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Traficant Backers Probe Presidential Bid (joke of the century alert)
Yahoo! News ^
| August 1, 2003
| MALIA RULON
Posted on 08/01/2003 1:11:04 PM PDT by El Conservador
WASHINGTON - James A. Traficant, a former Ohio congressman in prison for bribery and racketeering charges, has given his approval to supporters to form a presidential exploratory committee.
"The battle to free James Traficant and to evict the Socialists and 'free traders' from the Democratic Party is now under way," campaign spokesman Marcus Belk said. "Someone buy the Washington establishment a bottle of Maalox."
Belk said the group, which announced Friday that it had gotten Traficant's approval by letter, has raised $10,224 in cash pledges made on Traficant's campaign Web site. The average contribution was $71, he said.
Once a campaign committee raises or spends more than $5,000, it is required to file a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites). Belk said the campaign had mailed that form to the FEC Friday; it had not yet been received by the commission. Traficant's group filed a signed "Statement of Candidacy" form with the FEC last week.
Belk said the campaign hopes to meet its goal of raising $100,000 to qualify for federal matching funds by Oct. 1, which is when he expects Traficant to formally announce his presidential candidacy.
Traficant, a Democrat who represented northeast Ohio in the House for nine terms, was expelled from Congress in July 2002 after being convicted in a federal court of racketeering, bribery and tax evasion. He is now serving an eight-year prison sentence at the minimum-security Allenwood federal prison in White Deer, Pa.
The former lawmaker couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; badhair; beammeup; electionpresident; hairpiece; jamestraficant; ohio; toupee; traficant
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You must be kidding, right???
To: El Conservador
I've got $71 to keep this comedy relief alive!
The amazing thing is that he would still get 40% of the vote if he won the Dem primary.
To: El Conservador
With Kusinich already in, and Springer running for Senate, how much more embarassed can Ohioians get?
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:13:15 PM PDT
by
Those_Crazy_Liberals
(Ronaldus Magnus he's our man . . . If he can't do it, no one can.)
To: Chancellor Palpatine; hchutch
"YGBSM" Ping :o)
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:13:34 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: El Conservador
That way he could get a presidential pardon.
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:13:35 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: El Conservador
Who would back Trafficant? (of course he did get elected several times...sheesh...we do have diversity here)
Gum
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:16:28 PM PDT
by
ChewedGum
(http://king-of-fools.blogspot.com/)
To: xsmommy
Hey, younz ever heard of this?
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:17:26 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
To: Those_Crazy_Liberals
um ... Mary Rose Oakar enters the race?
To: El Conservador
Guess they'll have to move him and put steel bars around the Oval Office.
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:46:43 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Kill the evil-doers.)
To: El Conservador
Compared to the other 9 Dems running for Prez, I'd say Traficant has a shot. ( He's not going to win, of course. I rate his changes better than Buchanan's. )
To: El Conservador
Well, beam me up, Scottie.
Since Scottie apparently is not responding, and getting Jim out of prison by teleporter, perhaps getting elected to the Presidency and pardoning himself will work.
Being inside closed spaces does strange things to some people's minds.
Criminal behavior is not necessarily a disqualification for elective office, in the minds of some Democrat politicians. They run not on their stainless record, but their prison record. In fact, the more stains, the better, as this makes them more lovable in the eyes of their supporters.
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Buchanan ought to barge his way into the Democrats and do to them what he did to Reform.
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posted on
08/01/2003 1:56:40 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: El Conservador
And accepting the nomination of the Wig Party, the most pathetic rug in the US:
To: DeFault User
Is that road kill on Jim's head?
To: El Conservador
"The battle to free James Traficant and to evict the Socialists ... from the Democratic Party is now under way," If they do that the party will be smaller than the Libertarians.
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posted on
08/01/2003 2:13:56 PM PDT
by
CanisMajor2002
(The more protection government provides one group, the more security is lost by everyone else.)
To: Poohbah
Buchanan ought to barge his way into the Democrats and do to them what he did to Reform. Oh, wouldn't that be a hoot! If he did that, I'd say the man would actually have done something useful for a change!
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Buchanan/LaRouche 2004!
The Marxist-Buchananist-LaRouchian economic theory: "State control of the means of beating Jews and immigrants."
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posted on
08/01/2003 2:45:14 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: El Conservador
To: dubyaismypresident
F*** Mumia, free Trafficant!
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posted on
08/01/2003 3:24:26 PM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(it's posts like yours that are killing FR and driving away the base [ /whining paleo impersonation ])
To: Chancellor Palpatine
F*** Mumia, free Trafficant! No Traficant, no peace!
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posted on
08/02/2003 9:10:54 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Ohio Chapter. Original White Devil for Sharpton!)
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