Posted on 06/28/2006 3:49:28 PM PDT by AntiGuv
ping!
If a Democrat did this we'd be calling it BS, which it is.
We denounced it when Toricelli and the Dems pulled something like this, so I hope we're going to live by our principles and not dance around and make excuses just because someone we like is doing it now.
Just ask Senator Lautenberg.
"He's kind of a lightning rod we use to drum up support," said Bailey."
IOW, "It takes a lot of time and effort to weave a web of lies a distortions about someone as intricately has we've done with Tom DeLay. We can't accompish that on another candidate overnight, ya know. The judge needs to take that into account!"
The Houston Chronicle is a useless rag.
Like most moron reporters they print half a story.
Place this next to Gina Holland's "Court Nixes Part of Texas Redistricting Map"
Torricelli didn't move out of state or anything of the kind; he is still a NJ resident. He simply withdrew. DeLay went to great lengths to make himself ineligible. There is a difference.
If I lived in Virginia, I couldn't run for office in Texas.
§ 145.001. METHOD FOR WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE.
(a) To withdraw from an election, a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot must request that the candidate's name be omitted from the ballot.
(b) To be effective, a withdrawal request must:
(1) be in writing and be signed and acknowledged by the candidate; and
(2) be timely filed with the appropriate authority as provided by this code.
(c) A withdrawal request filed by mail is considered to be filed at the time of its receipt by the appropriate authority.
(d) The time of a withdrawal is the time that an effective withdrawal request is filed.
(e) This section does not apply to a candidate for president or vice-president of the United States
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How could DeLay have withdrawn if he didn't do it by writing? It doesn't appear a judge may administratively withdraw a candidate.
Good point!
Indeed. This type of election abuse would only be tolerated in New Jersey where Toricelli was replaced by Lautenberg because the Judge said the people had the right to a competetive race. But like I said, it is only allowed in New Jersey.
I wouldn't have said a word had Torricelli dropped out during the time period in which NJ law allowed candidates to be replaced on the ballot. What made the Torricelli-Lautenberg switch illegal was that it took place quite close to Election Day, after the deadline for replacing a candidate.
There's nothing prohibiting you from doing that. You just have to be an inhabitant of Texas on election day.
If he's moved, he's moved and thus ineligible. Delay should have pulled out before the primary of course. But I doubt he'd go to the trouble and expense of moving to Virginia if this were just a stunt.
I thought it was terrible at the time that DeLay went through the primary and then withdrew. If we lose that seat because of DeLay withdrawing, I don't want to ever see him praised on this site again. He has left Texas Republicans at the mercy of a judge. The Democrat could win by default. What happens if the House comes down to a one seat margin? Are people still going to praise DeLay?
Be careful what you wish for Mr. Blivit!
Ask yourself what happens if DeLay is left on the ballot and he wins!!!!
Tom Delay will take his seat in Congress.
Of course there's a difference between the circumstances, but would DeLay be saying he "moved to Virginia" if it wasn't a stunt?
He's a Texan, and he represented a district in Texas. Playing with technicalities is beneath him, or should be. He should face up to reality and be honest. I thought Republicans were about honesty and integrity, but playing with the rules like this sure doesn't make him seem abny different from Toricelli, and I think you know what I mean, technical details aside.
Two lessons from this possible disaster. One, never rely on a presumption of a judge's good sense. Two, De Lay should have lied his ass off about where he expects to move, etc.
I'd give the headline writer an "A" for provocativity.
The Dems should file suit to have judges declare all the Republican candidates involuntarily "withdrawn" LOL!
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