Judge's ruling keeps DeLay on ballot

Houston Chronicle ^ | July 06, 2006 | R.G. Ratcliffe

[keithtoo]

How in the heck can a judges ruling be 'confirmed' by an opponent??? The Houston Chronicle is a silly lib-rag.

[Gay State Conservative]

Two words.....Bob Toricelli.

[rhombus]

Can DeLay win? :-)

[AntiGuv]

Ping!!

[MNJohnnie]

But Democrats are allowed to remove a NJ Democrat Senate canidate from the ballot 7 days prior to the state wide election.

[Gay State Conservative]

How in the heck can a judges ruling be 'confirmed' by an opponent???

I was wondering the same thing.I guess it'[s because democRATS are the Keepers of Everything True,Honest and Moral.

[Mike Darancette]

Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Amber Moon.

Far Out.

It would be so funny if DeLay won.

[stylin_geek]

And Lautenburg became Senator because the Democrats did what?
Of course, that's in the past, we're talking about now.....

[RabidBartender]

"U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, a Republican appointee, ruled that DeLay must appear..."

I wonder if the writer would have mentioned it if the judge were a Democrat appointee. He seems to think adding that Sparks is a Republican appointee adds weight to his story.

[Petronski]

If the appeal fails, he should campaign and win. That would be a schadenfreudische feast!

[goldstategop]

Its funny. The Democrats wanted to get rid of DeLay, then decided they couldn't live without him!

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[shield]

It'll probably end up at Texas SC, and he'll be removed from the ballot. Don't ya know a dimwit can't win honestly. So we always end up in court.

[Still Thinking]

Stop that. Now I need a new keyboard.

[rface]

screw it. Delay should run.

I'll send him $100 if he says "........the courts won't let me quit. I am going to run and I am going to win!"

[SolidSupplySide]

But Democrats are allowed to remove a NJ Democrat Senate canidate from the ballot 7 days prior to the state wide election.

DeLay can get off the ballot if he wants by withdrawing. He won't do that.

[AntiGuv]

This is a federal court case, so if there's a supreme ruling it'll be from the U.S. Supreme Court.

[mtbopfuyn]

Thanks. I've made my decision on how I'm voting, heehee.

[Elpasser]

I GUARANTEE you that the Fifth Circuit will overturn this ruling.

There is no way they're going to allow a MAJORITY republican district to be disenfranchised by not having a Republican on the ballot!

Sparks can't see the forest for the trees.

[SolidSupplySide]

There is no way they're going to allow a MAJORITY republican district to be disenfranchised by not having a Republican on the ballot!

Did you not even read the headline? DeLay is on the ballot.