[jedwardtremlett]

"Traficant is getting worse treatment than a lot of murderers out there. BTW, does anyone on this forum STILL think Traficant isn't being railroaded?"

I like the guy, and I don't think he got the best legal treatment in the world (mostly because he made the mistake of representing himself) but I don't think the evidence against him was created out of whole cloth. He WAS up to something down there, and he got caught.

He WAS railroaded in the House, though. You'll note that Dick Gephardt stuck by Gary Condit right up to close to the bitter end, but peed all over Trafficant from the get-go. Given that no one was expecting Chandra to be found alive, this means that Gephardt was willing to stand up for a guy who wasn't being forthcoming, and could very well have had something to do with the intern's death, but was unwilling to do the same for a guy who got caught doing the same thing other House members do all the time.

Trafficant was his own man and a fighter for ordinary folks, but he was no saint. I hope he succeeds on appeal, but I think he should lay low and get out of politics for a while thereafter.

J

[BJungNan]

does anyone on this forum STILL think Traficant isn't being railroaded?"

You are darn right he was railroaded! Excellent editorial by one of our own (a fellow Freeper)pretty much tells the story
Tom Adkins

Also, here is a poll on Traficant that needs Freeped
Should James Traficant be allowed out of jail on bail pending his appeal?
Results
No. 47%
Yes. 36%
Not sure 16%