Posted on 11/01/2004 7:55:51 PM PST by eddiebear
November 01, 2004 Live Report From Courtroom A Mr. Jordan was just testifying at the hearing in Daschle's lawsuit to stop poll watching. He worked for Howard Dean in Iowa. He said that poll watchers would "roll their eyes" and make a "negative face" at times and that, in his opinion, this constituted "intimidation" of voters. See SDP for a look at the complaint.
UPDATE: Another report on Daschle's first witness, the Howard Dean worker. He's a lawyer from Virginia who works for Lexis-Nexis and has been in South Dakot for 48 hours. He testified to "note-taking" and "faces" being made. He said nothing was said to voters and nobody was disenfranchised. They are taking a short break before the next witness. Lawyers in the courtroom think this is an absurd joke. SDP calls it "The Death Rattle of Daschle's Political Career."
UPDATE: SDP has some more information on the judge, including this comment from Daschle at the American TRIAL LAWYERS Association convention:
First, I got my start in politics thanks to lawyers... rather, one lawyer in particular. In 1978, I won my first election to the House by 14 votes. Don’t laugh, in South Dakota, that’s 60 percent of the vote. Apparently undaunted by that landslide of support, my opponent sued to contest the election. I was fortunate to be represented by a great lawyer and a dear friend, Larry Piersol. It took one year and 21 days, but here I am 25 years later. UPDATE: Daschle rests. Cancels other witness because first one got destroyed. Dismissal requested by Republicans. Dismissal denied.
Maybe shining a light on these cockroaches will make them be honest. (Doubt it, really.)
"Your Honor, why is it okay to have UN election monitors but not American?"
That burns my backside more than anything. Feeling like a Dean scream!
More liberal one-world BS.
Think I'm gonna mellow out with the Dallas rally for President Bush on C-Span. He just got done giving an absolutely knock it out of the ballpark speech.
Toby Keith and others performing.
Gotta awake bright-eyed and "Bushie-tailed" in the a.m. to vote!
Minnesota's going GW!
I think the Judge clearly realizes that he is wading in deep ethics waters. He comment about "websites" is revealing. Amazing what a little light can do isn't it?
Cool!
Liberals and cockroaches both scurry for cover and shadow when the BIGHT LIGHTS are on them.
UPDATE: The judge is now in chambers and will be ruling in 20 minutes.
UPDATE: The only testimony for Daschle was the Howard Dean supporter who had no evidence of intimidation. No voter or country official testified to intimidation. It was also noted that the judge accepted testimony via telephone in the case and Daschle could still produce no testimony of intimidation.
Rats tend to scatter in daylight.
That said, my dad knows this guy really well (and despises him privately, and that's something 'cause my dad loves people).
I really don't think deep ethics waters would bother Judge Piersol. Like most rats he is morally "right" in his own mind. I tend to think he'd go with his sorry guts to sway this election.
I could be wrong, and I hope I am.
Then why couldn't we get an injuction againt that God awful ruling about poll watchers in Ohio?
Ripeness. The dispute is not 'ripe' (timely available to the court's jurisdiction) until it has become an actual problem. An appellate court would never rule prospectively against a lower court's possible misjudgment.
WHAT ???
How exactly is someone gonna testify and SWEAR over a phone ??
If he rules for Daschle and it stands ... I shudder to think where we are gonna be in 4 years.
What a pathetic and fitting end to Tiny Tom's political career.
This is less about whether 50 extra fraudulant Indians get to vote, and more about Daschle staging a media stunt to try to shake things up a bit. Daschle just didn't like the way the jello was jelling apparently.
Don't be too sure. With no one watching you can sure put more than 50 votes on the tab.
If he's hearing evidence and there has not been a challenge or a recusal motion, its probably a little bit late to bring one now.
The judge is going to rule this morning just before voting opens - to late to contest.
Just wear a cowboy hat. This will cause all the leftists to freak since obviously an ordinary cowboy hat is just to scare those who support Kerry's desire to curry favor with france, which is obviously scared of cowboys.
Most likely the Thune lawyers are drafting appeal papers at the ready to take up on appeal immediatly just in case.
Actually thanks to FR SPECIFICALLY, I think Nov 2 will have an INSTANTANEOUS news cycle which NONE of the networks will be able to match.
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