Posted on 10/02/2002 2:57:31 PM PDT by Liz
Pubbies may try for stay in circuit court.
Amen, brother.
There was no doubt where this was going.
"NOW is the time for ALL GOOD MEN to come to the aid of their (hijacked, overrun, beleaguered, Constitutional form of) government."
I'm gonna "LIBERALLY construe" the amount I owe on my next Tax payment. Instead of paying $5100.00 I'm gonna pay $3400.00. I'm sure the IRS will understand.
Since the meaning of is was challeged in a cout of law, the rest is now fair game and the only players are the dems.
We had better get our stuff in order! The war has begun.
Assuming no quick reversal by SCOTUS (and I'm not holding my breath), The Forrester camp, the NJGOP, the Republican National Committee et al had better adjust to the new circumstances, unsavory though they be. Save the pity party and the cries of "we wuz robbed"; there's work to be done. Forrester had better come out with some ads quick showing positive reasons to vote for him. No criticism implied regarding the previous anti-Torricelli ads -- they were appropriate, well done, and effective (maybe too effective?). But the ground has shifted under our feet.
This race is winnable. The $$$ should be there. Forrester appears to be an adequate speaker on the stump and on TV interviews, from what little I've seen; far superior to Lautenberg, who's really showing his age (79 in January). Appeal the decision, sure. But the campaign needs to be going at full speed immediately, and needs to be conducted on the assumption that all appeals will fail.
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I don't give a pass to the ruling. It DOES set a bad precedent.
That's why I made a point of saying "as it pertains to this election" and the likely outcome.
Examples of my hypothesis:
RATS pass Johnson's GREAT SOCIETY in the 60s. Long fuse in this dynamite but thrown in the same septic tank. The system fails 30 years later and...BOOM...poop all over them. They must run a man that has the answer. He says that he will end welfare, as we know it. He is elected, pushes the biggest tax increase in history through a RAT congress (notice, there is a shorter fuse on this dynamite, but....same septic tank). The next election cycle the Republicans win the Congress. Why? Because the people are fed up. BOOM.....poop all over them again.
This time the fuse on the dynamite is very, very short. Strike match, light fuse...throw dynamite....an immediate BOOM/POOP. Very quick indeed.
Point here is this: Do we, the American People want to see a SCOTUS that is the mirror image of the states of FLA & NJ or do we want a SCOTUS that protects and preserves the Constitution of the United States? This is what the Senate is all about. That's why we need to take back the Senate.
What has just happened in NJ is only the start of these next 4 weeks. They have lots of dynamite and a whole bunch of septic tanks, but they got little bitty fuses.
The voters have FULL choice... it's called a write-in vote. This is about promoting one party's chances in an election by subverting the primary election results. NJ Democrats are having their choice removed from the ballot. Even if the Torch decides he doesn't want to run anymore (a curious thought considering the effort that goes in to campaigning and winning a primary election), the voters chose who they wanted, and should be allowed to continue to support that choice in the full election. The name they choose gets the special recognition of being written on the ballot. Any other name must be written in.
The Democrat leaders want this policy changed so that the name THEY prefer will be promoted above all others, not the name the people want.
Another one for the "Why am I NOT Surprised" file.
It was obvious that the fix with the N.J. Supreme was in from the start. I guess this goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, who, after all the flak and heartache they took following the Florida charlie-fox are going to be very reluctant to get their fingers burnt a second time.
I certainly hope however, that the Republican Party has the courage to press the case with extreme vigor and that the U.S. Supreme Court has the courage and fortitude to take it. The very idea that the rules can be changed this late in the election game is anathema to the very concept of fair and democratic elections. It should not be allowed to stand.
The DemonCRAPs once again show that they are utterly dispicable, totally untrustworthy and a threat to the very ideals of our nation's founding.
Ditto. I'm often a pessimist but I can't believe NJ voters will let the Democrats get away with this perversion. If Forrester has a solid lead it would be best for the GOP to not take this to SCOTUS; the spin doctors for the socialists would have a field day.
This makes a mockery of every election law ever passed by any legislature. That point needs to be mentioned in every newspaper in the country, by GOP leaders and from readers who write in.
I would hesitate getting the USSC involved prior to the election. That probably would be playing into the Dem hands.
Just beat Lautenberg, and then impeach the judges.
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