The reaction of the French...
Posted on 08/15/2006 9:00:05 PM PDT by SmithL
Reno, Nev. -- Jimmy Carter's son, Jack Carter, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to face Republican U.S. Sen. John Ensign in November in Nevada, where voters also were picking candidates in a wide-open and sometimes-zany pair of primaries to replace popular Republican Gov. Kenny Guinn.
Carter claimed 80 percent of the vote in early returns to defeat political unknown Ruby Jee Tun of Carson City, a middle school science teacher. Ensign won with more than 90 percent of the vote over Ed "Fast Eddie" Hamilton of Las Vegas, a former Chrysler Corp. supervisor.
Tessa Hafen, former press secretary for Nevada's other senator, Democratic leader Harry Reid, won her party's nomination to face incumbent Republican Rep. Jon Porter in the 3rd Congressional District.
Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley cruised to victory in the 1st District, where three candidates were vying in the GOP primary.
Guinn, who is leaving office after eight years because of term limits, did not groom a hand-picked successor, locking candidates from both parties in brutal primary contests that included offbeat personal attacks using sock puppets, "Star Wars" parodies and Internet close-ups of an elephant's behind.
Five-term Rep. Jim Gibbons was the favorite in the Republican gubernatorial primary, and his wife was among the GOP candidates seeking his congressional seat.
Gibbons, a former military pilot, gave one of his GOP rivals some ammunition when he told a newspaper that he used his state Assembly office to get rehired by Delta Air Lines. (Gibbons says he misspoke.)
Las Vegas state Sen. Bob Beers responded with an Internet ad starring a sock puppet in a little suit and tie. "Hi there, I'm Congressman Gibbons," the sock puppet says. "I shook down Delta Air Lines."
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In response, Hezbollah has fired more rockets into Israel to celebrate Carter's victory.
Now the Republicans should run against his dad.
Removing the Shaw of Iran, 444 days of hostages and bringing theocracies back to the Middle East probably giving us today's Jihad from yesterdays misery index.
Okay. Someone has to tell.
Did they allow crossover voters?
If I was a republican, knowing that Ensign would sail through, I too would've voted for Carter.
Oh Pshaw, Pshaw! ;)
Oh God another Carter.It's kinda like the Kennedy family, the gift that keeps on giving !!!
Congratulations on your reelection, Senator Ensign.
That's a GREAT idea!
What's his middle name, Ass?
I didn't realize Carter had any offspring. That's a major disappointment.
Does he have a lucky rabbit's foot for Las Vegas? His dad is an expert on rabbits.
I remember the daughter, Amy Carter. She was the only one they ever showed while Jimmuh was president. Where did they find Jack ? And, I suppose, why did they find Jack? For that matter, can't we lose Jimmuh?
Only the good die young.............
Yeah, I thought Amy was it. That was bad enough. This is going to be a little indelicate, but has there been any decent presidential offspring since the Kennedy's? The Carters and Clintons gave us... well you know. I don't have to ruin everyone's supper.
Texas Eagle beat me to it on another thread.
My appolgies. I was thinking of the democrat side of the isle. The twins are nice looking women.
Oh Yeah, and he's scary looking, as bad or worse than the Peanut Dad!
Ok, freepers, where's that picture?
Fire away, Fellow FReepers!
Carter-Mondale Team Up to Boost Jack Carter's Senate Campaign
Former President Carter and his vice president, Walter Mondale, have joined forces to give verisimilitude to Carter's son, Jack's "back to the seventies" campaign theme. Jack Carter is seeking to unseat Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign.
The Carter-Mondale campaign event took place in Minnesota as a precautionary measure. It is duck season in Nevada and there were fears that the speeches given by Carter and Mondale might be misunderstood by trigger-happy duck hunters.
"My dad and Walter are treasured reminders of the happy days of 1970s America," Jack Carter said. "Those were humbler times for Americans. We shared shortages at home. We turned the other cheek abroad."
The cookout was marred when a fistfight broke out in the beer line. As part of the "back to the seventies" theme, beer was dispensed in five-ounce servings and partiers were required to observe an "odd/even" hour procedure--those whose Social Security numbers ended in an odd digit were allowed refills in the odd hours of the party, which ran from 4 to 7 p.m. The fight broke out near the end of the five o'clock hour amidst jostling for space in the line as the end of eligibility for "odds" neared.
"It wasn't fair," complained Bud Miller. "The 'evens' were getting two hours access to the beer to our one. I spent the whole hour in that line, but before I could get my 14th refill--5 ounces isn't really much of a drink--our hour was up. I thought, at least they'd serve everyone who was in line before the time ran out, but I was wrong. When this smug 'even' said 'rules are rules' I socked him."
Before the dispute could be resolved dozens had joined in. The 'odds' took several 'evens' hostage and tried to exchange them for unrestricted access to their own kegs of beer.
"I was one of the ‘odds,’ but I tried to mediate," said Jimmy Carter. "No one would listen to me. Walter got a black eye--he was one of the 'evens' taken hostage. Eventually, the police came and busted up the party. Still, it brought back memories."
Despite the unexpected expenses resulting from the fight, Jack Carter said he was hopeful that it would yield a net gain for his campaign, at least for now. Many of the attendees were lawyers and a spate of lawsuits can be anticipated.
"I don't worry about possible lawsuits," said Carter. "At the pace our courts move, by the time a judgment could be reached my campaign will be out of money anyway."
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