NYC mayoral candidate Christine Quinn boasted about OWS arrest

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NY Times: "A City Where Campaign Posters Can Promote Past Arrests":

As the Occupy Wall Street movement sets off a national conversation about protests and social change, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and the best-known of the likely Democratic candidates, has gone out of her way to say that she has been arrested “numerous times” for civil disobedience and therefore understands the importance of protecting free speech rights.

Ms. Quinn, who routinely faces questions about whether her efforts to woo the business community have weakened her allegiance to liberal causes, had particular reason to emphasize her history of being handcuffed for a cause. But it turns out that she is not alone among the hopefuls in being able to flaunt a record of arrests.

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1. You know the paradigm is shifting

... when politicians start bragging about how many times they've been arrested.

-- Mal

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2. What abt darrell issa?

One of few mbrs of congress who were elected despite a criminal record. He also lied about his army service.