Upon careful reflection, one can only conclude that bringing in 'Smokin' Joe' Frazier, whether or not he did in fact assault the mother of one of his sons, is a brilliant strategy employed to attract the hardly insignificant Patriarch segment of the electorate in Maine!
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Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, 60, was arrested in February 2004 and charged with simple assault and reckless endangerment. According to Philadelphia cops, Smokin' Joe's victim was the 44-year-old mother of one of his sons.
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"Violence is extremely common in the family; wife battering and incest provide two instances of this principle. If spousal abuse were included in the FBI's figures on assault, its incidence would increase by over 20 times.
Patriarchy lies at the core of wife beating."
Erich Goode, Ph.D, in DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
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