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Re: Democrats say Traficant Bad, but Condit Good

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From: bj
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:34
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Sagarmatha <saga@buyansuv.com> wrote in message
news:DJEU3993150ko090iJUF83@seeaiffe.com...
> Democrats abandoned Traficant, & stuck by Condit for one reason:
> political expediency.
>
> Democrats needed a quick political 'kill' to show they are in the
> fore of their new found panic over bribes and shady business deals.
> And  where better to find such a shyster than in their midst? That
> part they got right.
>
> Traficant was a scapegoat to show that Democrats are really against
> graft -- despite Rubin and McAuliffe and Hillary. Condit was kept
> on to show that having sex with interns was okay. Ethics have
> nothing to do with Democrats, looking consistent on TV does.
>

You forgot Bill Clinton's "Good friend", Dan Rostenkowski.
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