CUE "MAN ON THE RUN": TOM DELAY LEAVES SKID MARKS AND THE GOP TRIES TO SAVE HIS SEAT
Yes, kiddies, the same Tom Delay whose minions called the democrats in the Texas legislature "cowards" and "fugitives" when they left the State to defeat a quorum so the Gerrymander could not be voted upon has gone into his own "four corners" offense.
The GOP couldn't replace him on the ballot if he just quit. Thus, he's moved out of his district so the GOP can argue he's not "qualified" to serve. Such a "not qualified" finding might enable the GOP to appoint a candidate. That part's in court.
So the dem is the only person on the ballot, Delay has left the jurisdiction and "The Fugitive" is coming to a theater near you.
posted by UMRBlog @ 06:08
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9 Comments:
Are the skid marks you mention any darker that the marks left by Chuckie running away from Gov. Blogo?
Lootie,
Get hold of yourself! Are you contending for a position that no one who is a friend of a member of the legal department can advance a proposition to the City Counsel? Under that formulation, neither Jerry T. or Hubert S. would ever be allowed to speak.
I don't know jack about WIEDA but let's do a little hypothetical. Let's assume you're on the board of WIEDA and your neighbor wants to build a hog lot next door. Are you saying that your would be bound not to take the contrary position that there would be a better site for it?
If you want to argue the Ewbanks Lawyer must be working contrary to industrial development, I can't stop you, but when you suggest that somebody from out of town can advise my client, the city council, on municipal law topics better than I, just because the attorneys are friends of mine, that's lame.
On this topic, I'm a public figure so take your shots but you're full of it.
On the Wieda thing, I don't know if being on the Wieda board means one must support all locations for all industries, so I told you I didn't know. You take that as some kind of freaking admission. I'm giving you an intellectually honest answer. It's a tough proposition and I don't know the answer. Intuitively, I don't think that could be the case, but have at it.
Over the years, those out of town lawyers have solved a lot of problems for us, haven't they? An expert is someone who comes from more than fifty miles away and brings a briefcase and laser pointer. Tell that story walking.
TYFB, I think.
If Lootie is done.
It seems that Tom DeLay pulled an "Evans", and declined to run for another term right after he had won the primary. Citing some obscure law, the Dems are going to court to keep DeLay's name on the ballot, thereby denying his successor the likely win (kinda sounds familiar, doesn't it?).
If only the Illinois GOP had the cojones that the Texas Dems have!
Of course, the downside here is that we are dealing with the Jersey Girl Syndrome. Anyone forcing a sick man like Evans to run another campaign would be painted cruel and heartless.
Hey! I have an idea! If some legal eagle who opposes such Dean Smith inspired tactics like yourself will draw up the paperwork for the objection, I'll file it. This will just be my small contribution to "sticking it to the man".
Go back and look at the tracks you left. You started from an extreme nuclear position and got Andrew into it which was simultaneously factually incorrect and insulting to a good guy who didn't deserve it.
Then you moved into a Wieda argument which in effect says "The Chair of WIEDA is forever barred from disagreeing with the siting of any business enterprise which wants to locate in W. Ill." As nearly as I can tell, that position is based on precisely nothing.
And, finally, after invoking all kinds of ominous ethical concerns, you default to it looks "Odd".
You coulda just said you support the project and you find NIMBY offensive, asked some questions and Worked your way through your points.
You're a smart guy but the classic smart person's disease is when you don't think anybody else is. Careful about that one.
Uncle Tony still loves ya but, man, you're a work in progress and we haven't made much progress today.
Back to the day job.
OH, and I still think, when we get past our parochial hissy fit, the Delay Suit's damn interesting.
Lootie,
@1334 you accused ME of having a conflict of interest. Identify it.
You made a serious charge, now back it up. In the alternative, an apology would work.
1624,
Two differences, First LE didn't move out of the district. Second, and more importantly, Texas is much more enlightened on this stuff than Illinois. Basically, if you don't die or be found legally incompetent and you take yourself out of the race, your party's screwed. (I think that's very cool--gives the voters something else to consider at primary time). So the repubs are left to argue that he's now "disqualified" because he moved out of the district, a voluntary act.
And, of course this was the guy who arranged Texas rangers to go to Oklahoma to pick up the absent dems (which, to their credit, the Rangers wouldn't do.).
Your battle in Illinois is Legislative, not with Lane Evans.
TYFCB
Lootie 1344,
You gotta quit smashing body parts. Apology accepted.
I am your independent review.
TYFCB (and Calling)
Lootie,
If you left that crap anyplace else, please delete or clean it up. That's a pretty serious thang to put out there about someone with a professional license and a "preeminent' rating for integrity.
Hell, even my enemies concede I'm honest.
Thanks.
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