakistan looks the other way , saying such things it is in a war with India , and values the Taliban . So, when US troops were across the border and there was mud slides in Pakistan , the Taliban helped restore disaster areas not US troops . Most of the slanders throw stones and never look for facts . Actually the facts if dealt with is the problem why monies are stolen and the US is the straights it is NOW and both parties are full of evil men willing to do more evil and this is the reason they are seeking these positions to be evil doers They call their elections by the people . If given the chance the people of the US would vote that neither the Republicans or Democrats represent them.

Kennedys and Jacksons; two of the most corrupt and vile families in the country. They were made for each other.

They are all cut from the same cloth. High and mighty... until they are caught. The cops who served Blago at his residence said he laid down on the floor in a fetal position and cried like a baby. They had to pick him up off of the floor in front of Patty to get him to the squad car.

GCCal - please go back to doing your homework.

"Because ptownz, they are democrats.......hee hee.."

Hee Hee...you're an idiot.

He must have gotten his government position using affirmative action and questionable political connections. Makes a mockery out of the 'best person for the job" concept.