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Former Rep. James Traficant to be released from prison on Sept. 2
Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 8/7/2009 | Sabrina Eaton

Posted on 08/07/2009 4:50:22 PM PDT by Eddie01

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Traficant's wife, Tish, declined comment on her or her husband's plans after his release.

"When he comes home, it's up to him, whatever he wants to do," she said Friday.

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(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: beam; traficant
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To: Eddie01
Yea! He should get a talk show.

Mr. President, BEAM ME UP!

21 posted on 08/07/2009 5:01:34 PM PDT by McGruff (Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
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To: Eddie01
Don't live in his state. Would vote for him if I could. He is more truthful and conservative than 99% of Dems and 89% of Repubs.

vaudine

22 posted on 08/07/2009 5:02:16 PM PDT by vaudine
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To: rawhide

It would be fun to relocate and vote for Jim.


23 posted on 08/07/2009 5:02:33 PM PDT by pointsal
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To: rawhide

He got some 13% of the vote in the first election after he went to prison.


24 posted on 08/07/2009 5:03:00 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: rawhide

I believe he is suffering a clinical mental disorder (shocker)...he’d never win. I do remember when he ran as an Independent from prison..won like 15% of the vote..lol.


25 posted on 08/07/2009 5:05:36 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: DoughtyOne

He was definitely guilty, but they only went after him because he crossed Janet Reno.


26 posted on 08/07/2009 5:06:27 PM PDT by conservativebuckeye
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To: Eddie01
C'mon - ain't no good without the picture...


27 posted on 08/07/2009 5:06:50 PM PDT by meyer (It's 1938 all over again - the democrats are the new NAZIs and conservatives are the new Jews.)
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To: vaudine

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAS REINVENTED COMMUNISM
December 5, 2000
Mr. Speaker, America’s trade deficit for September hit $35 billion for one month, $35 billion. America is heading for a $420 billion, 1-year trade deficit.
Unbelievable. If this continues, America will have a crash that will make 1929 look like a fender-bender.
What is even worse, China is now taking $100 billion of cash out of our economy, buying missiles, and pointing them at us.
Beam us up, all of us.
We must be stupid. Ronald Reagan almost destroyed Communism, and the Clinton administration has reinvented it, is now subsidizing it, and is now stabilizing it.
I yield back any common sense left and any patriotism left in this Congress.

AN AMERICA WITHOUT GOD IS AN AMERICA THE FOUNDERS NEVER INTENDED
October 11, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the United States Army in Europe has denied Catholic soldiers the right to hold mass in the base chapel. A spokesman said, and I quote, `The Army will not pay for the cost of a priest.’ He further said, `If we allow the Catholics in, we must allow all religions in.’
Now, if that is not enough to shred the Bible, the Army does allow and permits witchcraft and pagan ceremonies at the base. The spokesman said, and I quote, `The witchcraft groups pay for their own pagan ministers.’
Unbelievable. It is time to call in the dogs, throw the coffee grinds on the fire, the hunting is over. When the U.S. Army allows satan in one door and will not allow God in the other door, America is so screwed up we do not know where we are going.
Beam me up, here. I yield back the fact that an America without God is an America that the Founders never planned.

THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
October 5, 2000
Broadway has announced a new play called `The Vagina Monologues.’ I quote, the promo states that `Vagina Monologues uses humor and drama to explore such things as sexual fantasies, orgasms, pelvic examinations and rape.’ Now if that is not enough to entice your condominium, this vaginal virtuoso is being billed as theater at its finest.
Unbelievable. What is next? Rectal Diaries? Men are dropping like flies in America from prostate cancer and Broadway is promoting vaginal titillation.
Beam me up. I advise all New York men to sleep on their stomachs, and I yield back all the STDs on the East Coast.

ACCIDENTAL HOSPITAL DEATHS ARE HIGHER THAN ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS
July 26, 2000
Mr. Speaker, accidental deaths caused by doctors and hospitals in America reached 120,000 per year. Meanwhile, gun deaths have dropped 35 percent. In fact, accidental gun deaths dropped to 1,500 last year.
Think about it. We have got hospitals slicing and dicing American people like Freddie Kruger, and Congress is passing more gun laws. Beam me up. There is something wrong in America when one is 80 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than Smith & Wesson. Think about it, 80 to 1. Maybe we need a gun in surgery.
I yield back the fact that the second amendment was not written to cover just duck hunters.

