Posted on 10/01/2002 10:02:17 AM PDT by Northeast
But, New Jersey Voters Deserve a Choice!
Let me see if I have this correct.
On June 5th, 2002 the voters of New Jersey went to the polls in a State Primary election and chose to put Torricelli back on the November ballot. The State Democratic Party did not choose to run anyone against him in the primary, as they were happy whit the sitting Senator. So let the campaign begin, and let the voters begin to make a choice. He has an early lead over his Republican challenger Forrester.
July rolls around, Torricelli is leading in the Polls, and is scheduled to testify under oath in a Senate ethics probe. By the time early August arrives, the Senate ethics committee has issued a letter of admonition, Daschle releases a statement claiming the Torch is innocent, and the Democratic party circles the wagons around their choice for the November election. Forrester is pulling even in the Polls.
But then, in mid August, the wheels begin to come off the Torchs wagon. The voters of New Jersey begin reacting and Forrester moves into the lead in some polls. The choice of the Democratic Party begins to flounder. The party continues to support him, there is still plenty of time to replace him, but no one suggests it.
September. The debates begin, the charges fly. The voters focus on ethics and integrity and Torricelli is the choice of fewer and fewer voters. The deadline for replacing him on the ballot quietly slips by as the rhetoric heats up.
The week of September 23rd saw the Washington heavyweights come to town. President Bush campaigning for Forrester, and Daschle for the Democratic party choice, Torricelli. It also saw the release of more damaging evidence of the corruption of the Democratic party choice. By the time the weekend rolls around, its clear the electorate is choosing Forrester.
On September 30th, the Democratic party chooses to remove their candidate from the race, as it is apparent he has no chance to win - despite party heavyweights coming to town, attack ads, and the support of the Governor.
This morning, on October 1st the Democratic party - and indeed the Governor himself - were assaulting the media with a single coordinated message: The voters of New Jersey deserve a choice between two candidates from the major parties. We will go to court to give them that choice. Earth to Democrats! They did have the choice, and they werent choosing you. You chose to remove that selection from the voters yourselves.
The Democratic party took away the voters choice because they didnt like what the voters were saying. Now, in a spectacular do over bid, they will go before the New Jersey Supreme Court and request that they flout election laws in the middle of an election because they were losing.
And their argument is that the voters deserve a choice.
Do I have that right?
Regards
The "Dem Corruptors" football team is playing the "GOP Champions" on the Dem field, where they have a distinct advantage and have not lost for many years.
By the end of the 3rd quarter, the Dem Corruptors are down 20-10. The Dem Corrutors call a time out and appeal to the refs to stop the game and let them bring in a whole new team, the Dem Cheaters, to finish the game because -- and only because -- the Dem Corruptors are too tired and fear they will lose.
When the GOP Champions complain, the Dem Corrupters (and the announcers in the booth) argue that the paying fans (voters) will be cheated out of the rest of the game if a new team is not allowed to take the field.
The NFL would never allow this, Pee Wee footbal would not allow this. Explained in a simple way, the GOP should be able to steal back the 'fairness' issue. Otherwise, they will be portrayed by the Dems and the media as 'meanies' who have to go to the courts to prevent voter choice.
The voters do have a choice -- Torricelli -- it's just that nobody likes that choice.
Yes, and now the New Jersey electorate has a clear choice. They can chose to support a criminal and vote for the Democrat candidate, or they can vote Republican, or they can vote for the Green Party candidate.
Choices abound!
If the Democrat party didn't want to give the electorate such a clear choice (ethically challenged extortionist v. apparently honest businessman), then they should have worked harder to seat a better candidate in the primary.
Right now the electorate has a choice among three candidates. If the court allows the Democrats to remove Torrielli from the ballot, then there will still be two candidates running.
Will the Democrats argue that there is a constiutional right for the Democrat party to have a "viable" candidate on the ballot, and at the same time argue that they get to determine what "viable" means and when the "viability" means test gets applied?
It's so blatant it's sickening.
Regards
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Yes... :) Because they can.
You are too logical, you know. You make too much sense.
Regards, Jen
It's enough to make my chad dangle.
Exactly. And now they seek legal redress because they made a bad political decision. Using the courts to counteract stupidity. *daschle voice on* It's outrageous, outrageous /daschle.
Regards
No, it isn't Democracy.
It's Democratcy.
"The Democratic candidate owns 96% of the black votes, 81% of the Jewish votes, 69% of the Hispanic votes, 100% of the illegal alien votes (oops!). Any election result that does not have all of these votes for the Democratic candidate is "flawed", has failed to "count every vote", and cannot stand up against the will of the people".
You mean "count every democrat vote"
Can't let any of those pesky military ballots mess up the works, y'know.
Regards
But then we had the expert on dung, Harkin, who first denied everything about a tape of his Republican opponent's meeting, then fires a young staffer and finally his campaign manager. But.. his campaign people didn't know anything about it.
Two House Representatives, Bonior and McDermott, call the President a devious liar and praise Saddam while standing on Iraqi soil, this after Daschle and Gebhardt say they support war, just not this war, at least not now, they need more facts but they support the President by gosh!
Then just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Drudge lets us in on Bab's memo with Gephardt's name spelled wrong. It gets better yet! we have Babs and her fundraiser where she misquotes Shakesphere. (I bet she was never blonde!)
Yesterday we had the spectacle of a Senator who was severely admonished by his peers, weeping about how much good he had done, sniviling about his opponent not being fit for the job, whining that he couldn't come close to being as strong as his mentor Clinton, yearning to regain his life. So he's quitting. (But not quite yet.)
I mean.. It's only Tuesday!
Hey, how come the Dem's get to put two on the ballot, anyway?
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