[Urbane_Guerilla]

This tape "supplied by Mr Traficant" is chock full of self-serving, manipulative baloney, proving exactly nothing.

It is unfortunate that Traficant speaks many political truths, but is a corrupt bottom feeder.

Conservatives should run away from him at least ... if not loudly condemn him.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Do you realise that all of Traficant's major contributors were audited by the IRS? All I'm asking for is an investigation. I'm not even talking high profile. If nothing vindicates him, ok.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

IF that tape was such baloney, why didn't the 'honorable' members of the hearing allow more witnesses? It looks like a railroad job best I can tell. Don't be surprised if he gets re-elected from jail. Then they can't remove him again, not unless something new happens. It would be quite a fiasco.

[PJ-Comix]

This tape "supplied by Mr Traficant" is chock full of self-serving, manipulative baloney, proving exactly nothing.

Just how did Traficant force Detor to say the following:

MR. DETOR: I've been threatened with the IRS. They told me that the IRS was immediately going to investigate me and that they were holding the IRS off, and I've been threatened with going and being six weeks in trial. They realize that I would lose my security licenses and I would lose my (UNINTELLIGIBLE) license if their were any kind of a Federal charge if found guilty, which would reasonably come, in all likelihood. And they have called and been on me and tried every threat, and they've gone all through my wife, what kind of salary, why I bought the house I bought, why I drive the kind of car I drive, you know, what my background is. It has just been a nightmare of unbelievable proportions. I really feel that I'm living in Red China.

[Lancey Howard]

This tape is as manipulative as any that comes from somebody wearing a wire. That's the whole idea. You want to coax out as much information as you can, so it gets on tape. I don't see where Traficant is asking this guy to lie. Rather I see Traficant trying to get this guy Detor to articulate in his own words as much information as possible. Traficant does ssem to get a little pushy in spots (I can't believe Detor couldn't figure out he was being taped) but that's the nature of the beast.