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS RULES AT SUPREME COURT
June 20, 2000
The Supreme Court says pornography is okay and it is okay to burn the flag, that Communists can work in our defense plants, that it is okay to teach witchcraft in our schools and that it is okay for our students to write papers about the devil.
But the Supreme Court says it is illegal to write papers about Jesus, it is illegal to pray in school, and now the Supreme Court says it is even illegal to pray before a football game.
Beam me up. I thought the founders intended to create a Supreme Court, not the Supreme Being. Think about that statement.
I yield back a Supreme Court that is so politically correct they are downright stupid, so stupid they could throw themselves at the ground and miss.

PRAYER IN OUR SCHOOLS
March 29, 2000
Mr. Speaker, once again, the Supreme Court is considering a school prayer issue.
Beam me up. The founders are rolling over in their graves. The founders never intended to separate God from our schools; the founders simply intended to ensure that there would not be one, one State-sponsored religion, period. My colleagues know it, I know it, and the American people know it. The truth is, an America without prayer is an America without God, and a school without prayer is a school without God.
I yield back the utter stupidity of the America political system that continues to rationalize, debate, and deny the importance of God and why our founders placed it in our Constitution.

ONLY IN AMERICA, ONLY IN AMERICA
April 05, 2000
Mr. Speaker, today Congress will debate two bills. The first bill is partial birth abortions. The second bill is wildlife and sport fish restoration.
Unbelievable. Kill the babies but save the trout and the tit mouse. Beam me up. In fact, beam me up, Scotty.
See, I believe that Congress and America can and should save both the babies and the wildlife. Think about it.
I yield back an old street saying: Only in America, Mr. Speaker.


28 posted on 08/07/2009 5:08:05 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Eddie01

Always got a kick out of him. It would be quite a sight to see him standing on the floor of the house giving one of his speeches during THIS administration. LOL

By the way, my son wrote to him while he was in prison, and Traficant wrote back. At Christmas time he sent my son a sketch of something or other that he drew in pencil.


29 posted on 08/07/2009 5:14:11 PM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Eddie01
Thank God!

Lets hope he runs for President on the GOP ticket, because he's more electable than anyone out there right now.

30 posted on 08/07/2009 5:15:32 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Hussein Baraka Mook Kebba)
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To: cripplecreek

Jim Traficant is the King of the One Minute Speech!


31 posted on 08/07/2009 5:16:10 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (will work for bailout bonus.... Twitter: maddawggmorgan)
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To: South40

Having avoided conviction, the ‘squirrel’ is faithfully awaiting Trafficant’s release.


32 posted on 08/07/2009 5:16:38 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: cripplecreek
...he’s a better conservative than 90% of the republicans.

Fact.

33 posted on 08/07/2009 5:16:58 PM PDT by Eddie01 (I fixed my well... which is nice.)
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To: Eddie01

Beam Him Out, Scottie!


34 posted on 08/07/2009 5:17:17 PM PDT by silverleaf (If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
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To: Mad Dawgg
ACCIDENTAL HOSPITAL DEATHS ARE HIGHER THAN ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS

July 26, 2000

Mr. Speaker, accidental deaths caused by doctors and hospitals in America reached 120,000 per year. Meanwhile, gun deaths have dropped 35 percent. In fact, accidental gun deaths dropped to 1,500 last year. Think about it. We have got hospitals slicing and dicing American people like Freddie Kruger, and Congress is passing more gun laws. Beam me up. There is something wrong in America when one is 80 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than Smith & Wesson. Think about it, 80 to 1. Maybe we need a gun in surgery.

I yield back the fact that the second amendment was not written to cover just duck hunters.


LOL and he's apparently psychic.
35 posted on 08/07/2009 5:21:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Eddie01

Wonder if he saved his money and bought a new hairpiece.


36 posted on 08/07/2009 5:23:50 PM PDT by stockpirate ("The time for talking is past, now is the time for taking action." Barack Obama 2008)
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To: Eddie01

I always enjoyed listening to this guy!!

Hope he gets a show on FOX :-)
The ratings would be great...


37 posted on 08/07/2009 5:28:24 PM PDT by Bobalu (I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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To: stockpirate

The old one had a litter of babies.


38 posted on 08/07/2009 5:29:58 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: South40

He was always good for a laugh on the 2 minutes speeches on the floor of congress.....Beam him up Scotty...


39 posted on 08/07/2009 5:31:03 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: meyer
I like this one.


40 posted on 08/07/2009 5:31:26 PM PDT by Eddie01 (I fixed my well... which is nice.)
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