{"id":3204,"date":"2002-07-25T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2002-07-25T21:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2002-07-25T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2002-07-25T21:22:17","slug":"throw_the_bum_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/25\/throw_the_bum_o.html","title":{"rendered":"Throw the bum out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe it was just to prove they have moral and ethical standards, or maybe it was really because they were outraged (either by his past actions or his current behavior), but the House of Representatives has voted 420-1 to expel Traficant<\/a>, only the second Rep to be kicked out since the Civil War.<\/p>\n

On an amusing note, the one dissenting vote was from that paragon of virtue, Gary Condit.<\/p>\n

(Via Quiddity<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe it was just to prove they have moral and ethical standards, or maybe it was really because they were outraged (either by his past actions or his current behavior),…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136419,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/12\/but-arent-leaks-wrong.html","url_meta":{"origin":3204,"position":0},"title":"But aren’t leaks wrong?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 12-May-18 8:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the dangers of these polarized times, and of the 2- or 3-Sigma behavior of Trump and his Administration, is that it invites similarly extreme opposition, and acceptance of behavior of that is generally frowned upon, justified as \"Well, Trump is an ass-hat, and so are the people who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sarah-huckabee-sanders.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":134924,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/04\/costly-colleges-engrossed-endowments.html","url_meta":{"origin":3204,"position":1},"title":"Costly colleges and engrossed endowments","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Oct-17 3:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As someone growing ever-more-aware of the cost of an undergraduate education at a high-class liberal arts school, this article struck home. 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