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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Friday, April 17, 2009

Skipping the whole vote counting process.

If only Norm Coleman had thought of this, (NY-20)
20th Congressional District candidate Republican Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare him the winner of the extremely close special election race, despite the numbers currently being in favor of his opponent, Democrat Scott Murphy....
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8 Comments:

  • This whole "democracy" thing is a real pain in the ass for Republicans, isn't it.

    By Blogger -epm, at 10:25 AM  

  • Yeah. This is a whole new level of audacity, though.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:42 AM  

  • When you have nothin' to lose -- including a sense of decency -- why not have a temper tantrum? It's really the GOPs new (or not-so-new) tactic: redefine "fairness" as "I always get my way." To suggest otherwise is, well, unfair somehow. :)

    By Blogger -epm, at 11:12 AM  

  • I'm not getting the right article when I click on the link. I got to some murder case. Unless that's how this guy plans to get his seat?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:48 PM  

  • I've read there is some question as to the legitimacy of the claim noted here. Perhaps this is an example of a wild accusation being picked up as "news."

    By Blogger -epm, at 1:24 PM  

  • Anon, that's weird because the link worked this morning. They must have pulled the article for some reason. (under pressure?)

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:36 PM  

  • I found it. I wonder if they had it posted as the 'top story' then changed to the murder story. The link may stay the same but the story changes. Here is the new link I found to it.
    http://www.registerstar.com/articles/2009/04/17/news/news03.txt

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:48 PM  

  • You care more than I do, but I'll update the link.

    It's a local small paper so who knows how it got moved.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:14 PM  

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