Talk:Spencer Bachus

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Image may violate WP:NOR and WP:V

Where did Image:SpenceBachusPC.png come from? How was it derived? Where is the source detailing the data that was measured? How were this politician's voting record converted to data along the two axes of the graph?

This image is suspiciously similar to the Libertarian-slanted chart derived from the World's Smallest Political Quiz. While I may agree with the conclusion portrayed in the image, without any verifiable source describing how the measurement was made to create this image, it violates Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Verifiability. =Axlq 05:35, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I see someone just removed it as a violation of WP:OR. Thanks. =Axlq 02:51, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Bachus Rule

The Bachus Rule refers to a proposed law that rules out profit-making in the stock market by members of the financial services committee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.159.47 (talk) 01:22, 20 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Unsubstantiated claims

Someone placed an "unsubstantiated claim" tag on the article, but neglected to post the issue here. Everything now appears to be cited properly, so I'll remove the tag. Cactusframe (talk) 03:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the article still is lacking (cited) sources; there is no way that this is a "B" class article, and I've downgraded its assessment accordingly. And if I cared more, I'd remove the non-neutral wording that is unsourced ("active legislator", "reputation for good constituent service", "distinguished himself on foreign policy"). -- John Broughton (♫♫) 19:48, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

False Accusation.

<st>"In 2007, Bachus was falsely accused of insider trading. He was subsequently cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics."

I don't like this because I feel it is biased. Being cleared of a crime doesn't imply a false accusation, it just means that in the court of law you're not guilty of it. This might seem like somewhat of a small difference, but I think it's significant. Additionally, this seems to accuse the person who brought the accusation of malfeasance, which might qualify as libel. So I'm going to remove the word, "falsely" and have the wording:

"In 2007, Bachus was accused of insider trading and was subsequently cleared by the Office of Congressional Ethics."

I thought about using "but" instead of "and", but this seems to imply that Bachus was guilty in my mind.

--James (talk) 10:42, 4 May 2014 (UTC)</st>[reply]

On second look, based on the actual determination by the investigation, the original wording is the correct one. James (talk) 10:46, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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