Jesse Jackson Says He Has Parkinson's Disease

[WingNot]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Friday that he has Parkinson's disease, saying that he first noticed symptoms "about three years ago."

Jackson, 76, released the news in what he called an update "on my health and the future."

The longtime political and social activist, who was part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle in the 1960s and who later founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, said that after noticing signs of the motor system disorder, he attempted to work through it.

"But as my daily physical struggles intensified, I could no longer ignore the symptoms, so I acquiesced," Jackson wrote in a statement released Friday.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/17/564836312/jesse-jackson-says-he-has-parkinsons-disease

Best wishes to Mr. Jackson.  He is and will continue to be a champion and a voice for equality for blacks in  the US and the world.

[skeeter]

Best wishes to Rev Jackson, but his life's work has been about enriching himself.

And in the end it doesn't mean a thing, as I'm sure he's realizing.

[Cyber Liberty]

I bet it doesn't mean he shuts the f**k up.

[Millee]

http://www.blacknews.com/news/woman-accuses-jesse-jackson-of-sexual-assault/#.Wg9etbifhHs

What convenient timing.   

[Frank Cannon]

Well now he will really be able to shuck and jive.

[Applewood]

I beg to differ @WineNot   He's done absolutely nothing for the people he claims to represent.   If anything, he, Rev. Al, Obama and the other so-called community leaders have set race relations back a hundred or more years.  Plus economically, I'd venture to say that black people are worse off  today than they were years ago, thanks to their "leadership."

That all said, I harbor no ill will toward Jackson and wish him only the best as he struggles with this disease. 

[edpc]

I’m very sorry to hear it was not caused by the repeated blows to the head I’ve given him mentally over the years.

[jmyrlefuller]

Mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

With that, I'll leave the shakedown jokes unsaid.

[sneakypete]

Mama always said, if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

With that, I'll leave the shakedown jokes unsaid.

@jmyrlefuller

JJ has never been anything but a poverty pimp,thief,and liar.

[edpc]

Jesse has said he will not let it interfere with his work.

I assume that means all the work he does with unwed mothers.

[Frank Cannon]

I assume that means all the work he does with unwed mothers.

Or making them.

[corbe]

   Is it safe over here in the JJ Thread?

[Cyber Liberty]

   Is it safe over here in the JJ Thread?

Damned good question.  Holy Shit.

[edpc]

Is it safe over here in the JJ Thread?

Just don’t say ‘simpleton.’  Everyone knows that’s a trigger and you’ll get told on, immediately.

[corbe]

   It might be time for another Stupid Poll @Cyber Liberty @Wingnut did them Best.

[Cyber Liberty]

   It might be time for another Stupid Poll @Cyber Liberty @Wingnut did them Best.

Oh Gosh, I dunno....that one escalated faster than just about anything I've seen....

[catfish1957]

Well now he will really be able to shuck and jive.

And take his grifting to new heights

[Frank Cannon]

Just don’t say ‘simpleton.’  Everyone knows that’s a trigger and you’ll get told on, immediately.

You don't say? Who's throwing antiquated verbage like that around?

[Cyber Liberty]

You don't say? Who's throwing antiquated verbage like that around?

I prefer "Feebleminded."

[RoosGirl]

I prefer "Feebleminded."

There's a different word I like, but I'm pretty sure it's on the Bleep List.

[Cyber Liberty]

There's a different word I like, but I'm pretty sure it's on the Bleep List.

Pretty sure it should be....