BIG JIM TRAFICANT WAS THE HERO WE NEEDED ? BUT WE DIDN'T GET HIS SIX WHEN HE NEEDED US

Sama_El
Published on Oct 21, 2023
Source: https://twitter.com/jakeshieldsajj/status/1715580486578581962

Thumbnail: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/traficant

AltCastTV & Odysee thumbnail: https://casey.com/blog/2014/09/28/rep-traficants-bangin-gif/

Jake Shields - James Traficant was killed right after this interview In an inexplicable tractor accident He was not drunk, on drugs or have a heart attack

Big Jim is one of VfB's personal heroes - first, let's post the verbiage from the Vimeo URL:

Before Trump or Bernie, Congressman Jim Traficant was the original bombastic populist, but with "son-of-a-truck driver" street cred. As a mob-busting sheriff in Youngstown, Ohio, his refusal to evict steelworkers from their homes made him a folk hero. He demolished organized crime, defended himself against the Justice Department in a RICO case...and even vanquished President Clinton.

In Congress, his thrift store suits and pompadour wig made him a court jester, while his profanity-laced anti-government tirades made him a hero to the disenfranchised. Traficant's "one-minute" speeches earned him a cult-following, with his signature line... “Beam Me Up, Mr. Speaker...!"

Funded through two successful Kickstarter campaigns, and featuring rich archival footage and extensive interviews with TV legend Ed O’Neill, Congressman Tim Ryan and Hall of Fame boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Eric Murphy’s documentary is "wild and funny" and a "stellar portrait" of the most unraveled politician in American history.

I recently learned that, contrary to public knowledge, Jim did NOT die directly from said tractor (((accident))); instead, just as with the first Secretary of Defense , James Forrestal, just as he was deemed fit to be released from hospital, he suddenly 'died'. With Forrestal, a 'sucicide scenario' was cooked up to masquerade a 'depressive' episode, but Traficant was simply murdered in hospital [much like Seth Rich - imagine that]. Check out DCDave's exhaustive work

https://dcdave.com/article4/040927.html - just an excerpt:

James V. Forrestal was America's first Secretary of Defense. He was also the leading official in the Truman administration opposing the creation and U.S. recognition of the state of Israel. President Truman relieved Forrestal of his position in late March of 1949. Within a few days he was committed, apparently against his will, to Bethesda Naval Hospital suffering from "exhaustion." In spite of the invaluable service he had rendered to the country during World War II, first as Under Secretary of the Navy and then Secretary of the Navy, he had in 1948 and early 1949 been the subject of an unprecedented press vilification campaign, led by powerful columnists Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell.

At around 1:45 am, May 22, some seven weeks after his admission to the hospital, Forrestal plunged from a 16th floor window of the hospital to his death. A belt or cord, said to be from his dressing gown, was tied tightly around his neck.

OK, terrific ?

Men like us don't get 'depressed'; sure, we may have moments of despair, but we piss them out in picoseconds - we have things to do, and wallowing in our own miseries isn't one of them.

From Rep. Traficant’s Bangin’ GIF:

Way back in May 2001, I spoke at a forum hosted by American University on the topic of Congress on the Internet. For my remarks, I humbly submitted my suggesgtion for what I believed to have been the Top Ten Milestones for Congress on the Internet up to that point.

And #4 on my list was “Animations Abound: Waving flags, flying letters, & Rep. Traficant ‘Bangin’ Away’”. The Traficant reference came from this blurb I wrote in a March 1997 online update to my book, The Hill on the Net. Here’s what I wrote;

THE ANIMATED REPRESENTATIVE
I wondered who would do it first. Which member of Congress would go beyond the standard official portrait on their home page and use animation to show themselves in action; smiling widely, giving a thumbs up, or offering a virtual handshake. I guess it should come as no surprise that a member who is well known for his animated floor speeches would not be happy with a gif that sat still. Representative James Traficant of Ohio has the first animated photo that I’ve seen on a member of Congress’ home page, and it’s a hoot.

The animation, shown at right, shows Rep. Traficant wielding a piece of 2×4, like a batter warming up to swing. On the board is his motto, “Bangin’ Away in DC’. He was well known for his outrageous one-minute speeches, which often included his appeal to ‘beam me up’. He was also well known for his uniquely difficult to describe hairstyle.

Traficant was expelled from Congress in 2002.

Jim Traficant gave it all he had - the least we could have done is watched his SIX ????

President Donald John Trump, whether you like him or not, seems to be about to do the same - are we going to sit and wait for another 'mysterious death' in hospital? I know I won't.