Posted on 08/07/2020 5:54:53 AM PDT by Haiku Guy
The Torricelli Switch Pool Thread.
Background: Back in 2002, NJ Senator Robert Torricelli was headed for defeat. He was corrupt in a particularly oily and obnoxious way, which was unacceptably offensive, even to New Jersey voters, which is saying a lot.
On October 30, 2020, Torricelli dropped out of the race, long past the ballot closing deadline, and the NJ Democrat Party sued in the NJ Supreme Court to be permitted to substitute another name on the ballot. Eventually they prevailed, and the Democrats nominated retired NJ Senator Frank Lautenberg, who won by a large margin.
The Rules:
Pick a date and time. Closest to the actual date of the official announcement that Joe Biden is withdrawing from the race wins. No Price Is Right rules. Closest over or under wins.
Tiebreaker: Pick the person who will replace Biden on the ticket, after a long protracted legal struggle which will end when John Roberts knifes the Republican Party in the back... again!
“One of these things is not like the others.”
Pelosi? - the only one who doesn’t bring to mind something with the beam of a battleship?
September 12th - 11:36 am.
The new nominee - Jay Z.
September 30th
Tiebreaker Kamala Harris
Torricelli laid low with his bankroll for a few years. Then was appointed by a Federal judge to be the ombudsman for a major $800 million dollar, federally-funded, environmental cleanup project in NJ. He was officially put in charge of making sure everything was conducted legit. He made sure there were no financial shenanigans between the politicians, the unions, the hauling companies, the developers, the truckers, the environmental companies - basically the all-star team of old school New Jersey mob players.
Bob was assigned to this role by a Clinton-appointed judge, who was nominated for the federal bench by a US Senator named - Bob Torricelli.
That would be the ONLY time he’d actually run to win the job.
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