DeLay has to stay on the ballot

[Dionysos]

D'oh!

Full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060706/..._s_replacement

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Republican Party must keep Tom DeLay's name on the November ballot, even though the former congressman has dropped his re-election bid, a federal judge ruled Thursday.


DeLay, the former House majority leader who resigned June 9 and is under indictment, won the Republican primary for his district in March but decided against re-election a month later.


He is awaiting trial on money laundering and conspiracy charges connected to the financing of Texas legislative campaigns in 2002 with alleged illegal corporate money.


GOP leaders want another Republican to replace DeLay on the ballot and say state election law allows them to select one because DeLay has moved out of Texas. Democrats sued the Republicans to try to block them from picking a replacement nominee.

[e-brake]

lol owned by the election laws that he helped put into place.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by e-brake

lol owned by the election laws that he helped put into place.

yeah, apparently there was an identicle issue (*) where the GOP was on the otherside and demanded that the DNC keep a guy on the ballot

came back to bite them in the ass


hooray partisan bullshit




*http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLI...rricelli.race/

[transplant]

hahahaha

[R_TYPE]

greatness

[e-brake]

Last week, Delay said that if he has to remain on the ballet then he will give the democrats exactly what they want and re-run for election (that the polls show he will still win despite being a known crook)

[PETA]

Originally Posted by e-brake

Last week, Delay said that if he has to remain on the ballet then he will give the democrats exactly what they want and re-run for election (that the polls show he will still win despite being a known crook)

I heard that too - and that he'd resign immediately if elected.... though there was some debate (read - I can't remember the conclusion) as to who got to appoint the person to fill the resigned seat which obviously would be a controlling issue

[Dionysos]

Originally Posted by xian

I heard that too - and that he'd resign immediately if elected.... though there was some debate (read - I can't remember the conclusion) as to who got to appoint the person to fill the resigned seat which obviously would be a controlling issue

Sadly, those in his district will probably re-elect him because they'd rather have a crook than a Democrat.

Houston is retarded.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

Sadly, those in his district will probably re-elect him because they'd rather have a crook than a Democrat.

Houston is retarded.

I'd bet they'd rather have a different Republican on the ballot if they could - that being the case they'll still vote for the Republican.

You and I have acknowledged this here several times and the Houston case is just another example. The GOP sucks ass in pretty much every way you could care to name. However, the DNC is so horribly divided (that they'd not support a man that they recently ran for #2 speaks volumes - Lieberman) and adrift that they cannot formulate a policy or unified plan (when are they going to release that anyway?) to take the country in the right direction such that it convinces enough people to walk away from the GOP which we all agree is a fucking nightmare. When the DNC (or any party in minority) is that weak it hurts the country because it permits the GOP (or party in majority) to fuck shit up without any semblence of restraint. Hops off soapbox shaking head goin' down that road feeling bad

[Dionysos]

I don't think the Houstonians(Houstonites?) really give a crap what the Dems have to say, they're voting Republican even if the Dems said they were for the war, banning gay marriage, against flag burning, and hated illegals. I think the Dems are starting to show signs of a cohesive message, but they do have work to do. At least a couple of them(Murtha, Feingold) are starting to show some spine. That's more than we could expect from them a year or two ago.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

I don't think the Houstonians(Houstonites?) really give a crap what the Dems have to say, they're voting Republican even if the Dems said they were for the war, banning gay marriage, against flag burning, and hated illegals. I think the Dems are starting to show signs of a cohesive message, but they do have work to do. At least a couple of them(Murtha, Feingold) are starting to show some spine. That's more than we could expect from them a year or two ago.

I think Murtha's stepped in a bit. Declaring soldiers guilty of crimes prior to doing any due dilligence at all is a bit stupid (even if he turns out to be right) - that stinks to much of opportunism (certainly a bi-partisan disease but imo he picked his subject poorly) blah blah blah

Feingold - I've always disagreed with him on everything - especially when I lived in WI. But, he says what he means and means what he says and I can at least respect that.

anway - I find the DNC's fundamental principles at odds with my own but I still wish they'd get it together and force the GOP to do the same

[Dionysos]

Murtha may be opportunistic or he may know more than we know, time will tell. His service record with the Marines lends me to believe the latter, but I'll wait until the investigation is complete before making my decision. Nonetheless, at least he's a voice of dissent from the left that might actually have some weight to throw around. It's nice to see the GOP on the defensive for once.

[PETA]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

Nonetheless, at least he's a voice of dissent from the left that might actually have some weight to throw around. It's nice to see the GOP on the defensive for once.

agreed with the notion that there are welcome rising voices (even when I disagree with them) - but the GOP's been on the defensive for a long time - they're just so bad at it and it's been going on so long that we don't much notice (or, sadly, care)