Posted on 03/30/2009 11:49:23 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Leave it to McCain to go to bat for a dead guy convicted of transporting prostitutes who jumped bail and fled the country while out on bond, pending appeal. I read some articles about Mr. Jackson from the 1905-1920 time period. He sounds like a real arrogant thug. He ran a saloon on the south side of Chicago filled with “tinsel” and scantily dressed women. A woman who worked in the bar as a “stenographer” (and was “his girl”) testified against him; she later became his wife, after his then wife committed suicide (she had been pysically abused by him for several years).
Sounds like a great guy! /s
From what I read (in old articles from the early 1900s), the first wife committed suicide in 1912 after he abused her for years (and was messing around with prostitute #2). A few years later, he married the second prostitute (that had testified against him).
I think you’re confusing him with Paul Robeson, the singer/actor, who was a committed Stalinist.
It seems pretty clear that Johnson was a serial offender against the Mann Act and thus was appropriately convicted.
It’s equally clear that he was prosecuted only because he was wildly unpopular.
Which brings up the timely question of whether convictions achieved as a result of politically-motivated prosecutions are valid. We’re likely to see a bunch of these in coming months as prosecutors go after executives who can be portrayed as sharing the blame for our present economic fix. Technical violations nobody would have cared about two years ago will be plenty.
Hey, maybe some members from an early 22nd century Congress will champion the cause of the AIG execs. ;-)
It’s a symbolic gesture. That’s all I can say on the issue.
Could be. The inverse of this is the liberal assumption that black politicians shouldn’t be prosecuted for corruption since the default assumption is that they were “targeted” because of their race.
It’s because of sh!t like this that the commudems are running the damned store! FCOL, what the hell are we paying these idiots to do, exactly?
Whats the Matter Johnny McCain, couldn’t you find any Mexican fighters who needed a pardon????
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