Will Clinton or Obama call for an investigation into the D.C. Madam's suicide?

[Freddie Stubbs]

There appears to be a large number of DUers who are skeptical that Ms. Palfrey took her life. Will Clinton and Obama give a voice to DUer's concerns on this issue?

[Joe the Revelator]

1. I hope not

I don't think either candidate needs to focus on that. Too many real issues are being ignored as is.

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. The possible murder of a wistleblower by the government isn't a real issue?

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

2. Are you kidding? No. I'd like to hear about the Pentagon and I haven't...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x356393

[mucifer]

3. I'd rather see an investigation into what goes on in the Marianas Islands

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/09/real.delay/

"Moved by the sworn testimony of U.S. officials and human-rights advocates that the 91 percent of the workforce who were immigrants -- from China, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh -- were being paid barely half the U.S. minimum hourly wage and were forced to live behind barbed wire in squalid shacks minus plumbing, work 12 hours a day, often seven days a week, without any of the legal protections U.S. workers are guaranteed, Murkowski wrote a bill to extend the protection of U.S. labor and minimum-wage laws to the workers in the U.S. territory of the Northern Marianas.

So compelling was the case for change the Alaska Republican marshaled that in early 2000, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Murkowski worker reform bill.

But one man primarily stopped the U.S. House from even considering that worker-reform bill: then-House Republican Whip Tom DeLay.

According to law firm records recently made public, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, paid millions to stop reform and keep the status quo, met personally at least two dozen times with DeLay on the subject in one two-year period. The DeLay staff was often in daily contact with Abramoff."

[Blue_In_AK]

6. The uber corrupt Don Young, R-Alaska,

of Coconut Road fame, was also instrumental in killing the Marianas legislation -- particularly strange that he would hold up a bill that had been put forward by a Republican senator from his own state. Probably the one good thing that Frank Murkowski tried to do while he was down there. Don Young is shameful.

[rwheeler31]

4. no

[madeline_con]

5. Yes, immediately! Like the steroid crap, it should take

center stage! :puke:

[The Magistrate]

7. No, Sir, They Will Not

[Lucky 13]

8. That's a matter for the DA.

It's a suicide of a scandalous public figure. I assume there's already an investigation going on.

:shrug:

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. Do you trust the Pinellas County's Republican prosecutor to do a thorough and honest job?

:shrug:

[Lucky 13]

15. It's part of the process. He/she will conduct their investigation.

The FBI will likely be in on it too considering her involvement with so many public figures. My point is that we need to see how the justice system plays out and THEN if we aren't satisfied that it was done well, take steps from there. But you don't automatically swoop in and take the investigation away from local police and DAs. Not a good way to operate.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

9. no

they wont

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. Are you going for the Contra DUzy? Or whichever award is for being unintentionally

facetious?

:shrug:

[emilyg]

11. You are kidding - right?

[anigbrowl]

12. Not likely. I'm not buying the conspiracy theory...

because it's very hard to hang someone against their will; a pathologist would be able to tell if there had been a struggle or other injury involved. I do think it's a strong argument against the illegality of prostitution though.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Will you tell us the real reason you posted this?

Doubt it, but some here are wising up.

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. I am curious to know what DUers' thoughts were on their prefered candidates' possible actions on

this issue.

There was a lot of discussion on this woman's death yesterday, but little on how it may impact the presidential campaign.