Well, the problem with going to jail on this "principle", is that it is wrongheaded. Sob stories aside, it is evident that the "laid off steelworkers" didn't pay for their homes. What will typically happen in a situation like that is eviction. If every public official decided to stand on the same principle (that you get something for nothing), they'd all be in jail and all the banks would go under.
Traficant's an interesting but altogether nutty dude. Whatever good he did for his constituents doesn't erase the fact that he's been convicted of crimes. By your logic, we had no right to demand Clinton's impeachment and removal because the economy was fine.
To: PJ-Comix
“…Traficant’s an interesting but altogether nutty dude. Whatever good he did for his constituents doesn't erase the fact that he's been convicted of crimes.
By your logic, we had no right to demand Clinton's impeachment and removal because the economy was fine…” 3 posted on 7/29/02 9:32 AM Central by Mr. Bird
By your logic, the government-ordered murder of the Branch Davidians was okay, because the government was declared (by the government) to be innocent of wrongdoing.
If the government can have it’s innocence accepted despite the evidence against it, allow Jim Traficant to have his innocence accepted because there was no evidence against him.