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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
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To: AuH2ORepublican

May he Rest in Peace.


41 posted on 09/27/2014 11:56:29 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

crazy guy with the weird hair?


42 posted on 09/27/2014 11:57:03 AM PDT by ronniesgal (Good Grief.)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

I will always remember his 5 minute speeches and will miss him very much.


43 posted on 09/27/2014 11:59:35 AM PDT by novemberslady
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To: Katya

bump. RIP, Mr. Traficant, who brought not just a few laughs and chuckles for his “hair,” his polyester suits, and his speeches on the floor of the House.


44 posted on 09/27/2014 12:00:21 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: All

Beam me up Scotty - one last time.

RIP James


45 posted on 09/27/2014 12:07:23 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
I always tried to catch his short, firebrand speeches on the House floor. He could really sock it to the hypocritical, high-spending, double-standard-ites in his own party.

I missed him when he disappeared from the political stage.....and he's probably pulling St. Peter's toupee as we speak.

Leni

46 posted on 09/27/2014 12:09:49 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Rest in His peace. I miss men who had the strength to speak their mind.


47 posted on 09/27/2014 12:18:32 PM PDT by glock rocks (In DC, nobody can hear you scream)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Traficant#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career


48 posted on 09/27/2014 12:19:08 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: DoughtyOne

bump!


49 posted on 09/27/2014 12:19:54 PM PDT by glock rocks (In DC, nobody can hear you scream)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
From wiki:

Born into a working-class, Catholic family in Youngstown, Ohio

 

Traficant was injured in an accident at his farm on September 23, 2014. A tractor he was driving into a pole barn flipped over and trapped him underneath. Traficant was taken to Salem Regional Hospital in Salem, Ohio, then airlifted to St. Elizabeth's Health Center in Youngstown. As of the evening of September 24, his wife described him as "sedated and not doing well."[34]


50 posted on 09/27/2014 12:22:03 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

One would devoutly hope the old boy got beamed up, not down.


51 posted on 09/27/2014 12:27:16 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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To: RichInOC

He stood up for Dornan.


52 posted on 09/27/2014 12:29:08 PM PDT by glock rocks (In DC, nobody can hear you scream)
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To: OwenKellogg

He was fun - unlike today’s humorless idiot pols.


53 posted on 09/27/2014 12:38:42 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: ronniesgal

It wasn’t hair ... it was a toupee.

He was an honest-to-goodness, blue-collar, patriotic, socially conservative Democrat. He ended up in prison fir violating a corruption statute for which he was selectively prosecuted (he had congressional staffers do some personal work for him), but I’d take him as a Representative over just about any Democrat serving today.


54 posted on 09/27/2014 12:39:09 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Beam him up, Mr. Speaker.

He was a good man. Yes, a Democrat....but a good fellow. RIP.


55 posted on 09/27/2014 12:40:41 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: OwenKellogg

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8sPU-CeQ3GE

You Tube vid of Traficant.


56 posted on 09/27/2014 12:42:46 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: AuH2ORepublican
I learned something new today.

He was at one of the Ohio Tea Party events. RIP

57 posted on 09/27/2014 12:45:05 PM PDT by McGruff (we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Love him or hate him, you could never ignore him. RIP Sheriff!


58 posted on 09/27/2014 12:45:44 PM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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To: tet68

Great 1 minute speech by JT:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KXVXKhkKp3g


59 posted on 09/27/2014 12:49:58 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: AuH2ORepublican

One of the most colorful characters in DC.


60 posted on 09/27/2014 12:58:40 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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