Jim Traficant passed away Saturday from injuries in tractor accident Tuesday

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

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[Lief 🗽]

RIP, huge FF.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He was one badass guy. Even if he was a bit crazy and crooked as hell.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I take it that he was beamed up then?

[Indy Texas]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

[PPT Spiral]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

[Joe Republic]

Will there be a separate funeral for his hair? 

[Maxwell]

The only good thing about him was his hair. Good riddance.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Better than the vast majority of politicians, let's not kid ourselves.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

He was always a conservative Democrat.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Will there be a separate funeral for his hair? 

His toupee probably killed him.

[philly09]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

He also found support from Stormfront and several other white supremacist/neo nazi web sites.  Sean Hannity was another cheerleader.

Major HP

Beam Him Up!

[Vega]

I don't like to say bad things about the dead, so RIP.

[Maxwell]

I don't like to say bad things about the dead, so RIP.

Isn't it an opportune time to be realistic about what he did with his life though?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

He also found support from Stormfront and several other white supremacist/neo nazi web sites.  Sean Hannity was another cheerleader.

Major HP

Beam Him Up!

He was a big supporter of John Demajukwhateva (the ex Nazi) as well.

I don't like to say bad things about the dead, so RIP.

Isn't it an opportune time to be realistic about what he did with his life though?

He was crooked, but he was another one of those crooks who I hated yet also kind of enjoyed. He was to Congress what the late Eric the Midget was to the Stern show, in some respects.

[Modernity has failed us]

America has lost a true hero.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

The main thing I really remember about him is that he demanded a Jew-free jury during his corruption trial.

Good riddance.

[angus]

Huge Freedom Fighter, no doubt, but a real weirdo, wasn't he?

His hair should definitely be preserved and placed in the congressional hall of fame museum in Medina, Ohio.  Long live the hair. 

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

The main thing I really remember about him is that he demanded a Jew-free jury during his corruption trial.

Good riddance.

At least he didn't murder babies like your buddies did.

[Mechaman]

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

He was always a conservative Democrat.

Yeah, Traficant always seemed to me to be one of those guys who were registered Democrat because that is what all the dagoes on his side of the bridge registered as more than actual ideology.

[TJ in Oregon]

First of all this:

RIP, huge FF.

According to Wikipedia, he ran for Congress in 2010 on a promise to get rid of federal income taxes and had become involved with several Tea Party organizations.

So basically he went from being a corrupt, protectionist Democratic HP to being a regressive de facto Republican HP.

He supported abolishing the IRS and getting rid of the income tax for years while he was still in Congress. As far as I see he hadn't really changed much on policy but he found comfort in the Tea Party once he was released from prison.

As bizarre as it might sound, after he was released from prison and was clearly a Tea Partier, he was still a protectionist Democrat. Early on in his career when he was the Mahoning County Sheriff he refused to enforse home foreclosures on people who were laid off by the steel mills. If he were in the same situation at any point until the day he died he would have done the exact same. The left/right spectrum as we know it breaks down with a man like Traficant. He was an odd duck, and even though he was convicted of corruption charges, he was probably still one of the most honest politicians in Washington for decades.

[BaconBacon96]

Nooooooo....

[Middle-aged Europe]

He sure was an... interesting... character.

[ag]

The main thing I really remember about him is that he demanded a Jew-free jury during his corruption trial.

Good riddance.

At least he didn't murder babies like your buddies did.

Well, killing babies was definitely not the sort of activity he disapproved of. At least, as long as those were Jewish babies.

[ag]

Better than the vast majority of politicians, let's not kid ourselves.

Well, you have long had a peculiar taste in politicians.