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Title: Ex-con Traficant disqualified by Ohio elections officials in bid for congressional combeack
Source: raw story
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0706/ex ... ant-dqd-congress-comeback-bid/
Published: Jul 6, 2010
Author: raw staff from AP
Post Date: 2010-07-06 17:31:06 by abraxas
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Comments: 19

Ex-con Traficant disqualified by Ohio elections officials in bid for congressional combeack

Former Ohio Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison.

Political adviser Linda Kovachik says elections officials in Trumbull County ruled Tuesday that Traficant was short of the number of petition signatures required to get on the fall ballot.

She says Traficant plans to appeal. Elections board officials did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Traficant was hoping to run as an independent in his Youngstown-area home turf against Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

Traficant represented the region in Congress as a Democrat for nearly two decades. He left federal prison in September after serving time for corruption.

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#1. To: abraxas (#0)

how come Clinton and GHWB wern't 'disqualified' for "Drug Running" at Mena?

Itistoolate  posted on  2010-07-06   17:33:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

color me surprised. /sarcasm

"With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators."
James Madison, Letter to James Robertson, April 20, 1831

farmfriend  posted on  2010-07-06   17:35:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

how come Clinton and GHWB wern't 'disqualified' for "Drug Running" at Mena?

No conviction and AIPAC on their side?

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-07-06   17:35:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I've been expecting this one.......sigh.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-07-06   17:36:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Ex-con Traficant disqualified by Ohio elections officials in bid for congressional combeack

Former Ohio Rep. James Traficant has been disqualified in his bid to return to Congress after seven years in prison.

Traficant has been too quiet, there is something missing in this scene.

Cynicom  posted on  2010-07-06   17:45:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Traficant has been too quiet, there is something missing in this scene.

Threats? That's my best guess. Yes, he has been quiet lately.....not his nature.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-07-06   17:49:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Political adviser Linda Kovachik says elections officials in Trumbull County ruled Tuesday that Traficant was short of the number of petition signatures required to get on the fall ballot.

They got him on bad/insufficient number of signatures on his petitions. In some states if one signature turns out to be bogus they throw out the entire page of signatures. That's why a smart candidate will get get at least 3x the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot.

Usually any candidate in a race can challenge the signatures of an opponent, Jimmy had to know he'd be challenged

Traficant knew they were gunning for him and had to figure TPTB would have bogus people sign his petitions.

Why he didn't get 4x signatures is beyond me, let's hope he wins in court but I doubt he will

WWGPD? - (What Would General Pinochet Do?)

Flintlock  posted on  2010-07-06   17:50:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Political adviser Linda Kovachik says elections officials in Trumbull County ruled Tuesday that Traficant was short of the number of petition signatures required to get on the fall ballot.

Resolve to serve no more, and you are at once freed. I do not ask that you place hands upon the tyrant to topple him over, but simply that you support him no longer; then you will behold him, like a great Colossus whose pedestal has been pulled away, fall of his own weight and break in pieces

noone222  posted on  2010-07-06   17:53:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Threats? That's my best guess. Yes, he has been quiet lately.....not his nature.

Threats of some kind or slight possibility of pay off to stay away.

Whatever it is, he has made no waves. Time is fleeing and haying season will soon be over.

Cynicom  posted on  2010-07-06   17:55:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

TRAFICANT knows why the ECONOMY is TANKING -PRINCIPLE OF FAILURE TO YIELD

JAMES TRAFICANT'S BIGGEST BLUNDER By: Dave Franklin

On March 14, 2000, Representative Jim Traficant (D-OH) stood on the floor in the House of Representatives and said, "I want to yield back the gutless wonders of the United States International Trade Commission and the Clinton-Gore administration that appointed them." The Ohio Congressman has a knack for telling it like it is. But that is not what got him in trouble.

Traficant doesn't pull any punches. And neither did the elite global establishment in its persecution of the eight-term Congressman. Can anyone honestly claim he would have been prosecuted and expelled from Congress if he didn't stand as the only opposition to selling out our jobs, and our sovereignty? Traficant believed he was the target of a vendetta by the Clinton Administration for his brazen attacks on the most corrupt President and Attorney General in history.

It's easy to see why he would think that. During the heat of the presidential election in 2000, while other Democrats were circling wagons around the Clinton-Gore administration in hopes of keeping the White House, Traficant was blasting the leader of his party with no regard for personal consequences. Here's a sample of the famous closing statements from Traficant early in 2000.

- "I yield back the fact that Wal-Mart now owns, owns and sells 14 brands of shoes, and they are all made in China." 2/01/00

- "I yield back the lack of oversight on the Justice Department of the United States." 3/23/00

- "I yield back the crimes of the FBI at Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho." 2/29/00

- "I yield back the millions of audits and gouging of the American taxpayers." 3/08/00

- "I yield back all the sex, drugs, and murder on television." 3/09/00

- "I yield back the failed national drug strategy that we have in effect." 3/16/00

- "Mr. Speaker, I yield back the corruption in the Justice Department." 3/21/00

- "I yield back the fact that these overburdening regulations in America are killing American jobs and forcing American companies to move overseas." 3/22/00

- "I yield back the manipulations of both American citizens and our great Constitution by the Census Bureau." 3/28/00

But what James A. Traficant, Jr. either realizes and never talks about, or doesn't realize, is that the enemy he made for himself was not just the Clinton Administration. During the speech he concluded by yielding back the "gutless wonders" of the U.S. Trade representative and the Clinton-Gore administration, Traficant made a stand for a dying steel company in his district, Bliss Manufacturing.

