No cigar, but close, lol!.........
Posted on 07/19/2002 4:18:56 PM PDT by kattracks
America's number one talk radio host Rush Limbaugh urged Rep. James Traficant, D-Ohio, on Friday to deliver a "farewell expose" on his fellow Democrats before they vote to expel him from the House on corruption charges next week.
"Congressman, I know you're out there," Limbaugh told his audience. "I would love to hear you deliver a farewell expose, if you will, on the floor of the House, blowing the whistle on all the Democrats who stood behind Clinton and Condit but aren't standing behind you."
The conservative talker said Traficant's bribery conviction paled next to the crimes of the Clinton administration.
"We have a president who was convicted of perjury, lying before a federal judge," he complained. "We had a guy who was perhaps giving nuclear secrets to the Chinese, breaking all kinds of campaign finance laws."
Back then, Limbaugh reminded, senators said they acquitted Clinton because removing him from office would have been "overturning the will of the people." Democrat leaders Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt made much the same argument for their decision not to force Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., to resign last year over the Chandra Levy cover-up.
Under House rules, Traficant will have 30 minutes to address his colleagues before any expulsion vote.
"He's promised one hell of a show on the floor of the House," said Limbaugh. "And what he's done so far probably is nothing compared to what he's going to do."
Two years ago, Traficant accused former Attorney General Janet Reno of treason, telling Fox News Channel that the Clintons chose her for the job because she has a sordid past that made her easy to blackmail.
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Please...I am backing away from the screen now...do not aim the blowtorches towards me. ;-)
This fantasy idea of Limbaugh's has no basis in reality. The House has never allowed this to happen, and never will.
Well, Rush can be VERY LOUD. He is inviting Traficant to his show.
You forgot their little trick.."Today Rep. Jim Traficant..."
At least in THOSE neighborhoods you could leave your doors unlocked.
Amd no, I have never seen the Sopranos. Don't want to either.
Maybe so.
While the mafia was busy killing people and extorting their money two blocks away..
(I knew the "mob bots" would show up eventually..)
People try to paint a murdering bunch of scum like the democrats try to paint FDR.
"For the little guy" "they have honor" "They keep the streets safe" "They only want to be left alone to run craps games in the alley" and blah, blah, blah, blah..
No cigar, but close, lol!.........
I don't know anything about mob bots. I only know what I know from my own experience. Which means, don't forget the bodies in the trunks in the used car lots, either.
What I meant is that the traditional Sicilian mob has little power any more. They were pushed off the top of the hill by the South Americans, who were pushed off by the Russians, who are being pushed off by Arabs. The list is really oversimplified and imcomplete, because it'd take too long to fit in the Greeks and add the various alliances and stuff...but I know where you're coming from.
It isn't easy coming from a family like that, especially when they divided themselves up into "The Good Guys" and "The Bad Guys"...let's just say we don't have those huge get togethers at Christmas and July 4th anymore.
LOL! You know I was being sarcastic..
Truly though, you should read up on these guy's. They talk a good game with the "honor" this and that, but if you watch their actions instead of listening to their words it paints a pretty grim picture.
And much of it is relatively recent activity.
I'm 71 years old, and have been through a lot of this crap. I sincerely doubt that you could mention a book or series of books (or a library, for that matter) that would change me at this point. Thanks for the try, however.
Was that to me?
You misunderstand me sir. Please take a deep, calming breath.
I told you a bit of my family history which I probably never should have stuck on a public archive...out of shame, not out of any fear of being "caught" for something...
Now...if you think aobut it...this peculiar history (I didn't add the Jewish part, just figured it'd gum things up) is why it was so easy for me to break down and corralate terrorists groups into analogies of organized crime. I.e.: MOB I even made the mistake of making "Don" and "wiseguy" analogies.
I got flamed for THAT too, BIG TIME, by what you might call real mob-bots, right here on FR...but I didn't feel any need to explain to them. They didn't need to know.
...And my analogy worked, too.
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