Posted on 09/24/2008 4:21:39 AM PDT by NCDragon
OLYMPIA — The state Democratic Party filed suit Tuesday in an attempt to force Dino Rossi to list his party preference as "Republican" on the November ballot instead of "GOP Party."
Democrats say the Iraq War and low approval ratings for President Bush have left the Republican Party a damaged brand and that Rossi is trying to distance himself by using GOP as his affiliation.
Rossi is running against Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire. He lost to Gregoire by 133 votes in the 2004 election, and polls show this race to be close as well.
Polls by Stuart Elway have suggested many people don't know that GOP and Republican mean the same thing. One recent Elway poll indicated Rossi did better among voters if he used the "GOP" label instead of "Republican."
"There's no question we were shocked by the Elway poll," state Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz said, adding that an internal poll by the party had a similar finding.
"We believe the law is being broken, and we're asking the court to step in and fix it," he said.
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They are shocked that their work in the public school system to produce a dumber population has worked so effectively?
Repubs should sue to make Gregoire use “Socialist” label.
The Dems stole this election 4 years ago... who thinks it’s going to be any different this time around?
Maybe he should try “Not DemocRAT”. It’d be interesting to see how the ‘rats liked that one.
Have we actually inbred so much that we are now below the intellect of our domesticated animals?
Surely we can't blame it only on our education system.
What!?!?!
Who says that Clay Aiken is a homosexual?
I would have never guessed. ;0]
What about the low approval rating of the Democrat party. Are republican doing nothing to take back the house and senate?
GOP Party?!
“Grand Old Party” Party?
Weird.
I guess this means they’ll have to “find more ballots in the broom closet” again.
Any lawyers out there want to help me sue the Democrat party? We all know they are really Socialists with a Smiley Face Fascist twist!
She better be ready to file a suit against all the other Republican candidates Statewide who on their yard signs use GOP.
Good grief. GOP has been used for 100 years.
This, from the folks that elevated recount to the status of do it till you find the double secret 133 votes that put you over the top.
Lie and sue are some of the qualifications to be a member of the Democratic party.
Leave it to Gregoire to unleash the same lawyers who helped her still the election.
I recommend a survey at every polling place; those who do not know that the GOP is Republican will be automatically disqualified from voting because they are too ‘STOO-ped’ to be trusted!
It is like FedEx Express. People are foolish.
This has to be Satire..
I noticed that. I wonder if Dino uses an ATM machine (automatic teller machine machine), and has a hot water heater. If elected, perhaps he'll establish a Department of Redundancy Department.
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