[krodriguesdc]

Traficant will be back in a big way...

something tells me we haven't heard the last of this man...

[Non-Sequitur]

... we risk losing the faith and trust of the American people

I would say that he's a bit late on that.

[FrankOwens]

Does it bother anyone that the only person who voted not to expel Traficant is the ONLY member in Congress with nothing to lose. Gary Condit is finished. His political career is over and he has nothing to lose. His family life has been damaged, politically he is ruined and publicly he has been humiliated. Now all this came about by his own wrong doing, so I am not defending him.

Look at it this way. Gary Condit is the only member in congress that no one can hold anything over his head. He is ruined. So after all of the voting is over, only one congressman had the nerve to vote to keep Traficant in Congress.

I know I don't need to remind all of you that Condit was a conservative Democrat. More Republican than some so called Republicans. He had nothing to lose and no point to make. No one is going to expel Condit, because he lost his own primary and will not be returning.

I just put this out there for thought and to get your feelings on the matter. I don't believe in vast conspiracies. Just VERY IRONIC Condit is the only one to vote for Traficant.

[Nowhere Man]

I personally think that because Traficant mentioned a lot of real issues (NAFTA, corruption in the Clinton Adminstration, and so on) and tried to bring them to light, "The Man" had to do something to shut him up and we saw an illustration of that yesterday. Just like many other historical figures such as Sparticus, Socrates, Jesus Christ, Copernicus, Galileo, Preston Tucker, and so on, when you get "The Man" riled up, he can put the "take-down" on you so fast. Sure if a bunch of average joes like many of us here do the same thing, we are labeled as wackoes, but if you are somebody like a Jim Traficant or above, they really sick the dogs on you. I know many of the Democrats didn't like him so I knew they would vote to toss him out, but what really floors me is most of the Republicans, spineless as usually, voted against him too. Sure, he could have used a hair-style, but we have to get beyond things like that and listen to the message.