Talk:Gary Condit

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Is the South Park reference needed?

Is the South Park reference needed? This article is fairly short and should an article about a controversial congressman need to contain a comment like this? --- Yetiwriter

It's directly related to the controversy. Condit probably wouldn't even warrant a page if it wasn't for the Chandra Levy incident. South Park captures a contemporary perspective that is relevant to the American cultural view of current events. The comment is a link so this paragraph captures a perspective for posterity.

Wikipedia is not a perspective of "American cultural view of current events" for posterity. A U.S. Congressman who serves more than decade in congress absolutely warrants a biography, replete with details (including those related to any scandals). With or without the Chandra Levy incident (and subsequent mockery on an American cartoon show), Gary Condit warrants a page here. The reference to South Park is acceptable as trivia. But Wikipedia does itself a grave disservice if it becomes a clearinghouse for pop culture references at the expense of historical information. Articles are better when fleshed-out with details relevant to the subject, rather than a string of trivial pop culture references. 66.17.118.207 20:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What about Barry Colvert?

Why does the main article omit references to the polygraph examinations privately administered by retired FBI consultant Barry Colvert? It took hours to perform the polygraph test, and even though it seemed to serve his purposes well enough (and was used to apparently good effect by Condit as a public relations ploy), it was never actually admitted to evidence.

Barry Colvert was more than an FBI consultant. He was also an instructor in a class that trained people to administer polygraph examinations professionally, especially in terms of uncovering individuals unsuited for work in classified operations.

How did Barry Colvert become an FBI consultant? What were his qualifications? Under what circumstances did he choose to retire?

Conflicting Police statements?

If I recall correctly, this became Condit's Albatross because he initially gave police conflicting stories about his relationship with Levy. It allegedely took him awhile to admit to police that he had a relationship with her and this is why the police latched on to him as a suspect. Have the police depositions ever been made public? Tbeatty 18:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Guilty or not?

So what's the deal here? Did Condit kill her or not? --StevenL 23:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody except him knows for sure. Maybe we never will know. Grand master ka 00:19, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. --StevenL 13:41, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging in Anne Marie Smith

Hi, I've proposed merging the article on Anne Marie Smith into this article, because she's really not notable enough on her own to warrent a whole article, and her only relevance is to Gary Condit's life. --JennyRad 18:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't think that's necessary. --Paulc1001 18:10, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I vote to merge. She is completely unknown beyond her relationship with Condit, and even then, her notoriety is tenuous. CagedRage 19:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't, The Smith article adds nothing of value. Chris.read