Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:18 PM

SOTU Speech - Congress admits they're criminals ?

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10:00 p.m. ET – Obama: "Send me a bill that bans insider trading by Members of Congress, and I will sign it tomorrow."

Drew applause from members of both parties.

Am I reading into this wrong or does the applause mean they actually are acknowledging they're criminals ?

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SOTU Speech - Congress admits they're criminals ? (Original post)	TatonkaJames	Jan 2012	OP
They don't get punished for their crimes so why should they hide them? nt	valerief	Jan 2012	#1
"Send me a bill that bans insider trading by Members of Congress"	DJ13	Jan 2012	#2
Per Rachel, they had a bill in the works after a 6O minutes expose.	emulatorloo	Jan 2012	#4
gosh no! crooks in congress? no WAY!	unblock	Jan 2012	#3
No. It means they're acknowledging that the law doesn't make it a crime	onenote	Jan 2012	#5
What probably went through their heads as they stood up	Ravens Light	Jan 2012	#6
or, 'oh wow I just crapped in my pants'	lovemydog	Jan 2012	#7

Response to TatonkaJames (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:21 PM

valerief (35,729 posts)

1. They don't get punished for their crimes so why should they hide them? nt

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Response to TatonkaJames (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:22 PM

DJ13 (21,433 posts)

2. "Send me a bill that bans insider trading by Members of Congress"

Congress has long permitted (encouraged?) insider trading among their members.

Its only against the law outside those hallowed halls.

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Response to DJ13 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:28 PM

emulatorloo (24,437 posts)

4. Per Rachel, they had a bill in the works after a 6O minutes expose.

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Bipartisan support, but then it just kinda petered out.

That's what Obama was referring to

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Response to TatonkaJames (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 11:27 PM

unblock (23,850 posts)

3. gosh no! crooks in congress? no WAY!

they're eager to pass a nicely titled bill that can't be reasonably enforced to give them that thin veneer of legitimacy every con artist craves.

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Response to TatonkaJames (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:28 AM

onenote (22,032 posts)

5. No. It means they're acknowledging that the law doesn't make it a crime

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for members of Congress to do something that would be a crime when others do it. I have no idea how many of those applauding actually have engaged in insider trading. Do you? Maybe most of those applauding don't do it and want those that do to be stopped.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012, 01:39 AM

Ravens Light (11 posts)

6. What probably went through their heads as they stood up

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"Oh god the cameras, I don't want to be caught sitting down!"

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Response to Ravens Light (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:04 AM

lovemydog (1,588 posts)

7. or, 'oh wow I just crapped in my pants'

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