"Mr. Speaker, Bliss Manufacturing in my district makes bumpers for General Motors. Not any more. Bliss bankrupted yesterday, putting 500 of my workers on the street due to two reasons: number one, the continuing flood of illegal steel imports; and number two, after a recent decision by the United States International Trade Commission that ruled in favor of Japan, Russia, Brazil, and Korea." Such was the principled stand that Traficant made for people he represented.

But what James Traficant didn't say, is that steel imports being promoted by the U.S. Trade Commission were part of an effort to move America's manufacturing sector overseas. Labor is cheap overseas, and low-wage or no-wage workers making raw steel would mean larger profit margins for companies that sell products made of steel. These include General Electric, General Motors, and every other supplier of cars or appliances.

Jim Traficant had the "misfortune" of representing a district whose economy was based on production of steel. Ohio's Mahoning Valley was established on early 20th century mills that produced the metal upon which our industrial revolution was built. And James Traficant believed in representing his constituents. Throughout the 80s and 90s, his district was getting the imported steel shaft.

Traficant blamed his downfall on persecution by Janet Reno's Justice Department. And he was right that it was Reno's people who set him up and knocked him down. But his nemesis is far bigger than a former Attorney General, running a soon-to-be-failed campaign for the Florida Governor's office.

By going after the U.S. Trade Representative, Traficant attacked the agent of multinational corporations, who needed support from the U.S. Government in their effort to exploit cheap foreign labor. Even if he didn't know it, James Traficant had picked a fight with the biggest dog on the block.

Traficant is a tough cookie and he fought back. His March 28, 2000 proposal to create an independent federal agency that would investigate allegations of corruption on the part of Justice Department personnel was a counter-punch. But he was throwing punches at the wrong enemy.

Janet Reno left Washington in 2001. The global attack dog was still biting Traficant. He was expelled from Congress on July 25, 2002 by a vote of 420 to one, with 8 abstaining. It's notable that the only one to vote against removing James Traficant was Gary Condit.

Clinton's Justice Department was a means to an end. The charges they laid out against Traficant were dubious. And it is certainly questionable as to whether Traficant ever got a fair trial. He may, after all, be vindicated in appellant court. But if he is to defeat the forces against him, he must identify what and who they are.

Traficant can't win by fighting a phantom vendetta.

Jim Traficant was ruined because he wouldn't yield to a global establishment program of selling out American jobs. Any member of Congress who didn't vote to expel him could well face the same retribution. That is why Republicans, who had no loyalty to Reno's Justice Department, voted to remove him.

And that's why Gary Condit voted against it. Condit is already ruined, free to vote his conscience without yielding, such as that may be.

http://www.etherzone.com/2002/frank080602.shtml

Itistoolate  posted on  2010-07-06   18:15:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Threats of some kind or slight possibility of pay off to stay away.

Apparently you know very little about Jim Traficant. The only possibility of any of your statement having any merit whatsoever is a threat to a family member. As for the possibility of a payoff, if you even think that, you must believe the official government 9-11 theory.

What TPTB did to Jim Traficant is just short of what the British did to Patrick Henry. They say paybacks are a bitch and believe me somebody has a payback coming from Jim. Jim Traficant played by all the rules as Mahoning County sheriff and as a U S Congressman, except when those rules ran aground of decency and the U S Constitution. Believe me! He will have his day. When the shooting starts and the hangings follow, maybe just maybe, we the people might make him the head federal marshall who will be more than willing to carry out those hangings of the traitors who are hellbent on destroying this nation. Jim Traficant is a leader and one I am very proud to know personally.

LACUMO  posted on  2010-07-06   18:32:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

how come Clinton and GHWB wern't 'disqualified' for "Drug Running" at Mena?

Because they had the protection of the fedgov and thus were never "caught" and prosecuted. They never made any waves in regard to the Institute of Revolting Scum and Traficant did. He wasn't "going along with the program."

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-07-06   19:02:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Traficant has been too quiet, there is something missing in this scene.

You hit the nail on the head!

The Jewish are up to something!

your_neighbor  posted on  2010-07-06   19:28:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Apparently you know very little about Jim Traficant.

Lac...

Climb down off your high horse.

You have said you know Traficant for years, why not ask him if there is some reason he has been so quiet. Americans want and need a voice, if he is NOT interested, say so, if he is and needs walking around money, say so.

Cynicom  posted on  2010-07-06   19:34:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

The Jewish are up to something!

We all know the olde Jew saying, "money talks and bullshit walks".

Well, over the past two years there have been several "hopefuls" on the American scene, including Traficant, and all have failed to get out of the gate.

Cynicom  posted on  2010-07-06   19:38:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Well, over the past two years there have been several "hopefuls" on the American scene, including Traficant, and all have failed to get out of the gate.

My guess is that the Jewish controlled mainstream media will not cover him.

They are making those that buck them invisible - effectively killing them as public personages.

your_neighbor  posted on  2010-07-06   19:49:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Traficant has been too quiet, there is something missing in this scene.

Subscribe to the American Free Press (americanfreepress.net). He writes weekly columns. Or visit the website for his latest.

ratcat  posted on  2010-07-07   1:13:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Condit

did the good ole venerable Dr. Ron '9/11 conspiracies are preposterous and bizarre' freemason Paul vote to expel traficant, or did he conveniently abstain that day? :-)

"if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 12:31—13:13
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

Artisan  posted on  2010-07-07   1:42:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

he has been on alex jones show a few times not long ago. good interviews, & yes he did discuss the jews lobby. should be on youtube.

"if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing." 1 Cor 12:31—13:13
"I don't know where Bin Laden is. I truly am not that concerned about him"
George W, Bush, 3/13/02 http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

Artisan  posted on  2010-07-07   1:51:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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