Tension Between Nifong, Duke Sports Voice (DUKELAX)

ABC11 News Team ^ | November 7, 2006 | Tamara Gibbs

[Howlin]

DukeLAX Ping!!!

A little diversion tonight???

[JLS]

This can be our election thread?

[Enterprise]

"No," Harris said. "It's about honesty. You're not honest."

HA! BULLSEYE!

[Howlin]

Suuits me!

I'm going to try to watch the local news to see how he's doing.

Earlier today, they had pictures of him at the polls, smiling like an idiot.

[abb]

Linkback to old thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1732077/posts?page=320

[FormerACLUmember]

Nifong and his crackerjack staff of geniuses on the voter trail.

(My apologies to both Monty Python and the Spanish Inquistion for associating them with such a dirtbag as Nifong).

[Sue Perkick]

LOVE it!!

[DvdMom]

I really wish Nifong would go to jail for Obstruction Of Justice .

I am so so so sickened that Nifong still is doing everything shady all without having to answer to anyone . Nifong makes me ill .

This DA needs to go to jail , do not pass go , go Directly to Jail !

[Alia]

Yea... I heard something about Durham screwing up and so the entire state of NC's elections results are going to be later than they should.

Anyone hear about this?

[Howlin]

More:

Durham County voters will decide who is to be their next district attorney. This year, there are three names on the ballot -- current District Attorney Mike Nifong, Durham County Commissioner Lewis Cheek and write-in candidate Steve Monks.

The Duke lacrosse rape case has placed the race in the national spotlight. A woman claims she was raped by three members of the Duke lacrosse team at an off-campus party in March. Nifong is prosecuting the case. The three players indicted in the case have all claimed in interviews, including one on CBS's "60 Minutes" program, that they are innocent.

Nifong had a brief run-in at the polling place with Bob Harris, the play-by-play voice of the Blue Devils, when the prosecutor attempted to shake his hand. The radio announcer jumped into his car and was visibly upset when he noticed a television cameraman filming the exchange. He called county sheriff's deputies, who took no action after they arrived.

"The majority have been very friendly. There have been a few people who have not," a cheerful Nifong said later as he greeted voters in the parking lot of Temple Baptist Church. "There was one guy who came by with a lacrosse T-shirt. I didn't talk to him. I might have prejudged him. I'm not sure."

As he waved at a passing car, he noted with a grin: "That guy just looked at me and shook his head."

Nifong has insisted that the election should not be a referendum on the Duke case. But some voters made it clear that it was.

John Straffin, an information technology analyst at Duke, voted for Monks.

"It was just looking at what each person had to offer and what each person was standing for, and not him," Straffin said, nodding at Nifong nearby.

Cheek collected enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but now says he will not take the job. If Cheek wins, Gov. Mike Easley would likely have to appoint a new district attorney.

Cheek and Monks have said they are unhappy with the way Nifong handled the Duke lacrosse case, but neither has gone on the record saying they are ready to dismiss charges if they beat Nifong.


http://www.wral.com/news/10261400/detail.html

[maggief]

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, right, tries to approach Bob Harris, left, play-by-play announcer for the Duke Blue Devils, while visiting a polling location at Temple Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Harris refused to shake Nifong's hand. Nifong has lead the investigation into allegations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped a stripper at a team party. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)



Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, center, speaks with Judge David LaBarre, left, while visiting the Temple Baptist Church polling location in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Nifong has lead the investigation into allegations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped a stripper at a team party. In the background is Bob Harris, play-by-play announcer for the Duke Blue Devils, who refused to shake Nifong's hand earlier. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)



Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, right, speaks with Rosa S. Anderson while visiting a polling location at Temple Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. Nifong has lead the investigation into allegations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped a stripper at a team party. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)



Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong waves while visiting a polling location at Temple Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. A sheriff arrives at right after a call by Bob Harris, center, play-by-play announcer for the Duke Blue Devils, who was upset at being videotaped as Nifong tried to shake his hand. Nifong has led the investigation into allegations that three Duke University lacrosse players raped a stripper at a team party. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

[JustaCowgirl]

Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, right, tries to approach Bob Harris, left, play-by-play announcer for the Duke Blue Devils, while visiting a polling location at Temple Baptist Church in Durham, N.C.,

Visiting a polling location? Try ELECTIONEERING at a polling location.

That's probably what Harris called the sheriff about, the electioneering that Nifong and his scumbag supporters were doing right at the polling site. Good for you, Mr. Harris, it's all about that dirtbag's honesty is exactly right.

[Howlin]

He really is a doofus, isn't he? He doesn't have a clue.

I wonder where we can write to Bob Harris and thank him for standing up to him!

[rawhide]

It would not surprise me that NiFong was within 150ft of the precinct campaigning today, breaking the law today. This guy has no shame.

[luv2ski]

Those pictures must have been taken very early. It rained like heck all day in Durham.

[luv2ski]

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO One expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!!

[nopardons]

Does it look like Nifong will win?

[Alia]

Nifong is a consciousless dork. He's disgusting.

[Howlin]

No results yet, but I'm thinking he will.