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Ex-congressman James Traficant dies
The Washington Post ^ | September 27, 2014 | Washington Post

Posted on 09/27/2014 11:17:10 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: beammeup; jamestraficant; jimtraficant; obituaries; obituary; traficant; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: mware
He was a pistol.

yes, he was... i used to get a kick out of him, and i loved his hair... so sad...

61 posted on 09/27/2014 1:01:05 PM PDT by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: CountryClassSF

He was an “old style” type democrat. Patriotic but corrupt. However, he had a hell of a sense of humor. Today’s Democrats are not patriotic, corrupt to their cores and have zero sense of humor Their corruption makes James Trafficante an angelic choirboy by comparison.

I will miss Trafficante and thank him for the laughs he gave us. He paid with hard time in prison for his errors and thus is even.

If GOD has a sense of humor and I am sure he does, Trafficante will give him many laughs through eternity. However, I guess he will have to change his line from “Beam me up” to “Beam me down God.”


62 posted on 09/27/2014 1:01:59 PM PDT by cpdiii
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To: 1lawlady

See my post #62. We are on the same page. I will miss him.


63 posted on 09/27/2014 1:05:01 PM PDT by cpdiii
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Sad. May he find peace, and prayers up for his family.


64 posted on 09/27/2014 1:07:59 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: clintonh8r

"I'm sorry, James, but your 'companion' will have to go to our Pet Paradise..."
65 posted on 09/27/2014 1:08:29 PM PDT by mikrofon (RIP, Mr. Traficant)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

R.I.P. Mr. Traficant.


66 posted on 09/27/2014 1:10:53 PM PDT by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: tet68

My cousin died after being crushed by a tractor too .... almost 40 years ago.


67 posted on 09/27/2014 1:11:43 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

R.I.P. We need several dozen DEMs like him. His crimes such as they were weren’t likely as bad as about half of the ones who voted to remove him had hidden in their lives. Ironically the one who voted against his removal was a congressman highly suspected of murder who was later cleared.


68 posted on 09/27/2014 1:18:47 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: AuH2ORepublican

How shocking. Rest in peace, Mr. Traficant.


69 posted on 09/27/2014 1:23:05 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

The Rat Party feared him...so they crushed him!


70 posted on 09/27/2014 1:31:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: mware

yes, indeed. Zell Miller was a statesmen. They just don’t make them like that anymore. He was a patriot and I like that he looked like an eagle. I am using the pass tense but he may still be alive.
Would have made a great president.


71 posted on 09/27/2014 1:33:10 PM PDT by ruesrose (The Anchor Holds)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Don't stop to pick up your cell when being followed by a tractor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP-Ft3JNQr0

72 posted on 09/27/2014 1:40:46 PM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
Hoped Jim would run again after his release. Sad news today.
73 posted on 09/27/2014 1:51:46 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: CountryClassSF

Didn’t Trafficant went after the IRS with vegance? Also he sided with President Reagan I believe. So that put him as a target from the rat party. Yes Jim may have been corrupt but he always sided with the American People. RIP JIM


74 posted on 09/27/2014 1:52:16 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: PJ-Comix

What about the hair?

Separate funeral.

Pretty darn funny.


75 posted on 09/27/2014 1:59:33 PM PDT by pugmama
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To: mware; ruesrose

There’s a lot you two do not know about miller or you would never say such.

He’s as crooked as they come.


76 posted on 09/27/2014 2:04:51 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Looks like “Scotty” finally “Beemed” him “Up”!


77 posted on 09/27/2014 2:17:52 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

RIP to Sheriff Jim.


78 posted on 09/27/2014 2:22:54 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: ruesrose

Zell Miller is campaigning for Sam Nunn’s daughter for the GA Senate seat.


79 posted on 09/27/2014 2:48:15 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Loved watching his speeches on CSPAN as a teenager in the 90s.


80 posted on 09/27/2014 3:06:33 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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