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Well, that's actually not the headline. It's "Rep. James Traficant Expelled from Congress."
But I found this line from the story amusing. There was only one vote in favor of retaining the congressman--by lame-duck Gary Condit, who was described by Reuters as "...a California Democrat who was defeated in a re-election bid this year after being romantically linked to a missing federal intern."
Oh, well, just as one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, I guess that one man's murdered intern is another's missing intern...
Posted by Rand Simberg at July 24, 2002 10:42 PM
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WASHENOTONTHEHOUSEINTELCOMMETY!
Posted by DavidwLovellJr. at July 25, 2002 12:24 PM
They found her bones. What further evidince do they need to stop calling her "missing" and to start calling her dead/murdered.
Posted by Andrew Rettek at July 25, 2002 01:15 PM
They found her bones. Maybe they figger the rest of her IS still missing...
Posted by Kevin McGehee at July 25, 2002 02:55 PM
When I read that Condit was the only one voting against expulsion, I wondered if there's some sort of pariah's club in the Capitol. Or maybe Gary just saw another chance to get a mention, however peripheral.
But even still - Traficant should demand a recount. Perhaps Al Gore can advise him on how to get Condit's vote discarded.
Posted by Stephen Skubinna at July 25, 2002 03:58 PM
I have my own sendoff to James Traficant. He did say "beam me up"...
http://alankhenderson.blogspot.com/2002_07_01_alankhenderson_archive.html#85280545
Posted by Alan K. Henderson at July 28, 2002 05:38 PM
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