McClintock shut out of voter's guide: Republican candidate loses last-minute Supreme Court appeal

Worldnetdaily ^ | August 30, 2003 | Art Moore

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By Art Moore © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom McClintock, who trails only Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante in opinion polls, is barred from publishing a position statement in the voter's guide for the Oct. 7 recall election because he did not fill out the required form according to guidelines.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

[Kevin Curry]

Oh well, nobody reads those things anyway.

True. But Arnold is a wealthy and famous Hollywood actor. In this most superficial sense alone, he's another Ronald Reagan.

Does anything else even matter?

Certainly the issues--e.g., gun control. abortion, gay marriage, big government entitlement programs, illegal immigrant amnesty, environmental extremism--don't matter. If Arnold champions them, they Schwarzpubbies will cheerfully follow his lead. The Schwarzepubbies have admitted as much.

[nwrep]

McClintock looks like a moron in this. I am disappointed in him.

[DB]

"The 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled Thursday McClintock had the right to amend his form, but it did not see evidence the document was turned in on time. Due to a mixup, the court did not receive a faxed copy of McClintock's form, which shows he submitted it to the secretary of state's office before the deadline."

Just from the above the secretary of state's office acted improperly by refusing to accept his ammended form.

The "mixup" is undefined as to who was responsible for it. If it was delivered to the court as requested but the court's staff failed to get it to the judge then how is that McClintock's fault?

[nwrep]

McClintock looks like a moron in this. I am disappointed in him.

[Kevin Curry]

McClintock looks like a moron in this. I am disappointed in him

And Schwarzenegger is a moron. A lecherous, big-government moron.

That speaks volumes about his supporters.

[blackbart1]

"....Schwartanazi...."

Your posting is far below the level of discourse expected in this forum. Please continue to post after you grow up.

Your posting is far below the level of discourse expected in this forum. Please continue to post after you grow up.

[wita]

Thanks for the explanation, I wondered.

[Atlas Sneezed]

This happened recently in Oregon when a Dem-appointed liberal supreme court justice facing a credible challenge from a conservative failed to submit his on time.

The Dem Secretary of State waived the deadline for his pal.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Rest assured,the RINOS are drinking from the same trough as Bustamonte on this.

[Dave S]

But McClintock insists this technicality is superceded by his First Amendment right to communicate his platform to the voters.

Is this an example of strict constructionist thinking? Where in the Constitution is there a first ammendment right to be heard. The first ammendment is for the press, not the politicians.

Is this failing to know and follow the laws of the state of California the profound competence and unsurpassed knowledge of government that McClintock supposedly brings to the party over his challengers?

[RGSpincich]

If it was delivered to the court as requested but the court's staff failed to get it to the judge then how is that McClintock's fault?

It should have been at court with the attorneys AND submitted with the briefs. It is unimaginable that pertinent information like that would be not be included in the briefs. The court had to request it? That's nuts. That in itself probably convinced the judge that McClintock had made previous fatal errors in the candidate's submission of paperwork.

It is also unimaginable that McClintock did not know the ramifications of not agreeing to adhere to the campaign spending limits. That's what caused the whole problem.

He's not well organized or well versed on campaign law.

[mac_truck]

career politicians never seem to think the rules apply to them personally. I wonder if Bill Simon would have made this mistake?

[Dave S]

If McClintok is petty enough to sue about this, I am disappointed. Hell, it's not like they are trying to keep his name off the ballot, is it?

Doesnt this voter guide also tell the potential voter WHERE on the ballot McClintock's name will be placed to help the voter find it? If true, McClintock may have really shot himself in the foot. Without this knowledge, some voters may get frustrated and vote for someone else or fail to vote on part 2. At the least this will require McBlinky to have to prepare a separate piece of his own to mail out to potential voters.

[harpo11]

Be of good cheer McClintock fans, at least he doesn't need to sue the State because his constituents are not too stupid to know how to find their polling place, and know how to punch a ballot card, and do know who he is and stands for.

Demos say they are there to help the little guys, but when the little guys are conservatives, their motto is screw 'em! It's obvious they fear us, our knowledge, our strength, our power. Go get 'em and vote the rats out!!!

[Dave S]

But that law has been in place for three years. How can he claim not to have known about it?

He is the top Republican in the state Senate which routinely passes legislation where they expect businesses and ordinary citizens to know the law within months of their passage. A great example of the competence and knowledge his years in Sacramento will bring to the governor's office. ROTFWLMAO

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

McClintock is going to have a huge crossover vote. I don't think that this little oversite will hurt him or the first Amendment.

[DB]

Proof of when it was delivered/rejected by the secretary's office may have had to come from the secretary's office and not McClintock's people.

[Dave S]

I wasn't referring to his father. It was a joke based on his views on gun control and just about everything else.

Since when is calling anyone, much less a Republican, a nazi a joke?

[Fresh Wind]

Someday that may allow voting for third party kooks, but today it means voting for strong Republicans, RINO's or whatever. In the current California race, voting for anyone other than Arnold means helping elect a Democrat.

Exactly. Sad to say, voting too often boils down to picking the lesser of two (or, in this case, the least of many) evils. Many of Arnold's positions don't exactly thrill me, but the possibility of a racist like Buster Monty getting in scares the cr*p out of me.