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Article #516Re: Democrats say Traficant Bad, but Condit Good
From: JimL
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:37
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:37
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Sagarmatha wrote: > 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. Actually, the Dems lost twice on that deal. Traficant, a Democat, was convicted and tossed and his ONLY proponent was none other than Gary Condit, yet another Democrat loser that the party would very much like to see go away. That things worked out for the Dems this way is hilarious. Jim
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