Jim Traficant passed away Saturday from injuries in tractor accident Tuesday (user search)
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Atlas Has Shrugged
ChairmanSanchez
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« on: September 27, 2014, 01:31:24 PM »

He was one badass guy. Even if he was a bit crazy and crooked as hell.
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2014, 04:15:11 PM »

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.



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ChairmanSanchez
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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2014, 06:03:52 PM »

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

Well, you have long had a peculiar taste in politicians.
The ironic thing is that Traficant was also virulently anti-hispanic.

What's so ironic about that? Xenophobia and racism is xenophobia and racism.
Considering the poster exhibiting a certain fanboyism about him, it is.
I really don't see how Snowstalker was endorsing him. I am not a Snowstalker defender in any sense, but lets call a stone a stone.
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