'I AM IN JAIL...WHY SHOULDN'T TORRICELLI BE?...HE HAS RUINED MY LIFE.'

New York Post ^ | 10/02/02 | STEFAN FRIEDMAN

[kattracks]

The jailed Korean-American business tycoon whose lavish gift-giving snuffed the Torch's political career isn't satisfied.

He wants the New Jersey senator behind bars.

"Bob Torricelli belongs in prison," an angry and sometimes tearful David Chang told The Post in an exclusive interview at Schuylkill Federal Prison Camp in remote Minersville, Pa.

[Cindy]

There is a place and space for Torricelli to occupy and who knows? Maybe someday he will call a prison cell his home --- right across from Trafficant. For a homey touch, they can call it the DnC Cell Block.

[kcvl]

Maybe we can get a whole prison named after the DNC! There's certainly enough of them to fill one.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

The 'McAuliffe Wing'. Now that has a nice ring to it.

[Steely Tom]

Psssst! Hey! Mr. Chang! Two words, Mr. Chang, just two words! Are you ready?

Race card!

(steely)

[csvset]

Bump

[FreedomPoster]

Brilliant! If the NJ 'Pubbies had any guts for ugly politics, they'd have a lawyer-spokesman spending some time with Chang, coaching him on playing the race card, as you suggest.

[Brian Allen]

<< Psssst! Hey! Mr. Chang! Two words, Mr. Chang, just two words! Are you ready?

Race card! >>

Surely you are not gong to suggest that Mr Chang pick on Don Torricelli just 'cause Don Torricelli looks like a mafiosa, walks like a mafiosa, talks like a mafiosa and acts like a mafiosa?

Wouldn't that be mafiosial profiling -- and isn't that politically incorrect?

[robertpaulsen]

"They considered Chang an unreliable witness."

So? Either he gave the gifts or he didn't. If he did, he belongs in jail for giving them and Torricelli belongs in jail for receiving them.

If Torricelli did not receive these gifts, then what's Chang in prison for? (I know, 18 months -- but you know what I'm asking). Was Torriclli part of a sting to get get Chang?